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101 more facts you never knew about music: part 3
Thieving John Lennon, martial arts expert Elvis and more!
The MusicRadar Team, Sun 19 Apr 2009, 8:36 pm BST
Back at the start of 2009 MusicRadar brought you a random collection of weird facts and trivia. We called it 101 facts you never knew about music.
But hey, now we have more. Another 101 more.
Or revel in trivial nonsense about John Lennon, U2 and Kurt Cobain right here.
Read on for…
101 more facts you never knew about music: part 3
51. Crosby Stills And Nash asked George Harrison and Eric Clapton to join them before turning to Neil Young.
52. Of the five shortest-named songs to ever be Number 1 in America, Michael Jackson appeared on three. Two were solo efforts, Ben and Bad, and one was ABC with the Jackson 5. The other two songs were Why by Frankie Avalon and War by Edwin Starr.
53. Tammy Wynette, most famous for the song Stand By Your Man, married five times.
54. John Lennon stole the harmonica he used on Love Me Do from a Dutch shop.
55. The most expensive single guitar ever sold remains Eric Clapton's 'Blackie' Fender Stratocaster. It sold for just under $1m dollars five years ago with proceeds going to the Crossroads Centre in Antigua, an addiction treatment centre Clapton established in 1998.
Eric Clapton's 'Blackie' Stratocaster
56. The Pendletones only became The Beach Boys when a young production worker named Russ Regan suggested a name-change to suit the title of the record, Surfin'.
