Piano Man Billy Joel is profiled. Interviews with Joel himself, concert and video clips, marriages and, his storied career.
Aired: Aug 17, 1997 Unveiling the rise and fall of pop duo Milli Vanilli. Interviews, video clips...
Aired: Aug 24, 1997 The rise and fall of the early 90s rap superstar M.C. Hammer.
Aired: Aug 31, 1997 Outlining the rise and fall of Culture Club lead singer, Boy George. George, ...
Aired: Sep 7, 1997 Describing rock band "Fleetwood Mac" was known for their best selling 1977 LP...
Aired: Sep 21, 1997 Documents celebrity stalkers such as Mark David Chapman, who murdered former ...
Aired: Sep 28, 1997 Rock 'n' roll wouldn't exist without its image, and it's been the job of rock...
Aired: Oct 19, 1997 Southern Rock band Lynyrd Skynrd sold millions of albums along with concerts ...
Aired: Oct 26, 1997 Teddy's early experiences in life and music: "I wasn't raised with baby-sitte...
Aired: Nov 8, 1997 Piano Man Billy Joel is profiled. Interviews with Joel himself, concert and v...
Aired: Nov 15, 1997 In the summer of 1997, Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan launched an...
Aired: Nov 29, 1997 Andy Gibb, the younger brother of the Bee Gees was a pop teen idol. Gibb rele...
Aired: Dec 1, 1997 Describing the life and death of singer, Jim Croce. Croce, was best known for...
Aired: Dec 31, 1997 Delving into the pop duo The Carpenters. The duo had belted out hits such as ...
Aired: Jan 10, 1998 He couldn't sing or read music but he became a songwriter and pop star. And t...
Aired: Jan 17, 1998 Profiling 60's rock band "The Mama's and The Papa's". The group was best know...
Aired: Jan 31, 1998 Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday), speaks openly about his childhood and successful...
Aired: Feb 14, 1998 Her career spans more than 50 years, 37 of which were spent headlining "Glady...
Aired: Feb 28, 1998 With 100 albums behind him and a career that spans 50 years, you might think ...
Aired: Mar 7, 1998 Four decades have passed since the release of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" ...
Aired: Mar 14, 1998 In the early 80s, Rick James was the king of funk, dominating the charts with...
Aired: Mar 21, 1998 An advanced pop musician by anyone's standards, David Crosby has become a pos...
Aired: Mar 28, 1998 Identifying the death of Tejano star Selena (1971-1995). Selena, had it all u...
Aired: Apr 4, 1998 Includes first-time interviews with all 6 members of the classic Jefferson Ai...
Aired: Apr 12, 1998 A cross-cultural look at people who sing for their supper features five diffe...
Aired: Apr 19, 1999 Heavy Metal gross out king, Ozzy Osbourne was identified. Osbourne, was best ...
Aired: Apr 26, 1998 Nugent started performing at age 13 and became one of the the biggest live ac...
Aired: May 3, 1998 The dramatic ups and downs of Cocker's career including a recent interview be...
Aired: May 18, 1998 In this hour and a half documentation about, a New York discotheque called St...
Aired: May 24, 1998 Describing The Who drummer Keith Moon (1946-1978). Moon, was best know destro...
Aired: May 31, 1998 Keith Moon will always be remembered as a wild man of rock and roll who wreck...
Aired: Jun 7, 1998 An intimate look at one of the most successful and respected female rockers, ...
Aired: Jun 14, 1998 Robbie Robertson reflects on the history and break-up of his critically accla...
Aired: Jun 21, 1998 British rock band Def Leppard, sold millions of albums along with concerts. D...
Aired: Jun 28, 1998 One of the hottest pop music performers of the 70's candidly discusses his st...
Aired: Jul 5, 1998 The triumph and tribulations of a "Diva" who has come to symbolize the Americ...
