Category: Did you know?

Songs are often being written with someone in mind to sing them, then they are offered to that artist and occasionally they turn them down. Here is a list of 30 well known track that did not excite the person they were written for.

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Here is a list of 33 acts whose name was inspired by literary works or directly taken from book titles or character in them.

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Many songs have been written about many people, but Martin Luther King has inspired more than most. Here is a list of 21 songs that have been inspired by him, a tribute to him or have ‘borrowed’ from him.

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This week’s did you know was requested by Jack Alexander who emailed and said, “Any chance on you doing a ‘did you know’ section on versions of classical pieces that have hit the charts? Not samples/nicked melodies/influenced by, I’m talking proper versions.” Well, Jack, here is a list of 41 that I’ve come up with, can anyone add any more?

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Here is a list of the top biggest selling debut hit to make the UK singles chart. All of them have sold over a million copies, only the number one has sold over two million copies.

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Leo Fender is one of the most famous inventors of electric guitars including the Stratocaster and Telecaster models yet he could not play the guitar himself.

The tension of the 230-odd strings in a grand piano exert a combined force of 20 tonnes on the cast iron frame.

Four weeks ago a track called The Shores of Normandy by Jim Radford entered the chart at number 72 and in doing so he became the oldest living artist to chart. He was 90.

I Write the Songs is a well-known song recorded by most Barry Manilow and David Cassidy yet neither of them wrote it, Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys did.

Gioachino Rossini wrote his aria Di tanti palpiti while waiting for some risotto in a restaurant in Venice.

In 1992, Bruno Mars had a cameo in the film Honeymoon In Vegas as an Elvis Presley impersonator called Little Elvis. He was just four years old.

Up until the end of 2018, the most ‘shazamed’ song was Wake Me Up by Avicii.

Before he was famous, Olly once appeared on Deal or No Deal where he walked away with just £10.

The only band to play on all seven continents is Metallica.

In 2016, Mozart sold more CDs than Beyoncé.

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