Michael Jackson wrote the Diana Ross hit "Muscles," which he named after his pet boa constrictor.
Graham Nash wrote the domestic tranquility classic "Our House" about the house he shared with Joni Mitchell. It was a very very very fine house.
When Rihanna's "Umbrella" was a hit in the summer of 2007, it rained constantly in London, prompting their newspaper The Sun to suggest a "Rihanna Curse."
Eddie Vedder often changes the words when he sings "Yellow Ledbetter." The basic story is about a guy whose brother dies in the first Gulf War. Apparently, bad news in the army is delivered in yellow envelopes.
The "Gunter Glieben Glauten Globen" intro in Def Leppard's "Rock Of Ages" is something their producer Mutt Lange came up with when he got tired of counting them "1, 2, 3, 4..."
The band Simple Minds took their name from the line "He's so simple minded he can't drive his module" in David Bowie's "The Jean Genie."
The man who brought us "Red Skies" and "Saved By Zero" is now an organic farmer in France.
When a waitress wouldn't take him home, Jack wrote what would become one of the Eagles most enduring hits.
Iron Maiden, Adele, Toto, Eminem and Earth, Wind & Fire are just some of the artists with songs directly inspired by movies - and not always good ones.
An interview with Dr. John Covach, music professor at the University of Rochester whose free online courses have become wildly popular.
The '70s gave us Muppets, disco and Van Halen, all which show up in this groovy quiz.