Matthew Hopkins as portrayed by the American actor Vincent Price (1911-93) in the 1968 British period film Witchfinder General. Price is best known as a horror actor, and was cast equally as the hero or the villain of the piece. With his distinctive and at times wantonly sinister voice, it should have surprised no one that he was recruited to do the voice over on Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
Recording "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me," Elton John was frustrated and sang the line "don't discard me" with an exaggerated American accent, which is why is sounds strange.
The comedian Steve Martin had a hit in 1978 with "King Tut." The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, who Martin would open for on tour, were his backing band on the song.
AC/DC's 1990 song "Mistress For Christmas" is about Donald Trump, who was in the news because of his affair with the model Marla Maples.
The voice of Waldo in Van Halen's "Hot For Teacher" video was the late Phil Hartman of Saturday Night Live Fame.
Bob Marley gave the songwriting credit for "No Woman No Cry" to his friend Vincent Ford, who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown, the area of Kingston where Marley grew up.
"The Long and Winding Road" became The Beatles' last US #1 song on June 13, 1970.
The revered singer-songwriter talks inspiration and explains why she put a mahout in "Drop the Pilot."
What are the biggest US hits with French, Spanish (not "Rico Suave"), Italian, Scottish, Greek, and Japanese titles?
Are classic songs like "Over The Rainbow" and "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in the public domain?
Lita talks about how they wrote songs in The Runaways, and how she feels about her biggest hit being written by somebody else.
Queen, Phish and The Stones are among our picks for the best band logos. Here are their histories and a design analysis from an expert.
Phone booths are nearly extinct, but they provided storylines for some of the most profound songs of the pre-cell phone era.