Music: Musician Facts, Trivia, Quizzes, Brain Teasers & More

Kids around the world treasure his toe-tapping tunes.

Sometimes, the best work is the stuff that doesn't get noticed.

Music is a powerful thing: It can raise our spirits, carry us through athletic challenges, and make us weep. Its very fabric is a source of power and intrigue, too, since just a measly few tones might do anything from shatter glass to manifest the Devil’s

Here's the story of how a box office dud ended up selling over three million copies of its soundtrack, and spawning a sequel.

Released 53 years ago, The Fab Four's debut album was recorded in less than 13 hours.

Six songs. Featuring bananas.

It's time to break your CD collection out of storage.

Thirty-nine years ago, Lou Reed had a string of shows cancelled because of a few rowdy Brits.

It was known as a flop.

They pulled a "Milli Vanilli kind of thing."

They really wish you'd stop calling them 'roadies'—and chances are, all they want is a nice hot shower.

Here are some noteworthy instances in which fans got closer to their favorite rock stars than they had ever expected.

14. Get your waltz on at one of the more than 450 balls taking place in the Austrian city annually.

Dust off your feather bonnet and get out that kilt—today is International Bagpipe Day!

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a true rock star long before Elvis Presley or Chuck Berry hit the stage.

The George Kaiser Family Foundation and the University of Tulsa acquired the collection of more than 6000 works for between $15 and $20 million.

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We're not the only species guilty of making yummy sounds.

Bowie's mime routine depicting China’s invasion of Tibet did not go over well.

Just because certain songs are fan favorites doesn't mean the artists who made them famous feel the same way.

The collisions of these two high-profile worlds—one defined by youth and coolness, the other by decorum and authority—have sometimes been a little uncomfortable.