huh what really and Wow
these are the music facts that have us
scratching our head welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
unbelievable facts in music history
for this list we’ve chosen cool
interesting or surprising facts or
pieces of trivia relating to music
musicians and/or the music industry
number 10
happy birthday to you is copyrighted
although likely some 350,000 plus times
a day happy birthday is actually not a
song in the public domain and its
copyright status earns rights holders
warner/chappell music about two million
dollars a year
the company’s copyright which was
acquired in 1988 for at least twenty
five million dollars is set to expire in
2030 in the United States although it
will expire at the end of 2016 in Europe
owing to differences in copyright law
happy birthday written as early as 1893
by sisters and teachers Patty and
Mildred J Hill the song is only subject
to royalty payments when sung in public
and commends $10,000 for use in films
nine screamin Jay Hawkins 50 plus kids
this shocked rock pioneer was shockingly
also fathered to as many as 75 children
the singer had three children with the
first of his six wives but has been
quoted as being aware of at least 57
mostly illegitimate children
following his death in 2000 a website
was set up to help track his vastly sown
seed with 33 of the more than 1200
submissions more or less confirmed as
the rockers offspring the next year many
of the junior Hawkins held a reunion to
celebrate daddy dearest
number eight silenzio my heart will go
on was recorded in one take
in my dreams I see you now viewed as
Celine Dion’s signature song the ballot
to sink a ship almost didn’t happen and
I kept saying to Rene in the back of his
life
upon hearing the music
the singer didn’t want to record it and
Titanic director James Cameron didn’t
want to use it producer Simon Franklin
who had worked with Celine in the past
opted to record a demo anyway and Zia
was encouraged to sing on the recording
by husband and manager Rene Khalil
according to Tommy Mottola ZL nailed the
vocal in one take and never re-recorded
it meaning the global number one hit is
actually a demo
number seven Elvis Presley was a blonde
perhaps the most surprising fact about a
man whose life was rich with interesting
facts is that the king of rock and
roll’s jet-black hair came from a bottle
a bottle of miss clairol 51 d to be
exact
adult video tag born blonde Elvis’s hair
naturally grew darker to a sandy blonde
bias high school years and was a dark
chestnut color during his service in the
army
Pressley began dyeing his hair black in
the mid 50’s and continued to do so
until his death in 1977 actor Robert
Mitchum meanwhile reportedly inspired
his trademark hairstyle number six Tony
Iommi’s missing finger tips
aged 17 and working his last day in a
sheetmetal Factory the future Black
Sabbath guitarist cut off the tips of
his right middle and ring fingers in a
pressing machine one day I went into
work and there was a woman he suppressed
the metal and send it down to me and I
stir welding she never came in so they
said all you’ve got to do they’re
pressing so quiet to get on this machine
of course it will fingers came down snap
being left-handed this should have meant
the end of his playing days but I owe me
instead created new fingertips out of
melted dish soap bottles and leather
strips which resembled thimbles
for playability the guitarist began
tuning his guitar to D flat rather than
a standard which had the additional
effect of giving his music a low deep
and menacing sound and shaped what would
become heavy metal
number five mariah carey’s whistle
register and reaching beyond the seventh
octave self classified as an alto Mariah
Carey began singing an imitation of her
mother a mezzo soprano opera singer when
she was about three carries vocal range
spans five plus octaves from E to
through G sharp seven which includes a
full and controlled whistle register on
the high end of things that put her in
the Guinness Book of World Records
the diva claims her increased ability in
the higher octaves stems from nodules on
her vocal cords which have allowed the
singer to hit some of the highest notes
ever produced by a human voice
number four Def Leppard’s Rick Allen
keeps drumming with one arms
Rick Allen’s career was nearly cut short
in 1984 when a car accident resulted in
the drummer losing his left arm although
doctors were able to reattach the limb
gangrene soon set in forcing them to
amputate it
Allen discovered he could keep good time
with his remaining limbs and soon said
about piecing together an electronic kit
with additional foot triggers with some
help from his fellow musicians
he also developed a modified playing
style a style Def Leppard vocalist Joe
Elliott claims is actually superior to
