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21 Odd and Fun Facts About Music


  • The only guy in ZZ Top who doesn’t have a beard is Frank Beard.

  • None of Elvis’s films got nominated for Oscar, but he did win three Grammy Awards - for his gospel recordings.

  • John Lennon wrote “Good morning, good morning” after hearing a Corn Flakes commercial.

  • Marilyn Monroe got a white poodle named Mafia from Frank Sinatra.

  • The airplane that Buddy Holly died in was called “American Pie”. Don McLean wrote a song with the same name about the accident.

  • Duran Duran was named after a mad scientist from the Jane Fonda movie “Barbarella”.

  • The first CD that was pressed in the U.S. was Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”.

  • Before composing Beethoven dipped his head in cold water.

  • Like humans, birds can learn music while they are still in the egg stage.

  • Mozart was five years old, when he wrote his first piece.

  • The first pop video was released in 1975. It was “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen.

  • Termites will eat wood two times faster when listening to heavy metal.