"The Battle of Evermore" is the only song Zeppelin ever recorded with a guest vocalist. It features Sandy Denny from Fairport Convention duetting with Robert Plant.
Lucinda Williams wrote and recorded "Passionate Kisses" 4 years before it was a hit for Mary Chapin Carpenter.
"Whole Lotta Love" was Led Zeppelin's only US Top 10 hit, charting at #4. Many of their songs, including "Stairway To Heaven," were not released as singles, as it was considered bad form in England to make people pay for singles that were on albums.
The French part in Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" translates to: "I want your love and I want your revenge."
The songwriting team Leiber and Stoller wrote "Hound Dog" for a blues singer named Big Mama Thronton, who first recorded the song in 1953. Elvis covered it in 1956, and it became his biggest hit.
"Run To You" by Bryan Adams was written for Blue Oyster Cult, and the guitar part is modeled after "Don't Fear The Reaper." BOC turned it down, so Adams recorded it for his album Reckless.
Lots of life lessons in these Eagles lyrics - can you match them to the correct song?
Jim talks about the impact of "The Middle" and uses a tree metaphor to describe his songwriting philosophy.
Starting in Virginia City, Nevada and rippling out to the Haight-Ashbury, LSD reshaped popular music.
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
Did they really trade their guitarist to The Doobie Brothers? Are they named after something naughty? And what's up with the band name?
