The Pretenders are named after the 1956 song "The Great Pretender" by The Platters.
Oasis didn't coin the term "Wonderwall." It's the title of a 1968 movie with a soundtrack by George Harrison. It was Harrison's soundtrack that got the band's attention.
The Fratellis song "Chelsea Dagger" was named for their lead singer's wife - it was her burlesque name.
Michael Jackson wrote the Diana Ross hit "Muscles," which he named after his pet boa constrictor.
The Genesis song "Invisible Touch" was inspired by the Prince-written Sheila E. track "The Glamorous Life."
The Annie Lennox hit "No More I Love You's" is a cover, originally sung by a man.
Donny Osmond talks about his biggest hits, his Vegas show, and the fan who taught him to take "Puppy Love" seriously.
The lead singer/lyricist of The Beach Boys talks about coming up with the words for "Good Vibrations," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Kokomo" and other classic songs.
Emilio talks about what it's like to write and perform with the Tower of Power horns, and why every struggling band should have a friend like Huey Lewis.
How a country weeper and a blues number made "rolling stone" the most popular phrase in rock.
Soul music legend Bill Withers on how life experience and the company you keep leads to classic songs like "Lean On Me."
Gramm co-wrote this gorgeous ballad and delivered an inspired vocal, but the song was the beginning of the end of his time with Foreigner.