charlie parker hated hipsters go

dude from Girl Talk was a biomedical engineer

AFI grosses $50K daily in merchandise on Warped Tour

Edward Tudorpole (Tenpole Tudor) is a direct descendent of Henry VIII.

louis armstrong roasted dizzy gillespie on live television

Kid Rock's "bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy diggy" was ripped off of a rap song by Busy Bee

mark e smith wrote a play based on the reign of pope john paul I.

His name is Prince. And he is funky.

i like big butts. and i cannot lie.

ALRIGHT STOP!.......collaborate and listen...

Per an interview in an old issue of Magnet, Andy Partridge from XTC used to masturbate using a rubber shark toy he bought at a convenience store. Apparently, when you squeezed the toy, it created a powerful sucking sensation though the mouth. He says this helped him remain faithful on the road.

the BBC banned the 1941 recording by Billie Holiday of the song “Gloomy Sunday”. people have either quoted it in suicide notes or been found dead with a copy of the music in their hand or the record found on a player in their presence. also known as “The Hungarian Suicide Song.”

Robert Cray is a member of Otis Day & the Knights in Animal House

maybe fairly well-known already, but:
Jimi Hendrix played rhythm guitar with the Isley Brothers' touring band.

also:
Marvin Gaye was a session drummer that had to practically beg to be given a chance to sing.

For the recording of Psychedelic Jungle the Cramps borrowed their hi hat from Karen Carpenter.

Bob Dylan and Keith Richards are two people who have never been in my kitchen.

John Cale's backing band on the very studied, classic Paris, 1919 album consisted primarily of members of the normally rough-hewn band Little Feat.

i thought you were bullshitting but damn, verified

Lowell George was a damn ol genius, ya know?

A one-string African guitar is called a bo diddley. That’s where bluesman Ellas Bates got his stage name.

the guy behind new age christmas music powerhouse Mannheim Steamroller is the same guy who did the '70s novelty trucker hit "Convoy"

ol CW McCall. I had that album on 8 track and also on the Radioshack 8 track trucker song compilation "Get Your Ears On" or something like that.

Bruce Springsteen did the count off on The Dictators' "Faster and Louder".

The lead singer of Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes was Teddy Pendergrass

Alot of amazing female singers are pretty amazing instrumentalists in their own right.

Aretha played piano and has quite a few piano credits in the beginning of her career


as did Nina Simone, who like Miles Davis, also had classical training at Julliard


but could jazz it up


and sometimes she brought the funk


and Barbara Mandrell is a hoss pedal steel player.


the Marvin Gaye post made me think of these.