- Composers Marvin Hamlisch and Richard Rodgers are the only musicians to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony, and a Pulitzer.
- Blur's "Song 2" is two minutes and two seconds long, has two verses and two choruses, is the second song on Blur’s self-titled album, was the second single released from the album and reached as high as, you guessed it, no.2 on the UK charts.
- What about the other 45? Paul Simon’s classic “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” only lists five.
- In a recent interview, Diane Lane fondly reminisces on her brief romance with Jon Bon Jovi during the ‘80s and lets on how the band wore athletic supporters aka jockstraps under their leather pants. (Bon Jovi allegedly wrote “You Give Love a Bad Name” about Lane.)
- Former VH1 exec Bill Flanagan’s music biz roman a clef A&R features thinly veiled portraits of Island honcho Chris Blackwell, an unflattering portrayal of Whitney Houston, and a scathing depiction of a two-faced, manipulative, asshole singer rumored to be Michael Bolton.