Aired: Jul 12, 1998 A look at the successful 60's surf rock duo, Jan Berry and Dean Torrence. Wit...
Aired: Jul 19, 1998 Singer/songwriter Harry Chapin made a successful career out of setting short ...
Aired: Jul 26, 1998 Profile of superstar Gloria Gaynor, the disco diva whose song, titled, "I Wil...
Aired: Aug 16, 1998 Madonna's blonde ambition was born when she was still a brunette living in De...
Aired: Aug 30, 1998 A look back to the SixtiesÍ most explosive, chaotic, tragic and inspiring yea...
Aired: Sep 6, 1998 Steppenwolf was a band of rock and roll wild men whose high times and big hit...
Aired: Sep 27, 1998 Blondie, co-founded by Deborah Harry and Chris Stein, was the most successful...
Aired: Oct 4, 1998 The classic rags to riches story. Shania grew up poor in Canada, spending muc...
Aired: Oct 11, 1998 The story of one of America's most treasured singers. We are premiering this ...
Aired: Oct 31, 1998 She was crowned the queen of Rock & Roll. A country girl who cast a spell on ...
Aired: Nov 7, 1998 This small town boy lived the American dream, topping the charts with his tal...
Aired: Nov 21, 1998 We're just four lucky fans that got together and started playing; this could ...
Aired: Nov 28, 1998 They blasted onto the American airwaves in the fall of 1975 with a sexy, expl...
Aired: Dec 15, 1998 Tells the story of four friends from Athens, Georgia who formed a band in 197...
Aired: Dec 12, 1998 Rock's most notorious band embraced excess and pushed it as far as they could...
Aired: Dec 19, 1998 In 1968, Lionel Richie left the self-sufficient black community of Tuskeegee,...
Aired: Jan 2, 1999 The diva who could make people laugh with her bawdy performances has had to o...
Aired: Jan 9, 1999 He had a golden mane, a sparkling smile and an unforgettable name (pronounced...
Aired: Jan 16, 1999 Rick Springfield was the Wonder from Down Under, who lathered up his fans wit...
Aired: Jan 23, 1999 This episode follows the successful career of the "first sisters of Rock & Ro...
Aired: Feb 2, 1999 It was the end of an era, the end of an innocence for rock and roll. - Lou Di...
Aired: Feb 27, 1999 The bandmates discuss their musical influences and lead singer Dave Gahan tal...
Aired: Mar 6, 1999 They were a garage band from Flint Michigan who upstaged Led Zeppelin in Detr...
Aired: Mar 13, 1999 Born James Jewel Osterberg in Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1947, Iggy has been shoc...
Aired: Mar 27, 1999 In the early 90's, Vanilla Ice became the opening act at MC Hammer concerts. ...
Aired: Apr 3, 1999 A look at the career of super group Duran Duran, from their early days in Bir...
Aired: Apr 11, 1999 Cher is one of the world's most famous and intriguing celebrities, having mad...
Aired: Apr 18, 1999 The story of three girls from modest means and broken homes, whose fame came ...
Aired: Apr 25, 1999 Born into one of the most recognizable music legacies in history, Julian has ...
Aired: May 2, 1999 A look at a one of rock's most theatrical artists. Alice Cooper's music and b...
Aired: May 9, 1999 The trials and tribulations of one of the most rockin' rock & roll bands in t...
Aired: May 16, 1999 Spotlights the highs and lows of this prolific musician's career. Petty discu...
Aired: May 23, 1999 Behind The Music takes a look at the tumultuous life of one of the most famou...
Aired: May 31, 1999 The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Hillel Slovak, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, ...
70. Eric Burdon and The Animals
Aired: Jun 13, 1999A look at the life of a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer whose music career would be...
Aired: Jun 20, 1999 Donna Summer was disco's first lady of love. With her sultry voice, sexy imag...
Aired: Jun 27, 1999 Since 1989 critics have been taking shots at Lenny Kravitz, one of the hottes...
