1965-1973
Katy Perry says her 2008 song "Ur So Gay" is about "guys who wear the guyliner, steal your jeans, and that whole almost hipster emo scene."
The Dixie Chicks got their name from the Little Feat song "Dixie Chicken." In 2020 they became "The Chicks" because Dixie refers to the American South in times of slavery.
The drum sound on Buddy Knox's 1957 US #1 hit "Party Doll" was actually made by a cardboard box filled with cotton.
The Jesus Jones song "Right Here, Right Now" was conceived as an optimistic version of Prince's "Sign O' The Times."
The Hollies hit "The Air That I Breathe" was written in part as a reaction to the smog in Los Angeles.
The "All I Want" singer went through a long depression, playing some shows when he didn't want to be alive.
He wrote "She Blinded Me With Science" so he could direct a video about a home for deranged scientists.
Jon Fratelli talks about the band's third album, and the five-year break leading up to it.
A big list of musical marriages and family relations ranging from the simple to the truly dysfunctional.
Was Janet secretly married at 18? Did she gain 60 pounds for a movie role that went to Mariah Carey? See what you know about Ms. Jackson.