the drummers former to Arms drumming
number three the dark side of the moons
14-year chart run
recorded between the spring of 1972 and
the winter of 1973 material from the
Dark Side of the Moon was actually
debuted by Pink Floyd while they toured
the prior to its release
you
this did little to hurt sales however as
the game-changing album stayed on the
charts for a total of 741 weeks starting
with a number one spot on the Billboard
Top LPS tapes chart in March
it only finally dropped off in 1988 The
Pink Floyd record has even reappeared on
the charts several times thereafter
including the 90s and 2000 and to date
has clocked in 867 non-consecutive weeks
number two the all beetles top five
by april 4th 1964 Beatlemania had
arrived in america although not yet
bigger than Jesus the Fab Four managed
to take all five top positions on the
Billboard Hot 100 on this date
that week can’t buy me love took the top
spot while twist and shout she loves you
I want to hold your hand and please
please me made the Beatles the only act
ever to complete me hold the charts top
five spots can’t buy me loves jump from
number 26 to the top meanwhile was the
largest leap until Kelly Clarkson’s a
moment like this hit number one from
number 52 in 2002
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
Leona’s first guitar was a Telecaster
and Leo was an engineer so everything
was straight lines hard edges and you
can look at that guitar and you think
yes he designed that because he wasn’t a
guitarist
number one the 27 club whether due to
overdoses suicides murders or even
natural causes many iconic musicians
never lived to see age 28 the apparent
frequency with which artists have seemed
to die when they’re 27 has led to the
idea of the so-called 27 club reportedly
beginning as early as 1890 – with the
death of brazilian pianist Alexander VI
and claiming blues legend Robert Johnson
in 1938 the 27 clubs peak era was 1969
to 71 as these years saw the passing of
notable musicians like Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin and The Doors Jim Morrison
one mystery the club gained renewed
attention in 1994 with Kurt Cobain’s
death
and in the new millennium with Amy
Winehouse’s passing in 2011
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite unbelievable music fact four
more incredible top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
these are the music facts that have us
scratching our head welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
unbelievable facts in music history
for this list we’ve chosen cool
interesting or surprising facts or
pieces of trivia relating to music
musicians and/or the music industry
number 10
happy birthday to you is copyrighted
although likely some 350,000 plus times
a day happy birthday is actually not a
song in the public domain and its
copyright status earns rights holders
warner/chappell music about two million
dollars a year
the company’s copyright which was
acquired in 1988 for at least twenty
five million dollars is set to expire in
2030 in the United States although it
will expire at the end of 2016 in Europe
owing to differences in copyright law
happy birthday written as early as 1893
by sisters and teachers Patty and
Mildred J Hill the song is only subject
to royalty payments when sung in public
and commends $10,000 for use in films
nine screamin Jay Hawkins 50 plus kids
this shocked rock pioneer was shockingly
also fathered to as many as 75 children
the singer had three children with the
first of his six wives but has been
quoted as being aware of at least 57
mostly illegitimate children
following his death in 2000 a website
was set up to help track his vastly sown
seed with 33 of the more than 1200
submissions more or less confirmed as
the rockers offspring the next year many
of the junior Hawkins held a reunion to
celebrate daddy dearest
number eight silenzio my heart will go
on was recorded in one take
in my dreams I see you now viewed as
Celine Dion’s signature song the ballot
to sink a ship almost didn’t happen and
I kept saying to Rene in the back of his
life
upon hearing the music
the singer didn’t want to record it and
Titanic director James Cameron didn’t
want to use it producer Simon Franklin
who had worked with Celine in the past
opted to record a demo anyway and Zia
was encouraged to sing on the recording
by husband and manager Rene Khalil
according to Tommy Mottola ZL nailed the
vocal in one take and never re-recorded
it meaning the global number one hit is
actually a demo
number seven Elvis Presley was a blonde
perhaps the most surprising fact about a
man whose life was rich with interesting
facts is that the king of rock and
roll’s jet-black hair came from a bottle
a bottle of miss clairol 51 d to be
exact
adult video tag born blonde Elvis’s hair
