Little-Known Pop Music Facts

The list for October 20, 1997

The Top 16 Little-Known Pop Music Facts

Approximately 5% of people who visit the Hard Rock Cafe go there for the food.
Bob Marley once confessed to shooting the deputy AND the sheriff, but, in a special government offer, only plead guilty to the lesser count of “jammin’.”
Mariah Carey is not only a pop diva, she has her own Amway distributorship.
Remarkably, the Grateful Dead NEVER did drugs, although Jerry Garcia did have a penchant for poppy seed bagels.
The Turtles? Happier *apart*, actually.
Contrary to popular belief, John Tesh’s music DOES NOT suck — Actually, what he performs cannot legally be classified as “music.”
During performances, Tom Jones keeps Michael Jackson’s original nose in his pants.
Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing” was written in nineteen minutes after a particularly breathtaking tryst with then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Fiona Apple’s real name? Fiona Pomegranate!
If all the Spice Girls CD’s sold so far were laid end-to-end, it would be pretty easy to run them over with my car.
Old social cause of 60’s rockers: arms control. New social cause of 60’s rockers: bladder control.
Rejected Spice Girl “Grotesque Spice” none other than Marilyn Manson.
During the wedding ceremony of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie, Elvis spun in his grave at a perfect 45 RPM.
The Spice Girls? All transvestites, and Julliard grads, to boot!
Early in their respective careers, Michael Jackson won the title, “King of Pop”, from Bobby Goldsboro in a poker game.

And the Number 1 Little-Known Pop Music Fact…

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