Eugene Record STOPPED SINGING Mid-Take — What Happened Next Made Chart History

Sly Stone Recorded His #1 Hit ALONE — What His Band Did When They Found Out Stunned a Room

Fontella Bass HUMMED the Hook Behind 'Rescue Me' — It Took Her 28 Years to Get the Credit

Ray Charles TURNED a Gospel Hymn Into a Love Song — His Childhood Church Called It a Sin

Pops Staples TURNED OFF the TV in 1957 — What He Wrote Next Became Dr. King's Favorite Song

Mary Wells WALKED OUT on Motown in 1965 — Dying of Cancer in 1990, They Called Her Back

Levi Stubbs TURNED DOWN Motown's Biggest Solo Deal Ever — Then He Made a Fist

Eddie Levert Was READY TO QUIT in 1971 — One Knock on a Motel Door Changed Everything

Wilson Pickett COULD BARELY WALK Onstage in 2004 — What He Did Next Left a Crowd Screaming

A Crowd of 200 REFUSED TO SIT DOWN in 1959 — The Isley Brothers Answered With 'Shout.'

The Temptations FIRED David Ruffin. Four Months Later, One Hand Pulled Him Back Onstage.

Sam & Dave SOUNDED Like Brothers Onstage — Backstage They Hadn't Spoken in 13 Years

The Drifters FIRED Ben E. King in 1960 -- Five Months Later, He Recorded 'Stand By Me'

Isaac Hayes REFUSED to Cut His Song Short in 1969 — It Saved a Dying Record Label

Gladys Knight's Song Was ONE MINUTE SHORT in 1973 — Four Tired Voices INVENTED the Rest

Only Eleven People Watched Al Green Preach in 1976 — Then He SANG Under Their Voices

Florence Ballard's Gown Wouldn't Zip in 1967 — Then the Supremes ERASED Her From the Stage

Wilson Pickett STOMPED a Dance Step in a Motel Room — It Became 'Midnight Hour'

Jackie Wilson Sang 'My Heart Is Crying' — Then COLLAPSED as the Whole Room Clapped

Doctors Said Stevie Wonder Might Never Wake in 1973 — Then a Friend SANG Into His Ear

Sam Cooke Gave the Show of His Life in 1963 — His Label BURIED the Tape for 22 Years

He Installed Airplane Toilets by Day — Then America Heard His Voice

Donny Hathaway Stopped Singing in 1971. The Whole Room Refused to Let the Song End.

Smokey Robinson Was at Number One in 1972. Then He Quietly Walked Away.

Curtis Mayfield Tuned His Guitar Wrong on Purpose. No One Could Copy the Sound

Teddy Pendergrass Was Only the Drummer. Then He Sang One Night and Lost the Group

Paul Williams Danced in Perfect Time. The Voice the Crowd Heard Wasn't His.

Percy Sledge Recorded 'When a Man Loves a Woman' — Then Gave the Whole Song Away

Curtis Mayfield Wrote the Song. Jerry Butler Sang It. Then the Teenager Walked Away.

Some Stations Quietly Refused to Play This Curtis Mayfield Song. It Was Too Proud.

Sam Cooke Wrote the Most Important Song of His Life. Then He Was Afraid to Sing It.

Berry Gordy Wrote Jackie Wilson's Biggest Hit. The Small Check He Got Built Motown.

Donny Hathaway's Voice Was Perfect. His Mind Was at War. Roberta Flack Never Stopped Waiting.

The Whistle Otis Redding Left In By Mistake Became His Only Number One

Bill Withers Kept His Factory Job After 'Ain't No Sunshine' Went Gold. Then He Walked Away From

Move On Up Sounds Like Pure Joy. Curtis Mayfield Hid Something Else Inside It.

Otis Redding Whistled the Ending Because the Words Weren't Written. Three Days Later He Was Gone.

Curtis Mayfield and Sly Stone Both Heard 1971. They Said Opposite Things.

The Four Tops Never Replaced Anyone. The Same Four Men for 44 Years.

Curtis Mayfield Was Hired to Score Superfly. His Music Condemned It Instead.

Wilson Pickett Was Sent to Record With an All-White Southern Band. Nobody Expected This.

The Temptations Refused to Record Papa Was a Rollin' Stone. It Won 4 Grammys.

Teddy Pendergrass Took the Stage at Live Aid. Nobody in That Crowd Was Prepared.

Ben E. King Wrote Stand By Me the Same Week He Left The Drifters.

David Ruffin Found Out He Was Fired From The Temptations Mid-Tour.

Sam Cooke's Greatest Performance Was Recorded in 1963. They Hid It for 22 Years.

The Hours Before the Accident That Changed Curtis Mayfield Forever

Gladys Knight Walked Away From Motown. The Next Song She Recorded Won the Grammy.

Curtis Mayfield Recorded 'People Get Ready' the Same Week the News Came From Selma

Jackie Wilson Collapsed Onstage Mid-Song on September 29, 1975. He Never Performed Again.

Stevie Wonder Walked Back Onto a Stage Eight Months After the Accident.

The Last Night Diana Ross Was a Supreme -- And What Mary Wilson Saw When the Lights Went Out

Isaac Hayes Watched Sam and Dave Record Together for the Last Time. He Never Forgot What He Saw.

The Last Night Donny Hathaway Stood on a Stage — And What the Audience Saw That Nobody Could Name

Curtis Mayfield and Bill Withers Both Said the Same Thing About This Business. They Made Very

Al Green Stopped His Own Concert to Preach. The Audience Had Come to Hear Something Else.

Curtis Mayfield Could Not Sit Up to Sing. He Made His Last Album Lying Down.

Bill Withers Walked Away From Music in 1985. Almost Nobody Noticed Until He Was Already Gone.

The Last Night Curtis Mayfield Stood With The Impressions -- And What He Said Before He Left

Bill Withers Said 'I Know' Twenty-Six Times. His Producer Almost Cut It. Nobody Did.