Funny Music Facts

The music industry is full of strange and funny facts.

The music industry is bursting with strange and funny facts about some of the most successful and well-known musicians in the world. For example, the name of the only member of ZZ Top without a beard is Frank Beard. And the harmonica is the world's best-selling musical instrument. There are many other facts like these waiting to be discovered.

Longest Song Title

The longest song title in the world belongs to Swedish group Rednex. It is a 305 characters long, including spaces: "The Sad But True Story Of Ray Mingus, The Lumberjack Of Bulk Rock City, And His Never Slacking Stribe In Exploiting The So Far Undiscovered Areas Of The Intention To Bodily Intercourse From The Opposite Species Of His Kind, During Intake Of All The Mental Condition That Could Be Derived From Fermentation." However, the title alone wasn't enough to earn the track similar success to Rednex's 1994 song "Cotton Eye Joe."

Holding a Note

Usher may be famous for his chart-topping R&B, but he has another musical talent: the artist holds the Star Search record for the longest note held by a child at 12.1 seconds. Usher was 13 at the time.

"I Write the Songs"

In 1976 American singer and songwriter Barry Manilow released a chart-topping song titled "I Write the Songs." Ironically, he didn't write the song himself.

"Umbrella"

Britney Spear was offered Rihanna's chart topper "Umbrella," but her label turned it down. Rihanna went on to take the song to the top spots in Australia, Canada, Germany, France, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It also reached the top 10 in many other countries.

Hit Singles

Dianna Ross appeared on at least one hit single every year from 1964 to 1996, spanning 33 years.

Dancing Shoes

In 1979 the world's largest disco was held at the Buffalo Convention Center in New York. Thirteen thousand people danced there way into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Longest Recorded Song

The longest recorded piece of music is by a band called Bull of Heaven. The play time of the song, "The Chosen Priest and Apostle of Infinite Space," is in excess of two months. A current project called "Longplayer" is attempting to create the world's longest song. The song is set to last almost 1,000 years; plans are that it will come to its conclusion just before the year 3000.

References

• The Mixtress Online: 21 Odd And Fun Facts About Music.
• Music Couch: 20 Random Music Facts
• and POP: Britney Spears Was Offered Rihanna's Umbrella