30 Bits of Music Trivia We Uploaded to Spotify and Are Now Waiting for Those Sweet Fractions of Pennies to Roll In

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30 Bits of Music Trivia We Uploaded to Spotify and Are Now Waiting for Those Sweet Fractions of Pennies to Roll In
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Much like the music industry itself, the music fact industry has made it a lot easier to get our facts out into the world. No longer do we need to sell our souls to some major fact label to reach a wide audience. We can drum up a sweet fact and blast it out there for all to see. 

Of course, that does mean that the music fact market is now completely oversaturated. We’ll just have to make sure that our facts rise to the top. 

So what do you think? Are these the cream of the music fact crop, or what?

The Singing Nun

The nun who defeated Elvis CRACKED.COM Sister uc-Gabriel, AKA The Singing Nun, came out with her hit song Dominique in 1963, dethroning Elvis as the best-selling artist on the Billboard Hot 100. She ultimately left her convent to write more music (and live with her girlfriend).

The Beatles

The Beatles are responsible for the CT scanner. EMI had so much Beatles money, they threw some cash at an employee's independent research project. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney hid his face and went to see Yesterday. Не watched from the back row, and tried not to laugh whenever he heard his name. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Metallica

The father of late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton still gets royalties. For three decades he's been spending them on college scholarships in his son's honor. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne arranged to have Robin Williams come to the house when his wife Sharon had all but given up on cancer treatment. Williams climbed into bed with her, and the entire family went from tears to laughing. Sharon resumed treatment the next day. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Bob Marley

Bob Marley gave his friend Vincent Ford a songwriting credit on several songs, including No Woman, No Cry. Marley knew any royalties would be used to keep the soup kitchen Vincent Ford ran open. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson's Super Bowl halftime show in 1993 had higher ratings than the game itself. It is estimated to have been one of the most watched events in TV history, with 133.4 million viewers. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Prince

The 'Shirts vs. Blouses' with Prince that Charlie Murphy described on the Chappelle's Show actually happened. According to guitarist Micki Free, Prince was every bit as good a basketball player as Charlie Murphy said he was. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson sold his first song for only $50 and the cost of a restaurant bill that he couldn't afford. CRACKED.COM Family Bible went on to reach #7 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, but Nelson had no regrets about the sale, saying, I felt if I could write one hit song, I could write anoth- er.

Stevie Nicks

Stevie Nicks is the only woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. Once for being a member of Fleetwood Mac, once for her solo career. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg employs a professional blunt roller he pays $40-50k annually. About employing people with talent, Snoop says, If you are great at something I need, I am hiring you. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Diana Ross

When Diana Ross sang I'm Coming Out she had no idea what it meant to closeted people. When she found out, she accused her studio of trying to ruin her career. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd's name comes from two American blues musicians. Syd Barrett had records by Pink Anderson & Floyd Council in his collection. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong wore a Star of David. Не did so as a tribute to the Jewish family who were a second home & loaned him the money to buy his first instrument. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Biz Markie

Biz Markie never planned to sing the chorus on Just A Friend. He'd invited singers to the studio, but none of them showed up. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Peking Duk

A fan of Peking Duk added himself to their Wiki page as a relative. peking duk @pekingduk som1 edited our wiki 2 say he was our family. showed security, got in2 the green room and had a beer with boys.. Security bought it, and let him backstage. The band was super impressed, and they had a bunch of beers with the guy. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Darkthrone

Black metal band Darkthrone drummer Fenriz was elected as a councilman in Norway in 2015. CRACKED.COM Thinking he wouldn't have to do anything, his campaign was a picture of him holding his cat that said, Don't vote for me.

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath's final album ended the same way their debut album began. CRACKED.COM 1970's Black Sabbath be- gan with the sound of rain and a distant church bell. About 43 years later, in 2013, their final album ended with the sound of rain and a distant church bell.

Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel ISTEL THE LUXU OF HOLLE CRACKED.COM They were both jealous of each other, but Paul Simon was the one who decided to break it off. His breaking point was when his part in Catch-22 was cut, and Garfunkel's wasn't. Art had some thoughts on Paul's ego ruining their careers: what's going on with you, you idiot? How could you let that go, jerk?

Richie Haven

Richie Haven's iconic song Freedom came about by accident. Не just started playing it at Woodstock because he didn't have anything else he could play, but needed to stay on the stage. Later, to learn how to play it, he watched himself in the Woodstock movie. CRACKED.COM

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr thought his iconic song The Candy Man would bomb. His exact words: This record is going straight into the toilet. Not just around the rim, but into the bowl, and it may just pull my whole career down with it. It hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. CRACKED.COM

Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow didn't write one of his biggest hits, I Write the Songs. CRACKED.COM Manilow vowed to not use an- other song written by some- one else after his hit Mandy, but Arista Records' Clive Da- vis kept sending him demos - one of which, I Write The Songs, was written by Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys.

Britney Spears

Martin is Swedish,and English isn't his first language. Не meant it to mean something like hit me up on the phone one more time, but when the Americans he worked with tried to push back, he refused to change it. CRACKED.COM

Kesha

KESHA'S PLACENTA GIVES HER SUPERPOWERS (or SO she says). My favorite keepsake is my placenta, 15 Kesha said in 2011. My mom found it in my basement, crushed it up, and made it into a necklace that I wear every day to improve my psychic abilities. There are many questions here, starting with why the placenta was in her basement. CRACKED.COM

Katy Perry

30 Bits of Music Trivia We Uploaded to Spotify and Are Now Waiting for Those Sweet Fractions of Pennies to Roll In

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