The Rick James song "Cold Blooded" is about Linda Blair from The Exorcist, his girlfriend at the time. In James' lingo, "cold blooded" means sexy, not cruel.
"Yellow" by Coldplay is a deep, meaningful song, but the title has a rather prosaic origin: it came from the phone directory, known as "the yellow pages."
Aretha Franklin didn't drive, but one of her biggest hits was a car song: "Freeway Of Love."
The death of John Lennon was an influence on the Stevie Nicks hit "Edge Of Seventeen." He's the one with the "words of a poet and voice from a choir."
The video for "Informer" by Snow that ran on MTV was subtitled so viewers could understand what he was saying.
"Dirty Work" is one of the few Steely Dan songs not sung by Donald Fagen. The lead vocal is by David Palmer, who sang on two tracks from their debut album.
Billie Jean, Delilah, Sara, Laura and Sharona - do you know who the girls in the songs really are?
As Procol Harum's lyricist, Keith wrote the words to "A Whiter Shade Of Pale." We delve into that song and find out how you can form a band when you don't sing or play an instrument.
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.
You may not recognize his name, but you will certainly recognize Peter Lord's songs. He wrote the bevy of hits from Paula Abdul's second album, Spellbound.
The "All I Want" singer went through a long depression, playing some shows when he didn't want to be alive.
Richard explains how Joe Walsh kickstarted his career, and why he chose Hazard, Nebraska for a hit.