A 2014 study found that the top 1% of bands and solo artists earn 77% of all the revenue generated from recorded music. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: The Top 1% of Artists Earn 77% of Recorded Music Income, Study Finds… – Digital Music News
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WTF Fun Fact – Charles Manson And The Beach Boys
Cult leader Charles Manson released an LP record of his music from prison that he previously recorded titled “Lie: The Love and Terror Cult.” One of the songs on it was also recorded by the Beach Boys under a different name and lyrics. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Charles Manson’s music was a macabre sidenote – BBC News
WTF Fun Fact – Astronaut And Musician Chris Hadfield
Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian astronaut to walk in space, was also the first to release an album (Space Sessions: Songs From A Tin Can) which was recorded primarily in orbit. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – 100 Years Of Prince Albums
Deceased musical artist Prince had enough unreleased music stored in his vault to output an album every year for the next century. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Take a look inside Prince’s underground bank vault full of unreleased music | Consequence of Sound
WTF Fun Fact – He’s Got Meats But Not Lovin’ It
In 2003, Rapper Pusha T wrote the famous McDonald’s jingle “I’m Lovin’ It” but does not own any of the publishing rights for it. After learning from that multi-million dollar mistake, he now owns 40% of the publishing rights for the “We have the meats” campaign from Arby’s.– WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Charlie Daniels, who no longer owns the rights to his song, objected to the use of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” in Guitar Hero III, because it was possible for the player to lose to devil-like character, which “perverted” his song. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Shrimp Daddy
Lil’ Wayne was originally known as “Shrimp Daddy,” which was inspired by former Cash Money artist “Pimp Daddy.”–WTF Fun Facts
Source:https://classichiphopmagazine.com/answers/2020/5/9/why-was-lil-wayne-called-shrimp-daddy-before
WTF Fun Fact – The Fraud Behind The Microsoft Sound
The iconic startup sound for Microsoft’s Windows 95 aka “The Microsoft Sound” was made by ambient music artist Brian Eno on a Macintosh. The artist has never used a Windows PC. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Big Mama’s Hound Dog
Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton wrote and performed the song “Hound Dog,” about a woman throwing a gigolo out of her house and her life, which was later adapted by Elvis Presley. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Beardless Frank Beard
The only member of the band ZZ Top without a beard is the drummer: Frank Beard. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Beard_(musician)
WTF Fun Fact – Unsuspecting Feminist Anthem
The mostly unknown second and third verses of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” reveal the song was originally written as a feminist anthem about a woman wanting to go see a baseball game rather than go on a date to a show. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/feminist-history-take-me-out-ball-game-180973307/
WTF Fun Fact – Cee Lo Green Sang On Waterfalls
Cee Lo Green sang backup vocal’s on TLC’s 1995 hit song “Waterfalls”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://medium.com/micro-chop/tlcs-waterfalls-features-vocals-from-ceelo-green-and-a-paul-mccartney-interpolation-9ee0916a3617
WTF Fun Fact – FBI Investigated Louie, Louie
In 1964, the FBI spent several months investigating the song “Louie, Louie” by a rock group named the Kingsmen because people thought the lyrics were obscene. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Rock Band Golden Condoms
Rockbitch was a British female rock band in the late 1980’s and 90’s, which was famous for throwing a ‘Golden Condom’ into the audience. Whoever caught it, male or female, was taken backstage to have sex with the band members. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – 50 ft. Michael Jackson Robot
As part of plans for a 2005 Las Vegas residency, Michael Jackson’s team was designing a 50 ft. MJ robot that would roam the Nevada desert. It would be visible to tourists landing at Las Vegas’ airport and serve as a giant advertisement for Jackson’s show. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/1618999/exclusive-plans-for-michael-jackson-robot-in-las-vegas-revealed/
WTF Fun Fact – Star Trek Theme Lyrics
Star Trek‘s creator Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics to the Star Trek theme song, which were never used nor intended for use. As a co-writer this entitled him to 50% of the royalties, which cut composer Alexander Courage’s share in half. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28895/star-trek-theme-song-has-lyrics
WTF Fun Fact – Jimi Hendrix Unbeatable At Risk
According to fellow musician Graham Nash, Jimi Hendrix was unbeatable at the game of Risk which he liked to play while on LSD.–WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Silent Disco’s Too Noisy
In 2016, the Swiss city of Lausanne banned ‘silent disco’ events because they were too noisy. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thelocal.ch/20160203/lausanne-bans-silent-disco-events-for-being-too-noisy