
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 I Go Again" was a #1 hit for Whitesnake in 1987, but it was first released in 1982 with the lyric, "Like a hobo I was born to walk alone."

The song used in introductions by the Chicago Bulls and many other sports teams is "Sirius" by The Alan Parsons project, the opening track on the Eye In The Sky album.

Paper Mate paid for Autograph's "Turn Up The Radio" video in exchange for prominent placement of their erasable pen.

The Matchbox Twenty song "3 AM" is about the difficult times lead singer Rob Thomas spent caring for his mother, who had cancer.

"Jessie's Girl" tells the true story of a girl Rick Springfield was crushing on, but her boyfriend's name was really Gary and he was more of an acquaintance than a friend.
The Creed lead singer reveals the "ego and self-fulfillment" he now sees in one of the band's biggest hits.
Starting in Virginia City, Nevada and rippling out to the Haight-Ashbury, LSD reshaped popular music.
Dean's saga began with "Ariel," a song about falling in love with a Jewish girl from New Jersey.
Known in America for the hit "If You Leave," OMD is a huge influence on modern electronic music.
A big list of musical marriages and family relations ranging from the simple to the truly dysfunctional.
When you free your mind, your ass may follow, but you have to make sure someone else doesn't program it while it's wide open.