Aired: Jul 4, 1999 Weird Al is widely recognized as a performer who creates inventive music vide...
Aired: Jul 11, 1999 This Behind the Music highlights the rock and roll lifestyle of Poison, one o...
Aired: Jul 18, 1999 A look at the first metal band to release a #1 US album. Entitled Metal Healt...
Aired: Jul 25, 1999 A look at the life of distinguished diva, Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat King ...
Aired: Aug 1, 1999 This Behind the Music tracks Melissa EtheridgeÍs journey from a young Kansas ...
Aired: Aug 8, 1999 The 60's was a time of unforgettable events from the Vietnam War, to psychede...
Aired: Aug 21, 1999 A look at one of the '70s biggest teen idol bands. Originally from Edinburgh ...
Aired: Aug 22, 1999 Donny Osmond made his television debut at age 5, performing "You Are My Sunsh...
Aired: Aug 28, 1999 A look at one of the most high-profile supergroups of the '70's. They were th...
Aired: Aug 29, 1999 Peter Tosh was born in Jamaica in 1944 into a very religious Christian family...
Aired: Sep 5, 1999 A look at the Goo Goo Dolls' "overnight success" after nearly a decade of end...
Aired: Sep 19, 1999 As country music's first cross-over artist, Glen Campbell hit the top of the ...
Aired: Oct 13, 1999 In 1978, a fledging trio called The Police "couldn't get arrested in England,...
Aired: Oct 17, 1999 A look at the trials & tribulations surrounding this '70's Irish rock band. T...
Aired: Oct 31, 1999 Inspired by the Fredericks of Hollywood catalog, the Rocky Horror Show stage ...
Aired: Nov 13, 1999 A look at the life of this Canadian-born superstar. Includes Alanis' childhoo...
Aired: Nov 20, 1999 A look at the trials and tribulations surrounding one of rap music's most suc...
Aired: Nov 27, 1999 A look at the career of the artist known by many as "The Love Man." White dis...
Aired: Dec 11, 1999 Behind the Music wraps up the year with a recap of the trends and talents tha...
Aired: Dec 18, 1999 In this one-hour documentary, VH1 explores the music of Genesis and the lives...
Aired: Jan 1, 2000 In the 1970's the Partridge's were America's favorite singing family, but the...
Aired: Jan 8, 2000 Michael Hutchence became an international rock and roll superstar in the 1980...
Aired: Jan 15, 2000 "Celine Dion: Behind the Music" tells the story of the incredible rise of the...
Aired: Jan 22, 2000 A look at the life of the man many consider the "Godfather of Hip Hop." Nearl...
Aired: Feb 5, 2000 A look at the life of Q (as his friends call him)-- from the tough streets of...
Aired: Feb 19, 2000 A look at one of rap music's most successful pioneer groups. They were just t...
Aired: Mar 4, 2000 A candid first-hand account of rock 'n' roll tragedy and triumph, featuring r...
Aired: Mar 9, 2000 He was the first person inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but man...
101. Frank Sinatra: News Special
Aired: Mar 18, 2000His name was Reginald Dwight, a shy, boy from an unhappy home in suburban Lon...
102. Milli Vanilli - News Special
Aired: Apr 1, 2000Oasis claims to be the best band in the world, but it's their behavior that's...
Aired: Apr 9, 2000 No Doubt was originally a high school band formed in 1986 by John Spence. The...
Aired: Apr 23, 2000 "The Police: Behind the Music" explores the rise and ruin of The Police, rock...
Aired: Apr 30, 2000 "1970: Behind the Music" traces the musical and social currents of a year whi...
Aired: May 7, 2000 1984 was a year with no rules and no boundaries, a year of musical promiscuit...
Aired: May 17, 2000 1977 - the Year of the Outsider. In 1977 an eclectic group of original do-it-...
Aired: May 19, 2000 It was the year music fans changed the course of the industry. In Seattle, fl...
