Barry Manilow didn't write his #1 hit "I Write The Songs." Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys wrote it.
When "Turn On The Radio" topped the January 1, 2011 Country chart, Reba McEntire became the first female solo act to have a #1 hit on that tally in four straight decades.
"Here Comes Your Man" is the closest the Pixies came to a hit in America. It was rumored to be about a drug dealer, but Black Francis says it's just a story about some hobos who travel by train and die in an earthquake.
"Name" by The Goo Goo Dolls was partly inspired by lead singer John Rzeznik's flirtation with the MTV VJ Kennedy, who didn't want him to tell anyone her real name.
In "Kiss From A Rose," seal sings "kiss from a rose on a gray," not "grave," but he won't explain the lyric, feeling listeners should adapt the song to their own experience.
Mary J. Blige introduced three new words with her hit "Family Affair": hateration, holleration and dancerie.
The top Contemporary Christian artist of all time on song inspirations and what she learned from Johnny Carson.
The Canadian superstar talks about his sudden rise to fame, and tells the stories behind his hits "Sunglasses At Night," "Boy In The Box" and "Never Surrender."
The "Midnight At The Oasis" singer is an Old Time gal. She talks about her jug band beginnings and shares a Dylan story.
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
An interview with Dr. John Covach, music professor at the University of Rochester whose free online courses have become wildly popular.
The men of Sparks on their album Hippopotamus, and how Morrissey handled it when they suggested he lighten up.