Think you know everything there is to know about music? Prepare to be blown away as we take a look at some of the most interesting, unbelievable facts about musicians and the music industry!
1. The death metal band Hatebeak has an exceptional vocalist named Waldo. What is unique about it? Well, Waldo is a parrot. Gray African Congo, to be exact, and I swear to you I did not invent it.
2. Morton Rocket, lead singer of A-Ha, holds the European record for singing the longest single note in a pop song. This happens in the band’s massive hit, Summer Moved On, from 2001, in which Rocket sings one single note without stopping for 20.2 seconds.
3. Elvis Presley is originally blond. He started dyeing his hair black only at 15 years old.
4. The fact that Michael Jackson’s Thriller is the best-selling album of all time everyone knows. But do you know the best-selling female (singer) album of all time? Well, that answer will surprise you: Shania Twain’s Come On Over from 1997.
5. Before the Fantastic Four from Liverpool called themselves “The Beatles,” they were called “Johnny and the Moondogs.”
6. Only three music companies are responsible for over 80% of the music you listen to Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, and Universal Music Group.....Follow the Indies!
7. New Order’s Classic Blue Monday is the best-selling 12-inch single in history. How unfortunate that for every copy sold, the band lost money because the cost of producing its unique disk cover was higher than the cost of the sale.
8. The first clip ever aired on MTV is the Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star. The first clip ever aired on MTV Europe is Dire Straits’ Money For Nothing.
9. The name of the only player who does not show off his beard in the band ZZ Top is Frank Beard.
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