They’re all here, the winners, the losers, the inside stories. You'll read:

What Ernie K-Doe did with his first royalty check from Mother-In-Law.

How Bill Haley “cleaned up” the lyrics to Big Joe Turner’s Shake Rattle & Roll but inadvertently left in the most risqué line.

About actor Robert Mitchum’s getting arrested in New Orleans for “mingling” at the Dew Drop Inn and about how Allen Toussaint nearly got arrested in Dallas for simply buying a new car.

How Dale & Grace got a number-1 hit even though the strings were laid down on the recording track in the wrong key.

How a future rock, R&B, jazz, blues, country, and pop legend produced and played piano on Guitar Slim’s classic The Things That I Used to Do.

How a $25 recording session in Shreveport’s KWKH studios produced one of the 500 Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll.

How a singer born in Pascagoula, Mississippi started out as a street performer in New Orleans and went on to become a one-man multi-million dollar entertainment conglomerate.

About where Kris Kristofferson was when he wrote the memorable line "Freedom is just another word for nothin’ left to lose" for Janis Joplin’s Me and Bobby McGee.

How Janis Joplin got her musical education in the honky tonks and road houses of southwest Louisiana.

How a Lake Charles hotel bellhop wrote and recorded an all-time classic hit with the instrumental backing of Cookie & the Cupcakes.

How a singer wore his full baseball uniform when he recorded his very first record and that record became the first debut record by any singer to hit number 1.

How an obscure Louisiana singer outsold Patsy Cline’s version of the same song and how that song became a certified WHH (whorehouse hit).