In 1939, a polka craze swept America thanks to "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)."
"Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring was inspired by the Robert Ludlum novel The Bourne Identity, not by the TV show.
Roger Daltrey stutters the vocal on "My Generation" by The Who. The idea was to sound like a British kid on speed.
Lil Wayne does an unlikely rap in a remix of the Joe Jonas song "Just In Love." The pair met at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
"Veronica" was inspired by Elvis Costello's grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
Mike Nesmith wrote Linda Ronstadt's first hit, "Different Drum," before he joined The Monkees. He played an intentionally bad version of it on the show.
Gramm co-wrote this gorgeous ballad and delivered an inspired vocal, but the song was the beginning of the end of his time with Foreigner.
dUg dIgs into his King's X metal classics and his many side projects, including the one with Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam.
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
Chris Stein of Blondie shares photos and stories from his book about the New York City punk scene.
How well do you know your David Bowie lyrics? Take this quiz to find out.
The "All I Want" singer went through a long depression, playing some shows when he didn't want to be alive.
