The Top 16 Little-Known Pop Music Facts

16> Approximately 5% of people who visit the Hard Rock Cafe go there for the food.

15> Bob Marley once confessed to shooting the deputy AND the sheriff, but in a special government deal, only plead guilty to the lesser count of "jammin'."

14> Mariah Carey is not only a pop diva, she has her own Amway distributorship.

13> Remarkably, the Grateful Dead NEVER did drugs, although Jerry Garcia did have a penchant for poppy seed bagels.

12> The Turtles? Happier *apart*, actually.

11> Contrary to popular belief, John Tesh's music DOES NOT suck -- Technically, what he performs cannot legally be classified as "music."

10> During performances, Tom Jones keeps Michael Jackson's original nose in his pants.

9> Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" was written in nineteen minutes after a particularly breathtaking tryst with then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

8> Fiona Apple's real name? Fiona Pomegranate!

7> If all the Spice Girls CD's sold so far were laid end-to-end, it would be easier to run them over with my car.

6> Old social cause of 60's rockers: arms control. New social cause of 60's rockers: bladder control.

5> Rejected Spice Girl "Grotesque Spice" none other than Marilyn Manson.

4> During the wedding ceremony of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie, Elvis spun in his grave at a perfect 45 RPM.

3> The Spice Girls? All transvestites, and Julliard grads, to boot!

2> Early in their respective careers, Michael Jackson won the title, "King of Pop", from Bobby Goldsboro in a poker game.

and the Number 1 Little-Known Pop Music Fact...

1> Village Person "The Senator"? None other than Jesse Helms.