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Music Trivia You Should Know

Rock

The rock and roll music genre has a vibrant history, with deep roots in the American experience. But what is the origin of rock music?

The genre is still going strong in the 21st century, yet many interesting rock and roll facts have been forgotten. As the music industry has developed, the definition of rock music has evolved, with many different rock categories arising. What rock is perceived as now is different from how rock used to be perceived in the 1950s.

Check out these little-known&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/woah-rock-history-facts/mviladegutt" target="_blank">facts about rock and roll history</a>, and vote up the ones you never knew before.

Facts About The History Of Rock And Roll That Most People Don't Know

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Facts About Rock And Roll History Most People Don't Know

Jason F. Collins

Are you the "music guy" on your virtual trivia team? Read up for some fun facts and little-known info that will score you maj points.

Name That Song

Hard Rock

If these <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-13-most-horrifying-_classic_-christmas-songs-of-all-time/nicolebreanne">horrifyingly creepy songs</a> about young girls were written today, they might not get radio play. Sociological standards have changed a lot since the days of Neil Diamond and The Doors, though. Elvis Presley&nbsp;fell in love with Priscilla&nbsp;Beaulieu when she was just 14-years-old, for example. Sure, it was definitely controversial back in the day&nbsp;but courting a minor didn't&nbsp;ruin&nbsp;his career.Some of these&nbsp;rock songs are more stomach-churning than others, and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.ranker.com/list/fun-songs-with-secret-dark-meanings/jessica-defino">some are just plain surprising</a>. The Beatles were in their early 20s when they wrote “I Saw Her Standing There.” That song is&nbsp;about being in love with a 17-year-old girl. And Gene Simmons was almost 30 when he sang &quot;Christine Sixteen.&quot; Despite the controversy surrounding a much older man obsessing about a much younger school girl (16-years-old), the song hit number&nbsp;25 on the Billboard Hot 100, even though many radio stations refused to play the track.Keep reading to see which voyeuristic songs were somehow socially acceptable. Vote below for the most disturbing songs about little girls that you've been singing along to (without realizing their creepy lyrics and context).&nbsp;

Creepy Rock Songs About Young Girls You've Been Singing Along To Without Realizing

Song

The Top 18 Creepiest Rock Songs About Young Girls, Ranked

Ann Casano

Entertainment

For music nerds, it can be tough to find good TV shows about music. Most recommendations are for <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-singing-competition-shows/ranker-tv" target="_blank">singing competitions</a> or biographies about one specific band or artist. As fun as those kinds of shows can be, they can also wear thin when what you&rsquo;re looking for is a peek into the process of how music is made &ndash; or how a genre took the world by storm. This list of the best shows about music focuses on documentaries about genres and the songwriting process, with episodes and arcs that follow different artists.

Ranked from best to worst by your votes, and the votes of other music nerds, most of these TV shows about music are documentaries, like Jazz, K-Pop Evolution, and Hip Hop Uncovered. There are also some exceptions &ndash; Song Exploder is technically a documentary but, just like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/tv-shows-based-on-podcasts/ranker-tv" target="_blank">the podcast it&rsquo;s based on</a>, it feels more like an interview show as an artist walks us through how a song was made. The single competitive show, Songland, was created by Dave Stewart, formerly of the Eurythmics, specifically to show the process of songwriting. It&rsquo;s just a bonus that viewers can enjoy a little light competition as well.

Vote up your favorite TV shows about music and see where the music shows you love rank. Then, check out some of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/underrated-music-documentaries-2010s/mike-mcgranaghan" target="_blank">most underrated music documentaries of the 2010s</a>.

