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The Beatles song "Dear Prudence" was written about Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, when she wouldn't come out and play with Mia and the Beatles at a religious retreat in India.
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| Petula Clark's hit, "This Is My Song" was written by movie actor Charlie Chaplin. |
| Roy Orbison's trademark look came about when he misplaced his regular glasses and had to rely on a pair of prescription sun-glasses. His management liked the mysterious look it gave him and soon, they were the only ones he wore. |
| The piano player on Art Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" is Larry Knechtel of the group "Bread". |
| At the end of the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life," an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for his old English sheepdog "Martha". |
| Jimi Hendrix was thrown out of high school for holding the hand of a white girl in class. |
| Even though he has recorded some of the most memorable rock and roll classics, the only gold record that Chuck Berry ever received was for "My Ding-a-ling". |
| The original Eagles, Glen Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon first met when they were members of Linda Ronstadt's backup band. |
| 'Billie Jean' by Michael Jackson was the first video to air on MTV by a black artist. |
| When Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" finally fell off of Billboard's Hot 200 Album list in October 1988, it had set a record of 741 weeks on the chart. |
| "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" the 1960 hit for Elvis Presley was written by Roy Turk and Lou Handman in 1926 as a vaudeville recitation and first recorded by Al Jolson. |
| The first group to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame were The Coasters. |
| More than 2,500 cover versions of The Beatles' "Yesterday" exist, making it the most recorded song in history. |
| Barry Manilow's hit, "I Write The Songs" was actually written by Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys. |
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