The first female rapper to perform on a #1 hit? Surprisingly, it's Lil' Kim with the 2001 remake of "Lady Marmalade" for the movie Moulin Rouge. She was was joined on the track by Christina Aguilera, Missy Elliott, Pink and Mya.
Duran Duran's "Wild Boys" is based on the book of the same name by William Burroughs.
The song "Don't Worry Be Happy" doesn't use any instruments - it's all Bobby McFerrin using various parts of his body to make the sounds.
Songwriter Wayne Carson came up with the Willie Nelson classic "Always On My Mind" while on the phone to his wife when he was apologizing to her for being stuck at the office.
Bing Crosby debuted the song "White Christmas" in the 1942 movie Holiday Inn, where he plays a New Yorker stuck in Southern California for Christmas and missing the snow. The song became a Christmas classic and the basis for the 1954 movie White Christmas, also starring Crosby.
The Evanescence frontwoman on the songs that have shifted meaning and her foray into kids' music.
Our chat with Barney Hoskyns, who covers the wild years of Woodstock - the town, not the festival - in his book Small Town Talk.
Genesis' key-man re-examines his solo career and the early days of music video.
Songs where something goes horribly wrong (literally or metaphorically), and help is needed right away.
The '70s gave us Muppets, disco and Van Halen, all which show up in this groovy quiz.
How well do you know your protest songs (including the one that went to #1)?
