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5 unusual facts about Behind the Music


Jim Berkenstadt

He also contributed to the Beatles' Help! DVD box set, as well as VH1's Behind the Music.

Lava Man

The biography was narrated by Jim Forbes of VH1 Behind the Music fame, and was later incorporated into the TVG Racing Network's biography series Legends.

Steve Clark

According to Joe Elliott in Behind the Music, Clark auditioned for Def Leppard by playing all of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird" without accompaniment.

Track of the Moon Beast

Another popular part from the episode was when Mike Nelson had an entire host segment about The Band that Played California Lady, performed in the voiceover style of VH1's Behind the Music, which was a made up band that had a song called California Lady in the film.

Waking Up with the House on Fire

On the VH1 program Behind the Music, the narrator states, “Today, the band admits the album was a hurried and halfhearted effort.” Many music insiders also feel that Culture Club and Boy George may have fallen victim to overexposure in both the British and American press by the end of 1984.


Bruce Gillmer

Gillmer was deeply involved with the development and production of VH1 Divas, VH1 Hip Hop Honors, VH1 Fashion Awards, Behind the Music, The Concert for New York City, and a variety of other shows, series and events.

Sara Ayers

VH1 used samples of "Angel #3" for the soundtrack of Behind the Music: Britney Spears.

VH1's Legends

Originally sponsored by AT&T Corporation, this series documents those artists (living or dead) who have made a significant contribution to music history to be profiled on the show (as opposed to VH1's companion series, Behind The Music, which profiles mostly moderately significant artists).


see also

Chasing Cars

In 2007, "Chasing Cars" was voted number 1 in the Top 500 Songs: The Words Behind the Music, on Bristol's GWR FM (and other stations in The One Network).

Dream hampton

She was an Associate Producer of VH1's Emmy-award winning "Behind the Music: Notorious B.I.G." and Co-Producer of "Bigger than Life", the first feature-length documentary on the rapper, directed by Peter Spier.

Valleyspeak

The term "Valley Girl" and the Valley manner of speech was given a wider circulation with the release of a hit 1982 single by Frank Zappa entitled "Valley Girl", on which Moon Unit Zappa, Frank's then fourteen-year-old daughter, delivered a monologue in "Valley speak" behind the music.

VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection

VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection is a compilation album by Hall & Oates.