Aired: May 28, 2000 A behind the scenes look into the life of a superstar, offering unprecedented...
Aired: Jun 4, 2000 A look at the first group of women rock stars who played their instruments, w...
Aired: Jun 11, 2000 Born out of small-town, blue-collar New Jersey, Bon Jovi emerged as a revolut...
Aired: Jun 18, 2000 VH1 reveals the story behind Angus Young's schoolboy uniform and how AC/DC ma...
Aired: Jun 25, 2000 They were four young men hired by Hollywood to play a make-believe band but t...
Aired: Jul 9, 2000 Queen Latifah has become a symbol of strength and integrity in the hip hop wo...
Aired: Jul 16, 2000 With a radical dose of 60's Black Nationalism, Public Enemy carved hip-hop fr...
Aired: Jul 23, 2000 Faith Hill may be a superstar in both the country and pop music worlds, but t...
Aired: Jul 30, 2000 They were four California girls who dreamed of being the Beatles. They were a...
Aired: Aug 6, 2000 In the mid 1970's Peter Frampton came "alive." His blockbuster double album s...
Aired: Aug 13, 2000 "Styx: Behind the Music" traces the rise and fall of what was once America's ...
Aired: Aug 27, 2000 A story of crime and courage, hustler savvy and artistic expression. Ice-T wa...
Aired: Oct 1, 2000 Cat Stevens: Behind The Music tracks the musical and spiritual journeys of th...
Aired: Oct 8, 2000 Barenaked ladies are five self proclaimed Canadian geeks getting the last lau...
Aired: Oct 15, 2000 The rock group Chicago is a musical institution, playing their unique brand o...
Aired: Oct 22, 2000 An Irish protest singer who once ruled theworld's pop charts, Sinead O'Connor...
Aired: Oct 29, 2000 Tiffany, the teeny-bopping mall rocker, was so hot she knocked Michael Jackso...
Aired: Nov 4, 2000 Poised to be the "next big thing" when signed by the Beatles to their Apple l...
Aired: Nov 11, 2000 Brian Setzer has made a career of going against the grain. A pop pioneer who ...
Aired: Nov 18, 2000 Snoop Dogg (his lifelong nickname) grew up in the crime-filled streets of Lon...
Aired: Nov 25, 2000 Follows the meteoric rise of rock's biggest feel-good band. Creed, made up of...
130. John Lennon: The Last Years
Aired: Dec 2, 2000Chronicles a period of time often glossed over in other documentaries - the y...
Aired: Dec 9, 2000 Formed in 1992, Everclear was the last attempt by lead singer, Art Alexakis, ...
Aired: Dec 16, 2000 Takes a look back at the Year 2000, the highs, the lows, and all the controve...
Aired: Feb 3, 2001 Tells the story of six boyhood friends who lived the American male fantasy--t...
Aired: Feb 17, 2001 Journey was on top of music world in the early 80's producing a non-stop stre...
Aired: Feb 24, 2001 One of America's most popular bands in the 1970s, the Doobie Brothers personi...
Aired: Mar 3, 2001 Examines the life and career of one of the greatest vocalists in rock & roll ...
Aired: Mar 10, 2001 The 1983 smash film "Flashdance" was the blue-collar Cinderella story of the ...
Aired: Apr 8, 2001 In the late 80's, Salt 'n' Pepa was on the cutting edge of a cultural and fem...
Aired: Apr 15, 2001 Right from the start, Billy Idol has been a rebel with a cause and a yell. Fr...
Aired: Apr 22, 2001 This episode details the tumultuous life and career of heavy metal pioneer Da...
Aired: Apr 29, 2001 1972 was the year idealism gave way to cynicism. The once vibrant youth movem...
Aired: May 6, 2001 1975 was the year that America seemed on the verge of collapse as the Vietnam...
Aired: May 27, 2001 First joining forces as a basement band in 1983 in Princeton, New Jersey, Blu...
