Tim McGraw recorded "Live Like You Were Dying" just two weeks after his own father passed away.
The first Eurodance hit in America was "Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic in 1989. It led to a wave of Eurodance hits from the likes of Black Box, Snap! and C+C Music Factory in the early '90s.
The party tune "Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit Of)" was the theme song for the 2000 Democratic Convention (the party of Bill Clinton), until someone noticed the line, "A little bit of Monica in my life."
John Legend wrote "All Of Me" about his fiancée Chrissy Teigen. He sang it to her at their wedding ceremony in Como, Italy.
Part of the "Cruel to Be Kind" video was shot during Nick Lowe and Carlene Carter's wedding.
Dido helped shut down a Neo-Nazi Web site after learning it was using "White Flag" to promote its hateful messages. Owners of the site had misinterpreted the track as racist and thought they represented their white supremacy views.
Test your metal - Priest, Maiden, and Beavis and Butt-head show up in this one.
Kooper produced Lynyrd Skynyrd, played with Dylan and the Stones, and formed BS&T.
The king of Christian worship music explains talks about writing songs for troubled times.
These overtly religious songs crossed over to the pop charts, despite resistance from fans, and in many cases, churches.
Rudolf, Bob Dylan and the Singing Dogs all show up in this Fact or Fiction for seasonal favorites.
The top chant artist in the Western world, Krishna Das talks about how these Hindu mantras compare to Christian worship songs.