The Exorcist theme music is a portion of "Tubular Bells," a 25-minute song released by 19-year-old Mike Oldfield.
Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" was the first-ever country single to earn diamond certification (10 million units sold) from the RIAA.
Jim Croce was killed in a plane crash on September 30, 1973. A few weeks later, his song "Time In A Bottle" hit #1.
One of Tom Petty's most personal songs is "Room At The Top," which he stopped performing because it brought back painful memories.
Meghan Trainor and her producer Kevin Kadish originally wrote "All About That Bass" for another artist to record. However, after Epic Records boss LA Reid heard Meghan play a demo of the song on a ukulele, he signed the young songwriter to his label and told her she should sing it.
"Girl Crush" by Little Big Town came from the hashtag #girlcrush, which its co-writer, Lori McKenna, spotted on Instagram.
A band so baffling, even their names were contrived. Check your score in the Ramones version of Fact or Fiction.
The longtime Eagle talks about soaring back to his solo career, and what he learned about songwriting in the group.
The renown rock singer talks about "The House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
Wilder's hit "Break My Stride" had an unlikely inspiration: a famous record mogul who rejected it.
Was "Pearl" Eddie Vedder's grandmother, and did she really make a hallucinogenic jam? Did Journey have a contest to name the group? And what does KISS stand for anyway?
You know the scenes - Tom Cruise in his own pants-off dance off, Molly Ringwald celebrating her birthday - but do you remember what song is playing?