Aired: May 27, 2001 It was the year megabands ruled the arenas and the airwaves... in 1981, the m...
Aired: Jun 10, 2001 It was the year 80's excess reached critical mass and rock n' roll led the pa...
Aired: Jun 17, 2001 1994 was a year the music world lost a living legend - Kurt Cobain - and a ge...
Aired: Jun 24, 2001 Looks at the life and career of rock & roll's first teenage idol, from his me...
Aired: Jul 8, 2001 Biggie Smalls, a/k/a Notorious B.I.G., grew up dealing drugs on the streets o...
Aired: Jul 15, 2001 Green Day built their own buzz with a do-it-yourself punk rock attitude in th...
Aired: Jul 22, 2001 Neil Diamond: Behind The Music profiles one of music's most popular, enduring...
Aired: Aug 5, 2001 Pat Benatar broke into the music industry boy's club with songs of feminine f...
Aired: Aug 12, 2001 Formed in 1971, this Illinois group needed almost 10 years to create its sign...
Aired: Aug 19, 2001 Twisted Sister ruled the world of Heavy Metal Hair in 1984 and when the "Anim...
Aired: Aug 26, 2001 In the late 60's at the height of the Vietnam War, Civil Rights movement, and...
Aired: Sep 9, 2001 In the spring of 1990, five diversely talented musicians with small town root...
Aired: Sep 23, 2001 Chronicles the colorful history of the quintessential hard rock band of the 8...
Aired: Oct 7, 2001 For the first time, Puff Daddy sits down to tell VH1 his entire, dramatic lif...
Aired: Oct 14, 2001 Singer, musician, composer, actress, dancer, businesswoman, role model and le...
Aired: Nov 10, 2001 Legendary Fleetwood Mac guitar player, singer and songwriter Lindsey Buckingh...
Aired: Nov 17, 2001 This episode let's us take a look from how Mary J. Blige transformed from a f...
Aired: Dec 8, 2001 If you only judged Sublime by their breakthrough hit, "Date Rape", you might ...
Aired: Jan 19, 2002 All the city of Bradford had to its credit was curry houses and the Industria...
Aired: Jan 26, 2002 Hall & Oates are the best selling Pop Duo of all time. In the 80's they ruled...
Aired: Feb 16, 2002 Bill and Claudia agree to continue their escapades despite having a close cal...
Aired: Mar 9, 2002 For more than twenty years, the band Anthrax has been called the underdogs of...
Aired: Mar 16, 2002 Long before she was a roots rock sensation, Sheryl Crow honed her skills by s...
Aired: Apr 6, 2002 Garbage was the brainchild of Madison, Wisconsin producers Butch Vig, Duke Er...
Aired: Apr 28, 2002 With nearly fifty million albums sold in the United States alone, Foreigner i...
Aired: Jun 23, 2002 They were four college buddies who set out with a simple plan: to play music ...
Aired: Jun 30, 2002 "Behind the Music: Bob Marley" tells the story of the rasta rebel with rare a...
Aired: Aug 25, 2002 From having no water or heat in their childhood homes to having the longest-r...
Aired: Sep 1, 2002 Showcasing Aerosmith's phenomenal career. Includes interviews with the member...
Aired: Sep 8, 2002 As the MTV darling of the '80s, Cyndi Lauper became an international super-st...
Aired: Nov 16, 2002 They are an increasingly rare commodity: a pop group that actually writes its...
Aired: Nov 8, 2003 She came from nowhere to capture America's heart ... and blossomed into a glo...
Aired: Nov 22, 2003 They are a proud and sassy slew of songsters whose catchy dance-pop and color...
Aired: Mar 12, 2004 They went bankrupt. One of them nearly died. Another one burned down a mansio...
Aired: Jul 4, 2004 Guns N' Roses emerged from thicket of the hair metal jungle on Hollywood's Su...
