When "Believe" hit #1 in America, it made Cher, age 52, the oldest woman ever to top the chart.
"A Hard Day's Night" was the title song to The Beatles' first movie, which was surprisingly good: it was nominated for two Oscars.
The party tune "Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit Of)" was the theme song for the 2000 Democratic Convention (the party of Bill Clinton), until someone noticed the line, "A little bit of Monica in my life."
Jimmy Buffett's "Cheeseburger In Paradise" has muenster (cheese), not mustard, as commonly misheard in the line "medium rare with muenster'd be nice."
Mary J. Blige introduced three new words with her hit "Family Affair": hateration, holleration and dancerie.
Andre 3000 played all the instruments on Outkast's "Hey Ya" except bass. Aaron Mills from Cameo played that.
On Glen's résumé: hit songwriter, Facebook dominator, and member of Styx.
For songwriters, Johnny represents the American man. He has been angry, cool, magic, a rebel and, of course, marching home.
His song "Into The Night" is one of the most-played of all time. For Benny, it took him to hell and back.
Elvis, Little Richard and Cheryl Cole have all sung about Teddy Bears, but there is also a terrifying Teddy song from 1932 and a touching trucker Teddy tune from 1976.
