Music: Musician Facts, Trivia, Quizzes, Brain Teasers & More

The Great Piano Drop is held in Winters, California each year, right after someone sings Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces."

The singer of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" might sound old, but that is Brenda Lee—who was 13 years old at the time.

Because no holiday music playlist would be complete without William Hung’s rendition of ... “We Are the Champions.”

On December 1, 2016, the Metropolitan Opera premiered an opera composed by a woman. The last time that happened, it was 1903.

Believe it or not, Michael Jackson’s landmark "Thriller" video premiered on December 2, 1983—weeks after the holiday it’s now synonymous with.

Thumbing his nose at authority and whipping crowds into a frenzy, he changed music forever.

The world's national anthems are a mixed bag of patriotism, poetry, and the peculiar.

It's on the dance floor at nearly every wedding today, but the success of "The Chicken Dance" didn't happen overnight.

Yes, that Richard Nixon.

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Composers have long pushed the boundaries of classical music by writing parts for new and innovative instruments—but not all of them have ended up a permanent fixture in the orchestra …

The cringeworthy artifact sold for $30,000.

Liszt reportedly used his synesthesia to help with his orchestrations, telling the musicians, “O please, gentlemen, a little bluer, if you please!"

Playing a burning piano until it can no longer make music is a tradition that goes back decades.

The Boss hated "Born to Run" so much that he threatened to give up and not release it at all.

From Bruce Springsteen to Jay-Z, uncover which famous musicians actually hated some of their most celebrated albums.

We even have tips for their extraction.

Tegan & Sara are the latest artists to sing in Simlish.

Among the tunes that inspired the universally acclaimed episode: "Walk the Dinosaur" by Was (Not Was).

Just like the Halloween monsters Pickett lampooned in his songs, "Monster Mash" returns from the dead year after year.

R.I.P., The Purple One.

This trio of blue men truly rock.

There’s a reason Cher had bats on the brain: At the time she wrote the song, she was being considered for a lead role in 'Interview With the Vampire.'