
The Genesis song "Invisible Touch" was inspired by the Prince-written Sheila E. track "The Glamorous Life."

"Video Killed The Radio Star" by Buggles was the first video to air on MTV when the network started broadcasting on August 1, 1981.

The Australian band Jet took their name from the 1973 song of the same by Paul McCartney and Wings.

Johnny Cash promised to stay true to his first wife in "I Walk The Line," but when the song became a hit he found himself on the road, having an affair with June Carter, who became his second wife.

The moans of pleasure in the Guns N' Roses song "Rocket Queen" are authentic.

Barry Manilow didn't write his #1 hit "I Write The Songs." Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys wrote it.
A top country songwriter, Barry talks about writing hits for Little Big Town, Tim McGraw and Jason Aldean.
The "All I Want" singer went through a long depression, playing some shows when he didn't want to be alive.
Petula talks about her hits "Downtown" and "Don't Sleep In The Subway," and explains her Michael Jackson connection.
An interview with Dr. John Covach, music professor at the University of Rochester whose free online courses have become wildly popular.
A band so baffling, even their names were contrived. Check your score in the Ramones version of Fact or Fiction.
Elvis, Little Richard and Cheryl Cole have all sung about Teddy Bears, but there is also a terrifying Teddy song from 1932 and a touching trucker Teddy tune from 1976.