John Lennon got the title of the Beatles song "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" from an article in a magazine published by the National Rifle Association.
The TV show Cheers was nearly canceled after its first season, but the theme song, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," was very popular. To satisfy viewer demand, the theme was made into a full song and released as a single.
The 2001 Dirty Vegas hit "Days Go By" was written by their lead singer when he was longing for his ex-girlfriend. The sad song gave him a happy ending though: They got back together after it was released and eventually got married.
MTV reversed the word "joint" in Tom Petty's "You Don't Known How It Feels" so it was unintelligible, but gave the video a VMA anyway.
On the surface, "Summer Breeze" by Seals & Crofts is just a song about a guy coming home from work, but the duo claimed it had a deeper meaning about finding direction in one's personal life.
When "Believe" hit #1 in America, it made Cher, age 52, the oldest woman ever to top the chart.
Bowie's "activist" days of 1964 led to Ziggy Stardust.
Tom talks about the evolution of Cinderella's songs through their first three albums, and how he writes as a solo artist.
When singers started spoofing their own songs on Sesame Street, the results were both educational and hilarious - here are the best of them.
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.
When you have a song called "Fire," it's tempting to set one - these guys did.
Nirvana, Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen are among those who wrote songs with cities that show up in this quiz.