Until December 5, 1998, a song had to be issued as a single to make the Hot 100. Aaliyah's "Try Again" was the first tune to top the chart based on airplay alone, without any sales figures being included.
"Ghosttown" was Madonna's 45th chart-topper on the Dance Club Songs chart, breaking the record for the most #1s an artist has tallied on a single Billboard chart.
"Human" by The Killers was the most streamed song on Spotify in 2008, the year that the music streaming service was launched.
Tim McGraw recorded "Live Like You Were Dying" just two weeks after his own father passed away.
Stevie Wonder wrote his own version of "Happy Birthday" in an attempt to get Martin Luther King's birthday declared a national holiday.
Michelob commercials generated hits for Eric Clapton, Genesis and Steve Winwood in the '80s, even as some of these rockers were fighting alcoholism.
Established as a redoubtable singer-songwriter, the Men At Work frontman explains how religion, sobriety and Jack Nicholson play into his songwriting.
Test your metal - Priest, Maiden, and Beavis and Butt-head show up in this one.
In this talk from the '80s, the Kansas frontman talks turning to God and writing "Dust In The Wind."
In this quiz, spot the artist who put Romeo into a song lyric.
Gary Lewis and the Playboys had seven Top 10 hits despite competition from The Beatles. Gary talks about the hits, his famous father, and getting drafted.
