A Little Did You Know?

Do you remember when you discovered that the song “Puff the Magic Dragon” wasn’t about a little boys’ dream, but was actually a drug song?

Did you know the Beatles hold the record for the most covers of Rolling Stone magazine 32 covers overall?

The hit song “Wild Thing” by the Troggs was written by Chip Taylor, who happens to be Angelina Jolie’s uncle.

Of course, you know that Lynyrd Skynyrd got their name from one of the schoolteachers in a Jacksonville High School. Leonard Skinner. Did you know that Leonard suspended all of them at some point for having long hair? The teacher and former students stayed friends, and often times Leonard would be introduced at concerts.

The Eagles started out as the backup group for Linda Ronstadt, Glenn Frey sang background vocals on all the early Bob Seger singles, and the King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley recorded more than 650 songs in his musical career and wrote none of them.

Finally, did you know that Waylon Jennings told Buddy Holly that he’d hoped his place would crash after Buddy told Waylon he hoped his bus would break down? Waylon used to say that that moment haunted him the rest of his life.

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