The Best Music TV Shows That Aren't Just Another Singing Competition

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The Best TV Shows About Music, Ranked By Music Nerds

Ranker TV

Pop Culture

There's no denying that &quot;Monster Mash&quot; is one of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-halloween-songs/music-lover" target="_blank">best Halloween songs</a> of all time. Every October, countless parties ring with the sound of Bobby &quot;Boris&quot; Pickett's quirky novelty tune about creatures who just want to boogie.&nbsp;But in 2017,&nbsp;the Internet discovered something about &quot;Monster Mash&quot; that will change the way you listen to the classic tale of graveyard shenanigans forever.Get ready to have your mind blown: you've never heard the monster mash.&nbsp;You’ve only heard a song describing the events of an eerie night where monsters dance to a song called &quot;The Monster Mash.&quot;This revelation started a flurry of funny &quot;Monster Mash&quot; tweets and &quot;Monster Mash&quot; conspiracy theories that have completely upended the world of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/vintage-halloween-songs/robert-f-mason" target="_blank">Halloween novelty songs</a>. When you listen to &quot;Monster Mash&quot; this season, pay close attention to the lyrics. Maybe you'll find <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/who-is-the-lord-of-light/stephanroget?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the hidden truth</a> that Bobby Pickett wrote into the song.

Someone Discovered Something Super Weird About The Monster Mash, And People Are Freaking Out

People Are Freaking Out Over a New Discovery About the Monster Mash

Jacob Shelton

Lists about Taylor Swift: cat-lover, Grammy-winner, dirty-laundry-airess, and very tall, occasionally controversial pop superstar. 

The Best of T-Swizzle

Fun facts, fascinating trivia, and wild stories about some of your favorite ladies behind the microphone.

Let's Hear It for the Girls

It would be difficult to find a celebrity whose personal life has been in the tabloids more than Taylor Swift's. Her smash hit album 1989 cemented her transition from country singer to unstoppable pop goddess, which means everyone's eyes are on the young celeb who's got a talent for dissing ex-boyfriends. We all know about her star-studded romantic past, but these Taylor Swift stories and facts say way more about who Taylor really is. Consider this list your own personal Swift wiki. She has been involved in too many unforgettable pop culture moments to count (&quot;I'ma let you finish&quot; is burned into all of our brains forever) and her fiery love songs are ammunition against breakups from hell. Still, <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-named-taylor/celebrity-lists?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">who is Taylor</a> Swift? These facts about her childhood, personal life, and rise to fame will only make you want to be her best friend even more. Check out this biography and vote up Taylor Swift facts and trivia that you never knew!

Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift Bio: Stories & Fun Facts About Taylor Swift

Katie Mach

Whoa Facts

Rock history is rich with interesting facts that sometimes give us a bit more&nbsp;insight into some of our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-musical-artists-of-all-time/ranker-music" target="_blank">favorite musicians&#39;</a>&nbsp;careers and private lives.

We&#39;ve looked&nbsp;through Reddit&#39;s various rock and history threads to find the&nbsp;most interesting facts about rock history. These are some of our favorites.

15 Facts We Just Learned About Rock And Roll History That Made Us Say 'Woah'

Mauricio Viladegutt

1990s

After the metal and synth-pop dominance of the 1980s, the world&nbsp;was overdue for a new generation of artists that would change the trajectory of music forever. Leather jackets, hair spray, and tight pants were becoming passe in exchange for flannel, baggy jeans, and Converse. A strong argument can be made that 1991 was one of the most important years in music - with bands such as <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-true-nirvana-stories/erin-mccann" target="_blank">Nirvana</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-red-hot-chili-peppers-songs/voteable" target="_blank">Red Hot Chili Peppers</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/pearl-jam-jeremy-music-video-controversy/idoia-gorosabel-gkikas" target="_blank">Pearl Jam</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-soundgarden-albums-list/ranker-music" target="_blank">Soundgarden</a>, the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-smashing-pumpkins-songs/voteable" target="_blank">Smashing Pumpkins</a>, and My Bloody Valentine (just to name a few) putting out game-changing records.

