Johnny Cash promised to stay true to his first wife in "I Walk The Line," but when the song became a hit he found himself on the road, having an affair with June Carter, who became his second wife.
The Pretenders are named after the 1956 song "The Great Pretender" by The Platters.
Madonna wrote a song called "Love Won't Wait" that she didn't want, but became a UK #1 hit for Gary Barlow.
Elvis Presley recorded "Always On My Mind" in 1972, but Willie Nelson's version 10 years later was the hit and won the Song of the Year Grammy.
The first single from the Thriller album was "The Girl Is Mine," chosen over "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" because it was a duet with Paul McCartney and thus guaranteed airplay.
Rickie Lee Jones on songwriting, social media, and how she's handling Trump.
Not everyone can be a superhero, but that hasn't stopped generations of musicians from trying to be Superman.
Long before Eminem, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj created alternate personas, David Bowie, Bono, Joni Mitchell and even Hank Williams took on characters.
Have you got the smarts to know which of these graduation song stories are real?
Is Owl City on a quest for another hit like "Fireflies?" Adam answers that question and explains the influences behind many others.
