Frankie Goes To Hollywood's name was from a headline about Frank Sinatra. Since Sinatra started making movies in the 50s it must have been an old headline.

Iggy Pop cowrote "China Girl" with David Bowie. I find "Lust for Life" and "Search and Destroy" pleasant. But Iggy Pop has written little of lasting worth in a 40 year career.

The Raiders couldn't just swap out three of their members in late '67 and expect fans not to notice or care. I wondered who Charlie Coe and Freddy Weller were.

I stopped keeping up with current music decades ago. I listen to "Double Dare" by Bauhaus and it seems as if Bauhaus is a new band, albeit Hendrix-influenced.

But Bauhaus was actually one of numerous British 80s bands that remained unknown in the US. YouTube has a video of their cover of T Rex's "Telegram Sam." Because Bolan was a superstar in the UK the song would have been well-known to Bauhaus's UK audience, the equivalent of covering a Grand Funk Railroad song in the US.

Siouxee and the Banshees, the Power Station, and others Brit groups also covered T. Rex material. He remained an influence long after his death, particularly in the UK.

Billy Joe Royal's "Cherry Hill Park" was probably about a girl who would make out at a park. I used to think the girl was having sex in the woods. Maybe she was

Groups which had an organist didn't necessarily need a bassist. Neither the Rascals nor the Doors had them. Manzarek would play the bass part with his left hand

Saxophonist Denny Peyton said before his cancer death in 2007 that the DC5 had been an important part of his life of which he was very proud.

Dave Clark owns the rights and publishing to the DC5s recordings. But for many years he was unable to come to terms on rereleasing them in the US.

Gene Pitney was popular in the UK after his US fame faded. He died a few years ago after a successful UK concert. He went out on top.

Sting did a stadium concert in Israel with Matisyahu opening. They did a duet in which Sting proclaimed twice "We want moshiach now!" The audience cheered.

Synchronicity contains two songs written by the other group members. The songs were filler, like Ringo's song on The White Album. I disliked them.

Sting was not an immensely talented songwriter, but in the Police's last two albums he made the best use of the talent he had. I love Synchronicity.

Joan Baez in her autobiography described a lesbian relationship. People asked why she included it and she replied that it was because she wanted to.

"Catch A Wave" features Brian and Mike trading off lead vocals in the middle of the verses. You can also hear them in the choruses, along with the other Boys.

"Positively 4th Street" is basically iambic, but Dylan introduces extra syllables here and there. Purely iambic lyrics build up the tension but don't release it.

Nik Kershaw's "Wouldn't It Be Good" was a highlight of LiveAid. As was Bryan Adams' "Kids Wanna Rock." At LiveAid everyone played live, unlike on Ed Sullivan.

Those mentioned in REMs "End Of The World As We Know It" had not necessarily died recently. Rock critic Lester Bangs had died almost a decade earlier in 1982.

Mark Lindsay on a nighttime talk show ca. 1971 was asked about groupies. He said there were women who came backstage, but wouldn't say what they did there.

Bobby Keyes played sax on "Brown Sugar" and other Sticky Fingers tracks that included a saxophone. The Dave Clark Five had a saxman in the group, as did Roxy Music and Morphine. Mark Lindsay played sax in the Raiders, notably on "Melody For An Unknown Girl" which he also wrote.

Springsteen live engages in a call and response which sounds like a black church service. Most American congregational prayer has lost that spontaneity.