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Playing dance music can help ward off mosquitoes.

 

In 1987, Ozzy Osbourne played a 16-week tour of US prisons, the highlight of the set being a heavy-metal version of ‘Jailhouse Rock.’

 

First job for: Keith Duffy, (Boyzone), was a Car mechanic

 

Marie Curie’s 100-year-old belongings are still radioactive.

 

The Led Zeppelin track ‘Stairway To Heaven’ is the biggest selling piece of sheet music in rock history, selling over 15,000 copies every year. The song has been broadcast on radio over three million times.

 

In 1995, Green Day singer Billie Joe was arrested and fined $141 after mooning at the audience during a gig in Milwaukee.

 

First job for: Jamie Cook, (Arctic Monkeys), was an Apprentice bathroom tiler

 

In 1989, Shaun Ryder was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine in Jersey.
He was released on £5,000 bail.

 

‘Eye Level’ by The Simon Park Orchestra was the first TV theme to become a No.1 in the UK.
The 1973 hit was taken from the ITV series ‘Van Der Valk.’

 

First job for: Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran), was, as a Child actor (Persil commercial TV ad)

 

The largest bill to go into circulation in the U.S. was a $10,000 note.

 

The state tree of Oregon is the Douglas-fir, Psuedotsuga Menziesii. Kiwis I have talked to simply call them “Oregon’s”.

 

First job for: Siobhan Fahey, (Bananarama) was, in the Press office for Decca Records

 

In 1989, David F Pearsall aged 18, from Manchester, NJ, was charged with theft after stealing a guitar at a concert in Riverfront Park belonging to Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi.

 

The music industry already has computers and algorithms that can predict exactly how much money a song will make. They've invested in computers that can produce the music themselves, with the first computer hit singles being produced, and computer generated pop music could soon become the standard. Such music is noticeably devoid of any intonation, and computers can generate singing voices that are humanly impossible.

 

Eminem was forced to change his name from M&M to Eminem in 1995 after the manufacturers of M&M sweets threatened to sue.

 

In 1965, The Supremes launched their very own brand of bread, Supremes Bread, which was sold in supermarkets across America.

 

Elton John’s official nickname is Rocket Man - taken from his second hit single - but Rod Stewart calls him Sharon.

 

In 2003 the contestants on American Idol were given a list of ‘banned songs’ they couldn’t sing.
These included anything by Mariah Carey, Bruce Springsteen, No Doubt, R. Kelly, Tom Petty, Korn and Linkin Park after concerns over the cost of securing rights for the song’s use (or the composers not wanting their song’s to be performed on the show).

 

The oldest known soup recipe dates back to 6,000 B.C.
Among the ingredients? Hippopotamus and sparrow meat.