The most notable scene that formed in the early &#39;90s was the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-90s-grunge-stars/julian-hoffman" target="_blank">Seattle grunge scene</a>, which saw many bands break through with their gloomy, apathetic music. Grunge had become synonymous with &quot;1990s music,&quot; but it wasn&#39;t just Seattle that was changing music forever. Even bands like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/ranking-of-best-metallica-songs/music-lover" target="_blank">Metallica</a> and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-u2-songs-of-all-time/voteable" target="_blank">U2</a> were changing direction, adapting to a new decade that offered less neon, more black. Everything was starting to form under the blanket of &quot;alternative rock,&quot; which would stay popularized until the 2010s.&nbsp;

Here are some&nbsp;albums of extreme significance that made music history back in 1991. Vote up the ones that still matter to you.

1991 Might Have Been The Most Game-Changing Year In Rock 'N' Roll

Musical Album

1991 Might Have Been The Most Game-Changing Year In Rock And Roll

Julian Hoffman

Weird History

On July 12, 1979, the term &quot;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/songs-about-fire/ranker-music" target="_blank">disco inferno</a>&quot; took on a whole new meaning. As the &quot;disco '70s&quot; drew to a close,&nbsp;Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl decided to speed up&nbsp;the process&nbsp;by promoting&nbsp;a Demolition Disco Night in between games at a White Sox double-header at Comiskey Park.&nbsp;He invited&nbsp;the listeners of his popular radio show to come out to the game and set some records on fire, and tens of thousands showed up to burn a farewell to disco.But&nbsp;during the event,&nbsp;things got seriously out of hand; after a sluggish baseball season, the stadium hadn't seen crowds like this for quite some time.&nbsp;Riots, crazed fans, and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/story-of-hillsborough-disaster-crowd-crush/rachel-souerbry" target="_blank">crowd rushes can notoriously break out quickly at sporting events</a>, and&nbsp;Comiskey Park Disco Demolition Night was a prime example of this. By the end of the night, disco records were in flames, fans were looting&nbsp;the stadium, and the White Sox had to forfeit their&nbsp;second game. Disco itself never quite recovered.

40 Minutes Of Mayhem: The Fiery Riot That Killed A Cultural Movement Forever

Melissa Sartore

Lists about the entertainer known as Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, the Goblin King, and for so much more. David Bowie (1947-2016) was one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century

A Starman Waiting in the Sky

Lists ranking the best songs and albums by the band known for operatic rock, stadium anthems, and Freddie Mercury.

Dynamite with a Laser Beam

Queen

When David Bowie and Freddie Mercury came together to record &quot;Under Pressure&quot; in 1981, the result was one of the best duets of all time. Though the&nbsp;recording process managed to unite some of the most prolific musical geniuses of the 20th century, creating the masterpiece was no simple task.

&quot;Under Pressure&quot; was a song that, like its namesake implies, was produced under pressure. Performed alongside Queen creative masterpieces like &quot;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/behind-the-scenes-recording-bohemian-rhapsody/melissa-sartore" target="_blank">Bohemian Rhapsody</a>,&quot; the song became a staple at concerts and appeared on Queen and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/david-bowie-facts/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">Bowie</a> albums alike. Creative differences and clashing personalities tested the limits of music-making, but the&nbsp;tension&nbsp;between the singers also made &quot;Under Pressure&quot; a landmark collaboration.

The Behind-The-Scenes Rivalry And Making Of 'Under Pressure'

Making "Under Pressure:" Behind The Scenes With Freddie Mercury And David Bowie

It was just one hit, but it was a HUGE hit that has stuck in the collective consciousness ever since.

Great Songs by One-Hit Wonders

Music History

There was a brief period of time&nbsp;in the early&nbsp;2000s when&nbsp;emo music&nbsp;seemed like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/stuff-only-emo-kids-understand/rebecca-shortall" target="_blank">the most dominant of any genre</a>.&nbsp;The songs from that era&nbsp;helped to define the tastes and attitudes of an entire generation. But just like with any trend, more than a few of those emo songs totally disappeared from everyone's&nbsp;radars. This departure happened partly because <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/emo-bands-and-musicians/reference" target="_blank">so many&nbsp;bands</a> were trying to make it big.Whether the song came from a mega-popular&nbsp;emo band like Hawthorne&nbsp;Heights or The Used, or from a&nbsp;lesser-known band,&nbsp;there were&nbsp;so many great tracks that deserve another listen. A list of them has been compiled below for your listening pleasure.

