Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy" is about Stevie Nicks' best friend, who died of leukemia.
Korn's most popular song, "Freak On A Leash," is about their predatory record label making huge profits off the band. It was quite profitable, helping the Follow The Leader album sell over 5 million copies.
Originally a chart-topper for Steve Lawrence in 1962, "Go Away Little Girl" became the first song of the rock era to hit #1 for two different artists when Donny Osmond's cover version also reached the summit in 1971.
Bruce Springsteen's "Streets Of Philadelphia" won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1994, beating out Neil Young's "Philadelphia," which was also written for the movie Philadelphia.
The riff for The Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant" was pinched from a very unpunk song, the ABBA ballad "S.O.S."
The rock revolutionist on songwriting, quitting smoking, and what she thinks of Rush Limbaugh using her song.
He's a singer and an actor, but as a songwriter Paul helped make Kermit a cultured frog, turned a bank commercial into a huge hit and made love both "exciting and new" and "soft as an easy chair."
A band so baffling, even their names were contrived. Check your score in the Ramones version of Fact or Fiction.
How a gym teacher, a janitor, and a junkie became part of some very famous band names.
"Great songwriters don't necessarily have hit songs," says Chris. He's written a bunch, but his fans are more interested in the intricate jams.
Many actors have attempted music, but only a few have managed a hit. Do you know which of these thespians charted?
