Paula Abdul's "Forever Your Girl" was written by Oliver Leiber, who despite being the son of Jerry Leiber from Leiber & Stoller, was an unknown songwriter.
"One Week" by Barenaked Ladies was a #1 hit in America - for exactly one week in 1998.
Buddy Holly got the title for his hit song "That'll Be The Day" from a phrase John Wayne repeats in the 1956 movie The Searchers.
The Hollies hit "The Air That I Breathe" was written in part as a reaction to the smog in Los Angeles.
"The House Of The Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, either about a brothel or a prison.
Billy Joel's "My Life" was used as the theme song to the 1980 TV show Bosom Buddies, which starred a young Tom Hanks as a guy who lives in a hotel for women by dressing up as a girl.
With the rise of Kindie rock, more musicians are embracing their inner child with tunes for tots - here, we look at pop stars who recorded kids' albums.
Ron Nevison explains in very clear terms the Quadrophenia concept and how Heart staged their resurgence after being dropped by their record company.
Dennis DeYoung explains why "Mr. Roboto" is the defining Styx song, and what the "gathering of angels" represents in "Come Sail Away."
How a country weeper and a blues number made "rolling stone" the most popular phrase in rock.
Bowie's "activist" days of 1964 led to Ziggy Stardust.
