"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" was a huge hit from the movie Dirty Dancing. It was used in the climactic dance scene at the end, which was actually the first scene shot for the movie.
"Soul Man" was a new term when the song was written in 1967. As defined by the song's co-writer, David Porter, the Soul Man doesn't have a fancy big-city slant, but has "the emotional thing happening inside of him that made people really love him."
Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" was the first #1 hit created entirely in Pro Tools.
Vincent Price did the spooky narration on "Thriller." He was paid a flat fee of $20,000, turning down a percentage of the royalties that would have paid him far more.
Musically, the Twisted Sister song "We're Not Gonna Take It" is based on the Christmas tune "O Come All Ye Faithful."
Andre 3000 played all the instruments on Outkast's "Hey Ya" except bass. Aaron Mills from Cameo played that.
'80s music ambassadors Wang Chung pick their top tracks of the decade, explaining what makes each one so special.
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
Bowie's "activist" days of 1964 led to Ziggy Stardust.
A big list of musical marriages and family relations ranging from the simple to the truly dysfunctional.
The man who created Yacht Rock with "Sailing" wrote one of his biggest hits while on acid.
The drummer and one of the primary songwriters in Grand Funk talks rock stardom and Todd Rundgren.