naturally grew darker to a sandy blonde
bias high school years and was a dark
chestnut color during his service in the
army
Pressley began dyeing his hair black in
the mid 50’s and continued to do so
until his death in 1977 actor Robert
Mitchum meanwhile reportedly inspired
his trademark hairstyle number six Tony
Iommi’s missing finger tips
aged 17 and working his last day in a
sheetmetal Factory the future Black
Sabbath guitarist cut off the tips of
his right middle and ring fingers in a
pressing machine one day I went into
work and there was a woman he suppressed
the metal and send it down to me and I
stir welding she never came in so they
said all you’ve got to do they’re
pressing so quiet to get on this machine
of course it will fingers came down snap
being left-handed this should have meant
the end of his playing days but I owe me
instead created new fingertips out of
melted dish soap bottles and leather
strips which resembled thimbles
for playability the guitarist began
tuning his guitar to D flat rather than
a standard which had the additional
effect of giving his music a low deep
and menacing sound and shaped what would
become heavy metal
number five mariah carey’s whistle
register and reaching beyond the seventh
octave self classified as an alto Mariah
Carey began singing an imitation of her
mother a mezzo soprano opera singer when
she was about three carries vocal range
spans five plus octaves from E to
through G sharp seven which includes a
full and controlled whistle register on
the high end of things that put her in
the Guinness Book of World Records
the diva claims her increased ability in
the higher octaves stems from nodules on
her vocal cords which have allowed the
singer to hit some of the highest notes
ever produced by a human voice
number four Def Leppard’s Rick Allen
keeps drumming with one arms
Rick Allen’s career was nearly cut short
in 1984 when a car accident resulted in
the drummer losing his left arm although
doctors were able to reattach the limb
gangrene soon set in forcing them to
amputate it
Allen discovered he could keep good time
with his remaining limbs and soon said
about piecing together an electronic kit
with additional foot triggers with some
help from his fellow musicians
he also developed a modified playing
style a style Def Leppard vocalist Joe
Elliott claims is actually superior to
the drummers former to Arms drumming
number three the dark side of the moons
14-year chart run
recorded between the spring of 1972 and
the winter of 1973 material from the
Dark Side of the Moon was actually
debuted by Pink Floyd while they toured
the prior to its release
you
this did little to hurt sales however as
the game-changing album stayed on the
charts for a total of 741 weeks starting
with a number one spot on the Billboard
Top LPS tapes chart in March
it only finally dropped off in 1988 The
Pink Floyd record has even reappeared on
the charts several times thereafter
including the 90s and 2000 and to date
has clocked in 867 non-consecutive weeks
number two the all beetles top five
by april 4th 1964 Beatlemania had
arrived in america although not yet
bigger than Jesus the Fab Four managed
to take all five top positions on the
Billboard Hot 100 on this date
that week can’t buy me love took the top
spot while twist and shout she loves you
I want to hold your hand and please
please me made the Beatles the only act
ever to complete me hold the charts top
five spots can’t buy me loves jump from
number 26 to the top meanwhile was the
largest leap until Kelly Clarkson’s a
moment like this hit number one from
number 52 in 2002
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
Leona’s first guitar was a Telecaster
and Leo was an engineer so everything
was straight lines hard edges and you
can look at that guitar and you think
yes he designed that because he wasn’t a
guitarist
number one the 27 club whether due to
overdoses suicides murders or even
natural causes many iconic musicians
never lived to see age 28 the apparent
frequency with which artists have seemed
to die when they’re 27 has led to the
idea of the so-called 27 club reportedly
beginning as early as 1890 – with the
death of brazilian pianist Alexander VI
and claiming blues legend Robert Johnson
in 1938 the 27 clubs peak era was 1969
to 71 as these years saw the passing of
notable musicians like Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin and The Doors Jim Morrison
one mystery the club gained renewed
attention in 1994 with Kurt Cobain’s
death
and in the new millennium with Amy
Winehouse’s passing in 2011
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite unbelievable music fact four
more incredible top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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