Queen are the only group in which every member has composed more than one #1 single, and hence, all four members were induced into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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Jimi Hendrix played for Englebert Humperdinck when his regular guitarist failed to show, Hendrix had to play behind a curtain and Humperdinck says it was like having 3 guitarists behind him.
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Freddie Mercury held parties with midgets carrying around trays of cocaine.
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In Montreal, there's a bus stop with swings that play musical notes when you swing on them.
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The Beatles wrote into their contracts for American concerts that they would not play in front of segregated audiences.
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In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
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