The Destiny's Child "Independent Women Part I" video was directed by the same guy who did the Hunger Games movies.
Lucinda Williams' track "Compassion" is based on a poem by her father, lauded Arkansas poet Miller Williams.
Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" is about the commercialization of Hawaii. On her first trip to the islands, she looked out of her hotel window and saw a parking lot as far as the eye could see.
Rihanna was Pitbull's first choice to sing on "Timber," but she wasn't available at the time so he enlisted his RCA labelmate Kesha instead.
A one-ton bell was custom made for AC/DC's "Hell's Bells." The recording was slowed to half speed to make it sound like a more ominous two-ton bell.
"Irreplaceable" wasn't specifically penned for Beyonce - in fact, Ne-Yo wrote it more as a country song and had Faith Hill and Shania Twain in mind.
The evolution of the symbol that was Prince's name from 1993-2000.
Into the vaults for this talk with Bolton from the '80s when he was a focused on writing songs for other artists.
The original voice of Snap! this story is filled with angry drag queens, video impersonators and Chaka Khan.
The "Midnight At The Oasis" singer is an Old Time gal. She talks about her jug band beginnings and shares a Dylan story.
A scholarly analysis of yacht rock favorites ("Steal Away," "Baker Street"...) with a member of the leading YR cover band.
Tom talks about the evolution of Cinderella's songs through their first three albums, and how he writes as a solo artist.