George Clinton was a big fan of prune juice, probably still is. IIRC, he once told an interviewer that even though women found it disgusting, that he'd rather "lose a little p*ssy than be stuffed with ****."
Farrokh Bulsara, aka Freddie Mercury, was born of Parsi (Persia, ie. Iran) descent in the Sultanate of Zanzibar off the coast of Africa and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens, before moving with his family to Middlesex, England — ultimately forming the band Queen in 1970.
Lost me at 'all 4 Monkees were primarily actors '. - this is a story written by someone who is getting third hand info- stills himself said they could have fixed the teeth
My favorite bit of absurd trivia was Nixon unknowingly smuggling dope into the USSR for Louis. It's almost certainly bogus, but Nixon was a huge Satchmo fan.
And Kevin Ayers is the "bugger in short sleeves" who bleeped his wife that Cale sings about in the song "Guts."
While Tommy James had two songs reach number one in the US pop charts in the late 60s (Hanky Panky & Crimson and Clover, respectively), it would be another 20 years before he made it back to the summit, and he did it twice in consecutive weeks. November 14 - "I Think We're Alone Now" November 21 - "Mony Mony" As recorded by Tiffany and Billy Idol respectively.
Michael Bolton auditioned for Black Sabbath. Tony Iommi, on Michael Bolton’s Black Sabbath-audition »
The singer with the British folk rock group Trees,who was married to radio DJ Pete Drummond,the stoned sounding presenter on that live Tim Buckley album,provided the voice announcing trains on a certain London underground line.I can't remember which but I could find out.
Interestingly one of Stills' most commercial songs of that time period "Sit Down, I Think I Love You" was published by Screen Gems - Columbia...and that song certainly would've fit on one of The Monkees' first 2 LP's. Perhaps it was written originally for The Monkees project.
Al Kooper played the organ on Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" despite never having played the organ before. Mark Knoffler (of Dire Straits) played the guitar on "Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies" by "Weird Al" Yankovic, a parody of "Money For Nothing" by Dire Straits (Knoffler would only give Al permission to record the parody if he could play guitar). In the "Weird Al" Yankovic song "Mr. Popeil" Lisa Popeil (Ron Popeil's sister) provide backing vocals.
John Williams, composer of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc., played piano on many Henry Mancini tracks early in his career including the iconic riff in Peter Gunn.
David Johannsen, the same guy who dressed in drag to front proto-punk band New York Dolls came up with a Latin-flavored pop hit in the late 80's under the name Buster Poindexter.