When "Believe" hit #1 in America, it made Cher, age 52, the oldest woman ever to top the chart.
Hugh Laurie, star of the TV show House, had a minor hit in 2011 with "Police Dog Blues," an old Blues song from 1929.
"Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring was inspired by the Robert Ludlum novel The Bourne Identity, not by the TV show.
The TV show Cheers was nearly canceled after its first season, but the theme song, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," was very popular. To satisfy viewer demand, the theme was made into a full song and released as a single.
In The Band song "The Weight," Nazareth ("Went down to Nazareth") refers to a town in Pennsylvania where the Martin Guitar company was located.
In the UK, the first #1 hit with a rap was "Candy Girl" by the American boy band New Edition in 1983.
'80s music ambassadors Wang Chung pick their top tracks of the decade, explaining what makes each one so special.
"When seeds that you sow grow by the wicked moon/Be sure your sins will find you out/Your past will hunt you down and turn to tell on you."
A popular contemporary folk singer, Williams still remembers the sticky note that changed her life in college.
He wrote "She Blinded Me With Science" so he could direct a video about a home for deranged scientists.
Established as a redoubtable singer-songwriter, the Men At Work frontman explains how religion, sobriety and Jack Nicholson play into his songwriting.
Here's what happens when an opening act is really out of place with the headliner, like when Beastie Boys opened for Madonna.