Mickey Mantle and John Madden both appear in the video for "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard" by Paul Simon. Biz Markie and Big Daddy Kane do a rap intro.
"What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes has endured as one of the most popular songs of the '90s, but it wasn't a huge hit at the time and the band split after one album. Frontwoman Linda Perry went on to write hits for Pink and Christina Aguilera.
"Kashmir" is the only Led Zeppelin song to use outside musicians, as it needed strings and horns.
One of Tom Petty's most personal songs is "Room At The Top," which he stopped performing because it brought back painful memories.
Sheriff had been disbanded for years when "When I'm With You" hit #1 in America thanks to rediscovery by radio stations. The group never re-formed and never made a video for the song.
The Four Seasons' "Walk Like a Man," released in 1963, was the first Hot 100 #1 hit with a simile in its title.
"Dead Skunk" became a stinker for Loudon when he felt pressure to make another hit - his latest songs deal with mortality, his son Rufus, and picking up poop.
With Bernie Taupin, Martin co-wrote the #1 hits "We Built This City" and "These Dreams." After writing the Pretty Woman song for Go West, he had his own hit with "In the House of Stone and Light."
When a waitress wouldn't take him home, Jack wrote what would become one of the Eagles most enduring hits.
Some album art was at least "inspired" by others. A look at some very similar covers.
The guitarist/songwriter explains how he came up with his signature sound, and deconstructs some classic Fear Factory songs.
With his X-wife Exene, John fronts the band X and writes their songs.