101 facts you never knew about music (6)

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51. Between 1948 and 1960, blues legend John Lee Hooker released over 100 singles.

52. The intro to Eddie Floyd's Knock On Wood is the same as the intro to In The Midnight Hour, but the chord progression is played backwards. Both songs were co-written by guitarist Steve Cropper. Economical work, Mr Cropper!

53. Oasis's Noel Gallagher and Status Quo's Francis Rossi share a birthday: 29 May. The creative forces of guitar boogie are strong on that day, obviously.

54. The drum machine part on the recording of New Order's Blue Monday - acknowledged as the best-selling 12-inch single of all time - had to be reprogrammed after the original was lost when the power lead was knocked out. The band have said that the first beat was better.

55. Funk bass legend Bootsy Colllins famously appears in the video for Deee-Lite's dance anthem Groove Is In The Heart, but he contributes only additional vocals. The bassline is actually sampled from Herbie Hancock's Bring Down The Birds.

56. Martin's OM-28 John Mayer signature acoustic was limited to a production run of 404. Why, you ask? It's the area code of his Atlanta hometown.

57. Stevie Wonder partially lost his sense of smell in a 1973 car crash.

58. Snow Patrol were originally called Polar Bear. They changed their name in 1995.

59. Michael Jackson is said to have spent three weeks working on the bassline for Billie Jean.

60. David Gilmour recorded the last two Pink Floyd albums on his Surrey, UK, houseboat studio, the Astoria. The boat can accommodate a 90-piece orchestra on the top deck and was built by Fred Karno: 'inventor' of the custard-pie-in-the-face gag and manager of Charlie Chaplin.