The first TV theme song to become a hit was "Peter Gunn" back in 1959. It's an instrumental composed by Henry Mancini. His version was used on an album called The Music From Peter Gunn, which stayed at #1 for 10 weeks. The song was also a hit for Duane Eddy.
Shaggy wrote his swaggering hit "Boombastic" after learning what "shag" means in the UK.
Jimmy Buffett's "Cheeseburger In Paradise" has muenster (cheese), not mustard, as commonly misheard in the line "medium rare with muenster'd be nice."
Stevie Nicks got the title for the Fleetwood Mac song "Silver Springs" from the city of Silver Spring, Maryland, but the song has nothing to do with the city - it's a message to her bandmate Lindsey Buckingham following their split.
Hoyt Axton wrote the Three Dog Night hit "Joy To The World." He said the "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" line just came into his head after having a drink of wine.
The Fratellis song "Chelsea Dagger" was named for their lead singer's wife - it was her burlesque name.
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.
Wes Edwards takes us behind the scenes of videos he shot for Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley and Chase Bryant. The train was real - the airplane was not.
On "Life Is A Highway," his burgeoning solo career, and the Rascal Flatts song he most connects with.
Into the vaults for Bruce Pollock's 1984 conversation with the esteemed bluesman. Hooker talks about transforming a Tony Bennett classic and why you don't have to be sad and lonely to write the blues.
The "All I Want" singer went through a long depression, playing some shows when he didn't want to be alive.
Some songs get a second life when they find a new audience through a movie, commercial, TV show, or even the Internet.