Emo One-Hit Wonders You Totally Forgot Existed

Alex Welch

Lists about the most interesting and entertaining celebrity couples, how they met, why they split, and the fascinating details inside their relationships and marriages.

Celebrity Couples

Music is a very personal outlet&nbsp;that&nbsp;can unify people in a unique way. It&#39;s no surprise that many successful bands feature romantically involved members. While a couple can create magical music, the end of a romantic relationship may mean&nbsp;the end of a band.

Blondie&nbsp;formed in 1974, and members Debbie&nbsp;Harry and Chris&nbsp;Stein dated for years before splitting up after the band did the same.&nbsp;Arcade Fire began in 2001, and bandmates Win Butler and Regine Chasagne got married in 2003.&nbsp;Other bands that include current or former couples: The White Stripes, ABBA, Sonic Youth, Fleetwood Mac. The list goes on, with <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/music-power-couples-still-together/tracey-graham" target="_blank">plenty of success</a> and heartbreak along the way.

Do you think it&#39;s a good idea to date a bandmate? From country singers to rockers, here are some of famous bands that were or still are couples.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Bands That Are (Or Were) Couples

Band/Musician

Bands That Are Couples | List of Husband and Wife Music Acts

Celebrity Lists

Musician/Band Trivia

It&#39;s easy to write off famous groupies off as clich&eacute;s.&nbsp;Pop culture&nbsp;tends to paint them as airheaded or sex-crazed&nbsp;with little care to capture the actual experiences of&nbsp;women who lived the life. Decades after the sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll lifestyle that fueled the music scene of&nbsp;the &#39;60s, &#39;70s, and &#39;80s, notable rock groupies like Chris O&#39;Dell and Pamela Des Barres are sharing the real stories of how they served as mistresses and muses to some of the most beloved bands of all time. Though they can&#39;t compete with the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/rock_s-_1-groupie_s-conquest-list/celebrityhookups" target="_blank">conquests of rock&#39;s biggest groupie</a>, they shed new light on the entire lifestyle

The words of&nbsp;O&#39;Dell and Des Barres&nbsp;go beyond the simple question of, &quot;Why do groupies do what they do?&quot; By telling these stories in their own words, they reclaim the narratives about them. Though the wildest groupie stories may have a hint of truth,&nbsp;first-hand accounts show&nbsp;how these women are more than stereotypes.

Rock N' Roll Groupies Reveal What The Lifestyle Is Really Like

14 Rock n' Roll Groupies Reveal What Life Was Like On Tour

Melissa Brinks

The most bananas stories and insane 100% true tales about the lives and behind-the-music antics of your favorite rock stars and legendary bands.

Freakin' Rock Stars

Firsthand Accounts

For a period of 33 months in the late 1970s, Studio 54 reigned as the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/wildest-parties-in-history/genevieve-carlton" target="_blank">wildest and most successful disco</a>&nbsp;- or nightclub - in New York City.&nbsp;Founded by Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, two Brooklyn natives who had met while&nbsp;attending Syracuse University, the nightclub opened&nbsp;on April 26, 1977. The opening was chaotic, with traffic grinding to a halt on 54th Street&nbsp;and a drug-fueled street party&nbsp;breaking out among some of the clubgoers&nbsp;unable to get into the venue. That night set the tone for the &quot;anything - no matter how &#39;shocking&#39;&nbsp;- goes&quot;&nbsp; vibe, and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/vintage-studio-54-photos/kellie-kreiss" target="_blank">Studio 54</a> quickly became&nbsp;the&nbsp;hottest night spot in the city, a place where celebrities and &quot;regular people&quot; mingled - if one was lucky enough to get past the strict door policy.&nbsp;

