Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TIME Phoebe Bridgers’s ecstatic love song “Bobby” begins in a slightly cacophonous way. But isn’t that ... read more
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"Louie Louie" was first recorded in 1955 by an R&B singer named Richard Berry, and his lyrics are easy to understand. When The Kingsmen recorded the hit version, their lyrics were indecipherable.
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Sam Hunt nearly realized his dream of becoming an NFL player, but a career in music proved to be more promising. Before scoring his own country hit with "Leave the Night On" in 2014, he co-wrote tracks for artists like Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban.
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Deep Purple's guitarist since 1994, Steve talks about writing songs with the band and how he puts his own spin on "Smoke On The Water."
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This song starts in Boston with a tea party and takes us to the other end of the American Revolution.
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Can you name Def Leppard's only #1 hit in America? Get rocked with this adrenalized quiz.
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Did Eric Clapton really write "Cocaine" while on cocaine? This question and more in the Clapton edition of Fact or Fiction.
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Kasem's swearing tape had circulated for several years among radio personnel and record store owners, before the experimental sound collage group Negativland used it in their 1991 EP "U2". A parody of U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", the recording introduced Kasem's colorful metaphors to a generation of delighted listeners....