Jay-Z was going to ask Mary J. Blige to duet on "Empire State of Mind," but he decided on Alicia Keys when he heard the piano stabs on the track.
The "Mum-mum-mum-ma" hook on lady Gaga's "Poker Face" was sampled from Boney M's 1977 hit "Ma Baker."
A live, stripped-down version of "Flying Without Wings" by the Irish boy band Westlife was the first #1 on the Official UK Download Chart. It was recorded in May 1994 at The Globe, Stockholm.
If what you get equals what you give away, you might as well give it all away. That's the concept behind "Give It Away" by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The first time Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham and John Paul Jones all recorded together in the studio was when they backed American singer PJ Proby on his Three Week Hero album.
Elton John's "Rocket Man" is based on a Ray Bradbury story called The Rocket Man published in 1951.
Chad tells tales from his time as drummer for Nirvana, and talks about his group Before Cars.
How well do you know this shock-rock harbinger who's been publicly executed hundreds of times?
His song "Into The Night" is one of the most-played of all time. For Benny, it took him to hell and back.
Oliver Leiber talks about writing and producing hits for Paula Abdul, and explains his complicated relationship with his father, the songwriter Jerry Leiber.
The Stooges guitarist (and producer of the Kill City album) talks about those early recordings and what really happened with David Bowie.
