Isaac Hayes was the first musical black artist to win an Oscar.

Joe Jackson’s 1983 hit Breaking Us in Two was based on Badfinger’s 1972 hit Day After Day.

The first example of sampling on a UK chart hit was in December 1975 when club DJ Chris Hill used bits of other hits in his track Renta Santa.

Olivia Newton-John’s maternal grandfather, Max Born, won the Nobel Prize in atomic physics.

The brassy intro on Brian & Michael’s Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs is ‘borrowed’ from a classical piece called Punchinello by William Rimmer.

The Crazy Frog was created in 1997 by a Swedish actor and playwright called Erik Wernquist.

Justin Bieber’s middle name is Drew.

The Manic Street Preachers were formed in 1986 and were originally called Betty Blue.

In an attempt to stop Ozzy Osbourne drinking, his wife, Sharon, once confiscated all his clothes. That plan didn’t work as Ozzy just donned one of her dresses before heading out.

In 1991, Janet Jackson signed a contract with Virgin Records which, at, $32 million, was the largest recording contract in history at the time.