12 Songs Written by Famous Musicians for Their Now-Equally Famous Kids (One Won an Oscar!)
Lily Collins, Zoë Kravitz, Sean Ono Lennon and more inspired their musical parents to turn personal lullabies into classic ...
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19 hit songs hated by the musicians who wrote them
Whether it’s Nirvana hating the scent of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, or Radiohead getting the creeps from “Creep”, here are 19 songs that wound up winding up the musicians who wrote them.
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Bruce Springsteen Wrote This Song for Elvis, but Elvis Died Before He Ever Got the Demo
In the late 1970s, Bruce Springsteen wrote a song with Elvis Presley in mind. Sadly, the King of Rock 'n' Roll died before he got the demo.
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The story behind the woman who wrote Nevada’s state song
Nevada’s state song has long been a feature at some big Nevada events. It was sung, for instance, at the 2025 State of the State Address, and “Killers” singer Brandon Flowers gave a ...
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5 Songs Dolly Parton Wrote About Her Late Husband Carl Dean: ‘Forever Love’ and More
Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’ was famously inspired by her late husband, Carl Dean, but she wrote several other songs about him over the years ...
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The Love Song Merle Haggard Wrote for His Crush Dolly Parton, Then Sang to Her Over the Phone, “Always Wanting You”
Growing up poor and raised by a single mother, Merle Haggard also connected to the song, and months before Parton released her version, he featured the song first on his 1968 album Mama Tried.
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12 Songs Written by Famous Musicians for Their Now-Equally Famous Kids (One Won an Oscar!)
Below, check out these 12 songs famous musicians wrote for their now-famous children. Most of us know "You'll Be in My Heart" as the Academy Award-winning theme song from 1999's Tarzan ...