Top 10 Most Incredible Facts in Music History

These are the facts that make you gasp and say, "Wow! Really? I didn't know that!" These are the top 10 unbelievable facts in music history!

The Top Ten

  1. The drummer of Def Leppard played with only one arm

    When Rick Allen, the drummer of the band Def Leppard (Their most famous song is 'Pour Some Sugar on Me') was injured in a terrible car accident, his arm had to be amputated. Def Leppard and Rick thought their career was going to be over. But then, the band helped him get back on his feet by applying easier tools that would create sound waves that would sound like drums. The band then got back on track and continued to play music.

  2. Elvis Presley originally had blonde hair

    Yes, Elvis, the famous slick, black-haired babe, was originally a blonde bombshell when he was small. He then began to use hair dye and dark gel to achieve the shade of black he preferred as he grew up through the 1940s and 1950s.

    I did a book report on him and I NEVER knew that!

  3. Céline Dion recorded "My Heart Will Go On" in one take

    Céline didn't actually want to sing the famous love song, but was convinced by her husband and some producers of the film "Titanic." When it was sung and recorded the first time, it was perfect. They kept it and had her do no more takes. So whenever you listen to this song or watch "Titanic" keep in mind that the famous song was sung only once.

  4. The Beatles were originally called "Johnny and the Moondogs"

    Also "The Quarrymen," which is a pretty good pun.

  5. The Beatles hold the record for most number-one spots on both the American and British music charts

    Over 20 of The Beatles' songs have reached the number one spot on both the American and British charts. One of their first hits was I Want to Hold Your Hand. Additionally, they were the first musical artist to have a number one hit song that is over seven minutes, Hey Jude.

  6. The Beatles sold over a billion records

    The Beatles' sales total more than double Michael Jackson's, even if you include the Jackson Five. Only Elvis Presley comes close to this number.

    Whenever you make a mistake, imagine being the person who said the Beatles "had no future in show business."

    The Beatles made a lot of great music and interesting facts!

  7. Eminem's "Lose Yourself" was the first rap song to win an Oscar

  8. The iPod's name was inspired by the line from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, "Open the pod bay doors, HAL"

    Imagine how teenagers would react to this fact.

    I'm a teenager and this, I did not know... so, WOW.

  9. The world's tiniest guitar is smaller than a speck of dust

    Should it even be considered a guitar, though? Can you even play it?

  10. In 1989, the U.S. military played AC/DC's music loudly at General Noriega's compound for two days nonstop. The dictator surrendered

    Music solves everything, even war.

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    The New York Times once claimed a conductor's heart attack was caused by jazz

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    Tony Iommi played guitar with missing fingertips

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  13. The shortest rock song in history is Napalm Death's "You Suffer," which lasts 1.316 seconds

    This is not the shortest "rock" song, but the shortest recorded song in history.

  14. Justin Bieber was rated the fifth most hated man in America in an E-Score survey

    This isn't a joke. It's real this time. Look it up, and you'll see what I mean.

  15. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin used to cry at home due to pain in his hand

  16. Johnny Cash was the first American to hear about Joseph Stalin's death

  17. The information stored on an iPod Nano would fill up eight pickup truckloads of paper

  18. Termites eat wood twice as fast while listening to heavy metal

    Imagine how fast they'll eat wood if you play them a Slayer song.

  19. The most expensive opera costume cost over $23,025,028

  20. The Beatles had a drummer named Pete Best, who was replaced by Ringo Starr about two months before they became famous

  21. All four Beatles were poor during their childhoods

  22. The Zimmers are thought to be the band with the oldest members in the world

  23. The Monkees could play their own instruments like The Beach Boys but were not allowed to play in the recording studio

  24. Elvis Presley had a twin brother who died at birth

  25. Jimi Hendrix toured with The Monkees shortly before he became famous

  26. Elvis Presley died from drug-related causes

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