Otis Day And The Knights, the fictional band created to perform "Shout" in the movie Animal House, became a real band, performing the song at colleges and other venues.
"Veronica" was inspired by Elvis Costello's grandmother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
The New Year's Eve favorite "Auld Lang Syne" is a Scottish song that roughly translates to "Days Of Long Ago."
The Split Enz song "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" is about the journey explorers made from Europe to colonize Australia and New Zealand, where the band is from.
Ariana Grande's hit "Problem" started off as a track written by One Direction songwriter Savan Kotecha. He gave it the working title of "The Whisper Song," after a 2005 Ying Yang Twins hit.
"(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," released a month after Otis Redding died, was the first song to hit #1 in America after the artist died.
Michael tells the story of "Send Me On My Way," and explains why some of the words in the song don't have a literal meaning.
The renown rock singer talks about "The House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
JJ talks about The Stranglers' signature sound - keyboard and bass - which isn't your typical strain of punk rock.
The co-writer/guitarist on many Alice Cooper hits, Dick was also Lou Reed's axeman on the Rock n' Roll Animal album.
Chad tells tales from his time as drummer for Nirvana, and talks about his group Before Cars.
Rob Thomas on his Social Distance Sessions, co-starring with a camel, and his friendship with Carlos Santana.