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.
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