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All the stuff you never knew about your favourite rock star...

  • The oldest artist to hit #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 is Louis Armstrong in 1964 with "Hello, Dolly!" at the age of 62.

  • Elvis Presley's former home, Graceland is the second most-visited house in America after the White House.

  • Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills and Nash, originally tried out to be a Monkee, but producers thought his hair was getting too thin and that his teeth were too bad.

  • The only Beatles song not to have any of the fab four play some form of instrument – was Eleanor Rigby.

  • The Ramones and AC/DC both have composed music for writer Steven King's movies.

  • Paul Stanley is almost entirely deaf in his right ear, although he can hear when he presses his ear against a speaker, or similar audible equipment.

  • “House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals took only 15 minutes to record.

  • John Lennon reportedly wrote “Good Morning, Good Morning” after hearing a TV commercial jingle for Corn Flakes cereal.

  • While searching for a name, the Bay City Rollers - blindly stuck a pin on a map. It landed on Bay City, Michigan.

  • The song "Happy Birthday To You" is not a public-domain composition. The publishing rights are owned by a subsidiary of Warner Communications.