Music & Instruments Facts - Page 2 of 4

In order to contact their hostages in secret, Alfonso Diaz came up with the idea to hide a message in Morse Code within a song.

Powered by solar batteries, the 1982 hit single "Africa" by Toto, will be playing on a loop forever in the Namib Desert, Africa.

Jack Johnson endured a near fatal surfing accident, which ended his short-lived career as a professional surfer at age 17.

Did you know that triangles (the musical instrument) haven't always been triangle shaped?

The iconic David Bowie section on the smash hit “Under Pressure” almost never happened as this wasn’t actually planned.

Led Zeppelin originally wanted to be called "Lead Zeppelin" but they felt that "thick Americans" would pronounce the word wrong.

Kero Kero Bonito is a British band who uses a delightfully crazy mix of snyth, English and Japanese lyrics and catchy tunes.

Did you know that Beethoven composed his first song when he was 12 years old?

BTS has a lot of meanings - the original one being “Bangtan Sonyeondan”, which means “Bulletproof Boy Scouts” in Korean.

Singer Charlie Puth was attacked by a dog when he was just two years old, and it nearly killed him.

In 2016, Ally Brook from the band Fifth Harmony was attacked twice when performing in Mexico.

Twenty One Pilots is one of three musical acts to have two singles appear simultaneously in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100.