
When he met Delilah DiCrescenzo, Plain White T's lead singer Tom Higgenson told her he'd write a song about her, and came up with the first verse of "Hey There Delilah" on the spot.

The Kenny G instrumental "Songbird" owes much of its success to VH1, which launched a year earlier and played the video to death.

Moby says that "We Are All Made Of Stars" is scientifically accurate, since all matter originates from stardust.

James Taylor wrote "Sweet Baby James" during a road trip to Virginia in honor of his brother’s new baby, also named James, whom he was about to meet for the first time.

"Toxic" was the most-searched song on Google in 2004 and helped Spears become the most-searched artist that year, a title she held from 1999-2001.
Kooper produced Lynyrd Skynyrd, played with Dylan and the Stones, and formed BS&T.
The "All I Want" singer went through a long depression, playing some shows when he didn't want to be alive.
The man who ran Nirvana's first label gets beyond the sensationalism (drugs, Courtney) to discuss their musical and cultural triumphs in the years before Nevermind.
Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan explains the "few red lights" in "Smoke On The Water" and talks about songs from their 2020 album Whoosh!
Our chat with Barney Hoskyns, who covers the wild years of Woodstock - the town, not the festival - in his book Small Town Talk.
Some songs get a second life when they find a new audience through a movie, commercial, TV show, or even the Internet.