Professor of Rock

• One and Done: 8 Rock Artists Who Lost It All After One Hit

  They had the talent. They had the songs. They had their shot at superstardom. But for these artists, something went off the rails… Dead wrong at exactly the wrong moment—leaving us to wonder what might have been. Today we're counting down eight bands and solo acts who seemed destined for massive, enduring careers… but for reasons ranging from self-sabotage to tragedy to bad timing, it never happened. Including the La's perfectionist frontman, who actually destroyed millions of dollars' worth of his own recorded music because it didn't sound “authentic” enough. He physically destroyed them, and no one will ever hear them! Or what about the Fiona Apple who ruined her career with an out-of-control acceptance speech at an awards show? After that, her career stalled because her label refused to release her latest album… then thousands of fans mailed apples to the label’s headquarters in protest. Find out why. Plus, the mysterious hospital cover-up that robbed us of what could have been rock’s greatest frontman, Mother Love Bone's Andrew Wood. It’s our latest episode of One and Done, NEXT on the Professor of Rock.Plus the story of 80s bands that had a chance to be huge but lost their careers including Shattered Dreams by Johnny Hates Jazz, Wild, Wild West by the Escape Club, I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight by Cutting Crew and You Get What You Give by the new Radicals who chose to be a one hit wonder. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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• How “Crazy on You” Launched Heart: Full Interview with Ann Wilson

  Coming up next… You’ve seen pieces of this interview over the years but here is the uncut full length version with one of the greatest rock vocalists in history. From her formative years to the her legendary years in the 70s to her fall from grace in the early 80s to the comeback in the 80s. and the stories of all the songs are here including Crazy on You the song that put Heart and Ann Wilson on the map. When people started calling them a Woman’s answer to Led Zeppelin along with the other massive hits’ magic man and the Scumbag record executive who harassed her that led to the Rock classic Barracuda to the Duet where the label gave her the choice to sing with any rock frontman in the business and how she learned to sing like that…a full uncut interview with rock legend ann wilson is next…Make sure to subscribe below for more interviews like this. Let’s do it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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• How Prince Turned a Favor Into a Funk Anthem—and a Feud

  Coming up next, the legendary Prince who wrote a throwaway song that he gave to his bandmate's solo project. He wrote it quickly, without thought, as a favor for his bandmate to give him a little something. He had just picked up an acoustic guitar and created the song in a matter of minutes. The very next day, Prince came into the studio, and as a courtesy, he checked on his bandmate, who was in the middle of recording that throwaway track. But all of a sudden, Prince heard something more. It was better than he’d originally thought. In fact, as Prince continued to listen, he knew the song was going to be a massive hit, and he knew it was too good for this side project. So he took it back. Prince immediately locked himself in the studio for several hours and transformed the little acoustic ditty into one of the funkiest hits of the 80s: Kiss. Sure enough, it hit #1, and he promised to give his bandmate a writing credit. But it never happened. We have a great story of a throwaway song that hit #1 and the drama that followed next. Let’s do it. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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• FROM THE VAULT: How Wham! Created the Holiday Classic "Last Christmas" Amid a Charity Challenge

  Coming up, This group was on a tear to start the decade. Wham! starring legend George Michael and his pal Andrew Ridgely were on top of the world. but George in particular was obsessed with dominating the charts. His goal in 1984 was to score four #1 singles. And you know what, by November he and his partner had three… With time running out, he pulled out a surefire hit he wrote in the middle of watching a football game on TV. He was certain it would hit #1… and it was a holiday song called Last Christmas... However, in December he was invited to sing on a massive charity single. Band-Aid Do They Know It’s Christmas ...when he heard it, he knew it was sure to go #1. Wrestling with guilt, he secretly hoped his song would outperform this charity track. It’s the story of one of the most popular songs of the 80s with almost 3 billion streams yet the song was only a promotional single in the US. Find our if it ever got to #1 NEXT on the Professor of Rock.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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• Countdown: 10 Most Surprising One-Year Wonders of 1985

  You know how much I love the stories of the great one-hit wonders of the rock era. Well, today we're starting off a new countdown series on the channel, and this one is going to be a blast… It’s the 10 best Bottled Lightning hits from a single year in the rock era. And to kick off the series, we’re targeting the halfway point of the 80s, including the story of powerhouse vocalist Alison Moyet who publicly rejected her biggest US hit, calling it weak and vowing to never perform it again and she has kept that promise… We’ve also got the supergroup The Firm featuring Jimmy Page, arguably the greatest guitarist ever, who let the lead singer Paul Rodgers play the guitar on their biggest hit, even though the singer could barely play. And then there's the song by Cock Robin that seemed innocent enough in the 80s, but whose lyrics read like a restraining order waiting to happen. The creepiest love song of the 80s, and it’s not Every Breath You Take. Plus Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill that went from millions of streams over 36 years to billions of views overnight due to one single use in a famous show… Let’s do it.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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