Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain played drums on Nice One Cyril by the Cockeral Chorus in 1973.

ABBA’s 1980 number one The Winner Takes It All was originally going to be called The Story Of My Life.

From 1955, Pat Boone held the record for most consecutive weeks on the Billboard chart with 220 consecutive weeks.

Kylie Minogue’s 2023 hit Padam Padam was originally intended for Rita Ora, but she turned it down.

When Ian Curtis from Joy Division hung himself in 1980 he was listening to Iggy Pop’s The Idiot.

The 1978 one hit wonder Jilted John. whose only hit was Jilted John, is Aynsley Harriott’s brother-in-law.

George Michael was sacked from his first job in British Home Stores for not wearing a shirt and tie.

Sylvia wrote her 1973 hit Pillow Talk originally for Al Green but he rejected it.

Phil Collins’ 1981 hit If Leaving Me Is Easy features Eric Clapton on guitar.

The Bee Gees wrote Islands In The Stream originally with Diana Ross in mind then gave it Kenny and Dolly. The title came from a 1970 Ernest Hemingway novel.