Top 10 Unbelievable Facts in Music History
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The Elvis fact surprised me the most!
#1- the fact that rap and EDM is considered music
Interesting fact: Bob Dylan won Nobel-prize
The Monkees also had a tour with Jimi Hendrix (what was the logic behind that?) and if I remember correctly in 67 they outsold the Beatles and the Stones combined
How about this: Danny Elfman wrote the Simpsons theme, Rapper's Delight and Old Black Betty.
My fav music fact is that my heart will go on was recorded 1 take, ONE FUCKING TAKE
me, sighing, giving in to my urges and clicking on another damn watchmojo.com video
7:54 Sounds fucking badass (I'm not a fan of def leppard)
No 10 isn't true anymore.
Beethoven being deaf.
i hate when Mojo unnecessarily over-pronounces foreign names whenever they get the chance
Stevie Wonder – the Grammy award winning singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/chart topper/innovator/child prodigy – is blind.
Pour some sugar on me. All def leopards are diabetics
strange fact I can sing the Japanese anthem
peak years – Brian Jones (Rolling stones) & Alan Wilson (Canned Heat)
A common mistake among younger, and amateur critics is to credit Black Sabbath with the creation of Heavy Metal. The Beat writer William Boroughs actually coined the term in 1968 to describe the sound of Led Zeppelin. Jimmy Page tuned his guitar that way first.
27 club is so stupid. We could have a 30 club, 40 club, 70 club, etc. Stupid.
Elvis dyed his hair black? Unbelievable!
Screaming Jay Hawkins is Alice Coopers dad
The video of the song "These are the days of our lives", by Queen was shot only 6 months before Freddie Mercury's death. He kept recording material for the next and final Queen studio album, "Made in Heaven" until 5 months before his death on november 24th, 1991 due complications from AIDS. His last song was "Mother Love".
Mariah BORING BORING
Captain Beefheart had an 8 octave range and could shatter microphones with his voice. He also played two clarinets at the same time. Yma Sumac also had a very wide vocal range and could even sing two notes at the same time. Thin white Kline drummer, Dale McQuaid, would, quite often, play entire 4-hour gigs blindfolded.
Next…..do top 10 hotdogs musicians like to eat on vacation in Cancun.
Broad video concept.
Dig the video quality, stepping up
Full credit to Rik Allen from Def Leppard. Drumming with one arm after losing his other arm in a car crash, and then making the Hysteria album. Show a thumbs up for Rik.
Is anybody else noticing Rick Allen's Metallica shirt?
Mariah Carey is a fucking annoying showboat
Mickey Dolenz is not mike nesmith.. jus sayin
Scratch number 10 off the list.
here's 10 more
11 – John Lennon and paul McCartney are/were wife beaters
12 – Metallica being the first band to play every continent
13- Buckethead has released over 200+ different instrumental albums
14- Michael Jackson and thriller being the #1 sold album in history
15- Bon Scott wasn't the original singer of AC/DC neither was Rob Halford of Judas Priest
16- The creators of south park paid Kid Rock NOT to be in their movie bigger longer and uncut
17- Slash of guns and roses most famous guitar that more than anything saved the Gibson guitar company was not a Gibson (it was a kriss derrig 1959 les paul copy)
18- autotune doesn't make your music better if you write / compose horrible music
19 – the worlds lonstest officially released song is just over 3 hours long
20- Dave Mustaine wasn't the original lead guitarist of Megadeth. Some black guy was on very early demos