"Tammy" by Debbie Reynolds was the only US #1 single by a female act between July 1956 and February 1958.
Elton John didn't win a Grammy until 1986, when he got one for singing on "That's What Friends Are For."
Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves had both gone through divorces when they wrote and recorded the wrenching duet "I Remember Everything." It was the first #1 Hot 100 hit for each of them.
The motto for Boys Town, which was a Nebraska home for troubled youth, inspired the song "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" by The Hollies.
One of the first hit songs used in a major marketing campaign was "Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones. Microsoft paid $3 million to use it in commercials for Windows '95.
Charlotte was established in the LA punk scene when a freaky girl named Belinda approached her wearing a garbage bag.
What are the biggest US hits with French, Spanish (not "Rico Suave"), Italian, Scottish, Greek, and Japanese titles?
One of the first successful female singer-songwriters, Janis had her first hit in 1967 at age 15.
Even before Soundgarden wrote a song about him, Artis was the most famous spoon player of all time. So why has he always been broke?
The drummer and one of the primary songwriters in Grand Funk talks rock stardom and Todd Rundgren.
The Bush frontman on where he finds inspiration for lyrics, if his "machine head" is a guitar tuner, and the stories behind songs from the album The Kingdom.
