40 Random Bits of Pop-Music Trivia That Were Sung to Us By A Magic Fact-Spouting Juke Box

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Music Trivia That Were Sung to Us By A Magic Fact-Spouting Juke Box

Like kids at a school recital, these music facts are totally off-key, but its just so darned cute when they try. Well have to sit them down and gently explain that they dont need to be musically gifted. They can just be themselves. Music doesnt write facts about itself because it knows that its interesting enough to be thoroughly documented. 

So while the music does its thing, these music facts can get some serious attention of their own.

Free Bird

Ed King's guitar strings snapped, right in the middle of Free Bird CRACKED.co Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant gave King holy hell after his strings broke on stage one night, causing King to quit the band.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Billy Corgan and the rest of The Smashing Pumpkins. The band broke up in 2000 due to Billy Corgan getting the lion's share of earnings and credit. 18 years later, they reunited for a new album and a tour, but bassist D'arcy Wretzky bailed after learning Billy would make twice as much as every other member. CRACKED

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Joe Strummer

CRACKED c Joe Strummer, lead singer and rhythm guitar player of legendary punk band is, had to identify the body of his older brother, David, after he

The Smiths

The Smiths called it quits over a comedic COVER CRACKED.COM Morrissey threatened to get real mopey if the band wouldn't record a cover of the goofy song Work is a four-Letter Word. The band obliged, but guitarist Johnny Marr said that cover was what made him finally decide to quit the band.

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LFO

TWO-HIT WONDERS LFO had an another Billboard Top 10 song called Girl on TV. The music video featured Jennifer Love Hewitt, who Rich Cronin supposedl

Maroon 5

Harder to Breathe by Maroon 5 It may seem like a relationship song, but it's actually about the band feeling suffocated by their record label who was making them write more songs. It paid off. CRACKED.COM

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40 Random Bits of Pop-Music Trivia That Were Sung to Us By A Magic Fact-Spouting Juke Box

Otis Redding

Otis Redding had his greatest hit after his death. Redding's song (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay reached the #1 spot in the Billboard charts in 19

The Dead Milkmen

THE DEAD MILKMEN wrote a song called Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance to Anything), which denounced dance music from Europe. The song slammed acts wit

Harry Potter

The Harry Potter franchise is so popular it inspired a whole new genre of music called wizard rock. For starters, rock bands are named after HarRY Pot

The Drums

Marlon Brando was super into playing the drums. He actually patented several drum-related inventions. Brando was an avid drummer, and holds four diffe

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