The hit duet "Somewhere Out There" was written for an animated film about a family of immigrant mice who lose one of their young.
"The House Of The Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, either about a brothel or a prison.
"Oh Happy Day" was recorded in a church and sold to raise money for the choir. It's the only genuine gospel song to become a pop hit.
When "Turn On The Radio" topped the January 1, 2011 Country chart, Reba McEntire became the first female solo act to have a #1 hit on that tally in four straight decades.
"The Night Chicago Died" was written and recorded by the British group Paper Lace. They talk about Al Capone in the song, but got a lot of details wrong - understandable since they wrote it based on gangster movies.
Test your metal - Priest, Maiden, and Beavis and Butt-head show up in this one.
Rufus Wainwright on "Hallelujah," his album Unfollow The Rules, and getting into his "lyric trance" on 12-hour walks.
We ring the Hell's Bells to see what songs and rockers are sincere in their Satanism, and how much of it is an act.
Find out how God and glam metal go together from the Stryper frontman.
Emilio talks about what it's like to write and perform with the Tower of Power horns, and why every struggling band should have a friend like Huey Lewis.
The former Dead Kennedys frontman on the past, present and future of the band, what music makes us "pliant and stupid," and what he learned from Alice Cooper.
