"Rio" by Duran Duran is a metaphor for America, where the band was trying to break through.
Props to Aretha Franklin: her song "Respect" introduced the term "propers" as a sign of proper respect.
The Kenny G instrumental "Songbird" owes much of its success to VH1, which launched a year earlier and played the video to death.
Before it was part of a Pink Floyd album title, James Taylor put the line "still I'm on the dark side of the moon" in his 1968 song "Carolina In My Mind." He was living in London and missing his home in North Carolina.
"Handle With Care" started as a George Harrison song with guest appearances by Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, but it went so well the five of them decided to form a group - The Traveling Wilburys - and record an entire album.
Stevie Nicks wrote "Landslide" before she joined Fleetwood Mac. She was considering going back to school when she and her boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham were asked to join the group.
These Three famous songs actually describe how they were written - late into the evening.
When singers started spoofing their own songs on Sesame Street, the results were both educational and hilarious - here are the best of them.
Was a Beatles song a TV theme? And who came up with those Fresh Prince and Sopranos songs?
Lots of life lessons in these Eagles lyrics - can you match them to the correct song?
Guitarist Tony Iommi on the "Iron Man" riff, the definitive Black Sabbath song, and how Ozzy and Dio compared as songwriters.