Several factors led to the abrupt end to Studio 54&#39;s reign as&nbsp;New York City&#39;s most infamous party scene: greed, drugs, the end of the carefree &#39;70s, and the looming spectre of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/aids-crisis-of-the-1980s/mariel-loveland" target="_blank">AIDS crisis</a>. On February 2, 1980, Rubell and Schrager threw themselves a huge farewell party. Two days later, they&nbsp;began jail sentences on&nbsp;tax evasion charges. They sold the club to Marc Fleischman, but although he attempted to keep the party going, Studio 54&#39;s glory days were over. After being sold to another owner, the club closed in 1986.

Below are some of the firsthand stories from Studio 54&#39;s heyday.&nbsp;

Firsthand Accounts From Studio 54

TGWrites

Detailing the most dramatic, pettiest, most savage and entertaining feuds in the history of the music biz.

Dueling Divas

What is it about being in a huge rock band that makes members hate each other? Maybe it&rsquo;s all the time trapped in a bus together, or maybe money really does change everyone. Whatever the case, some of the biggest and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-rock-bands-of-all-time" target="_blank">best rock bands</a> in the world absolutely can&rsquo;t stand each other - and for many of them, this animosity fuels their music.&nbsp;

Everyone knows that the legendary group <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/true-stories-behind-fleetwood-mac-rumours-album/melissa-sartore" target="_blank">Fleetwood Mac</a> had a love/hate relationship, but there are bands from every decade who made it a point to pick at each other until things fell apart. Some groups managed to keep things together, while others never played another note after disbanding. Every band on here, from&nbsp;Oasis to the Kinks to&nbsp;Creedence Clearwater Revival, made great music - and somehow managed to do it while hating each other&#39;s guts.&nbsp;

Bands Whose Whole Thing Is Hating Each Other

Old Stuff

Our favorite departed musicians can leave us starstruck and humbled with their legacies, but they really were just human. Among other things, proof of the normalcy of these legendary <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/rock-stars-whose-deaths-were-the-most-untimely" target="_blank">rock stars</a> is in their&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/historical-figures-favorite-foods/melissa-sartore" target="_blank">favorite foods</a>.&nbsp;Even the wealthiest and most demanding stars have a soft spot for cheap eats and junk. Someone as famous as Amy Winehouse, for example, found joy in the simple pleasure&nbsp;of KFC.

If you&#39;d like to put together a tribute buffet to the best departed music stars, you won&#39;t have to spend big. To eat like your favorite musician from history, you likely just have to let yourself indulge in <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-guilty-pleasure-movies?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">a guilty pleasure</a>.&nbsp;

Favorite Foods Of Legendary Musicians We Lost Too Soon

Person

Favorite Foods Of Legendary Musicians We Lost Too Soon 

Ryan Sargent

Ranking the very best songs, bands, and musicians of the greatest decade for hit jams.

Music for Your '90s Playlists

90s Music

It&#39;s a special kind of song that can get fans and athletes on their feet while making them question who let the dogs out or demanding that everybody dance now. Jock jams songs are among this rare breed, and even after many have been playing at sports arenas and wedding receptions for more than 20 years, they still manage to get people energized and moving. While many of the tunes are now limited in where they can be played without being a joke, they&#39;ve become classics - not necessarily because they&#39;re &quot;good,&quot; but due to the specific feeling they create.

Although sports arena&nbsp;music directors started the trend of playing energetic music to excite athletes and fans, Jock Jams helped fix many of these kinds of songs in listeners&#39; minds. And decades later, many fans are more than willing to pump up the jam.

The Rise And Fall Of 'Jock Jams,' The Arena-Themed CD Collection That Ruled The Mid-'90s

The Rise And Fall Of The Mid-90s ‘Jock Jams’ CD Collections

Erin McCann

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