MUSIC

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.

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.

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.

A handful of hitmakers took a shot at the small screen (with varying degrees of success).

"The first time you lift them out there’s this incredible, visceral hum."

For more than 40 years, "Weird Al" Yankovic has been putting his own, spoofy twist on chart-toppers to come up with tunes like “Eat It,” “Like a Surgeon,” “White & Nerdy,” and “Amish Paradise.”