In 2016, Zayn Malik became the first former One Direction member to land a #1 hit on the Hot 100 when "Pillowtalk" reached the top spot.
The "Mum-mum-mum-ma" hook on lady Gaga's "Poker Face" was sampled from Boney M's 1977 hit "Ma Baker."
"Heaven" by The Psychedelic Furs sounds upbeat, but is about an impending nuclear bombardment.
Kelly Clarkson's coronation song when she won American Idol in 2002 was "A Moment Like This," which was released as her first single and went to #1. Every finalist that season recorded the song in case they won.
Billy Joel's song "Allentown" was written as "Levittown," which is the town in Long Island where he grew up. He got the idea to change it after taking a trip to Pennsylvania.
An interview with Dr. John Covach, music professor at the University of Rochester whose free online courses have become wildly popular.
In this quiz, spot the artist who put Romeo into a song lyric.
Many unusual folks appear in Grateful Dead songs. Can you identify them?
Famous songs that lent their titles - and in some cases storylines - to movies.
Lita talks about how they wrote songs in The Runaways, and how she feels about her biggest hit being written by somebody else.
One of the first successful female singer-songwriters, Janis had her first hit in 1967 at age 15.