Aired: Aug 22, 2004 He ranks beside Prince, Madonna, Springsteen and Jacko in the pantheon of tru...
Aired: Oct 10, 2004 He's the first true hip-hop sensation, something like a phenomenon in the rap...
Aired: Apr 28, 2005 They were the original boy band. Five friends from Boston whose undeniable ta...
Aired: Jun 13, 2005 The Backstreet Boys are by far one of the most famous boy bands in music hist...
Aired: Mar 1, 2006 He's a rapper, a rocker and a country charter, a stone cold pimp with a deep ...
Aired: May 11, 2006 Ratt grabbed a decade of decadence by the tail, but their legendary excess ca...
Aired: May 11, 2006 In the early 1990s, when hair metal was being sheered from the charts by grun...
Aired: Jun 10, 2006 A behind the scenes look at Nick Lachey that no one has ever seen before cove...
Aired: Sep 28, 2008 In 1988, when the New Kids On The Block's second album "Hangin' Tough" was re...
Aired: Sep 10, 2009 By the time he was 11 years old, Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., aka Lil Wayne, ha...
Aired: Sep 17, 2009 Scarred by her parents divorce, Pink (who grew up Alecia Moore) was a trouble...
Aired: Sep 24, 2009 Growing up in the tough, poverty stricken projects of Roxbury, MA, Bobby Brow...
Aired: Oct 1, 2009 Bret Michaels and his band of brothers left home in Pennsylvania with a rock-...
Aired: Oct 8, 2009 T.I, aka Clifford Harris Jr, grew up on the tough streets of Atlanta's Bankhe...
Aired: Oct 13, 2009 Curtis Jackson III, aka 50 Cent, grew up on the violent and drug infested str...
Aired: Jun 7, 2010 Born Earl Simmons and raised in the notorious School Street Projects of Yonke...
Aired: Jun 13, 2010 Surviving an abusive childhood and struggling against a record label trying t...
Aired: Jun 14, 2010 Behind the Music: Eve tracks the rocky rise to fame of one of rap's most succ...
Aired: Jun 21, 2010 Courtney Love is one of the most controversial, reviled and riveting rock sta...
Aired: Jun 28, 2010 Behind The Music traces Jennifer Hudson’s humble beginnings of growing up on ...
Aired: Jul 4, 2010 Perhaps no other entertainer in the last two decades has dominated the media ...
Aired: Jul 19, 2010 From a small town choirboy who was discovered at a local talent show to one o...
Aired: Aug 24, 2010 In this episode of Behind the Music, Fantasia speaks for the first time - in ...
Aired: Jun 29, 2011 Behind the Music: Missy Elliott tracks the rocky road to stardom of one of hi...
Aired: Jul 3, 2011 Behind the Music: Nelly will trace the artist's epic journey from St. Louis h...
Aired: Jul 6, 2011 Follow the three-decade-long career of legendary rapper Ice Cube from his jou...
Aired: Jul 13, 2011 Twenty-seven year-old, Grammy Award-winning Miranda Lambert fell in love with...
Aired: Jul 24, 2011 Take a look inside the life and outstanding career of Mary J. Blige, the reig...
Aired: Jul 31, 2011 Enrique Iglesias is the son of a legendary musical family and one of few arti...
Aired: Aug 7, 2011 Glam-rock powerhouse, Adam Lambert has taken pop music by storm with his hand...
Aired: Aug 14, 2011 Nobody's got female fans' hearts fluttering more than Ricky Martin with his s...
Aired: Mar 15, 2012 It's only through struggle that resilience arises and for Armando Christian P...
Aired: Mar 22, 2012 "Behind The Music: Game" tracks the unlikely rise of a young gangbanger from ...
Aired: Mar 29, 2012 "Behind the Music: T-Pain" explores the rise of a shy kid from Tallahassee, F...
Aired: Apr 5, 2012 More than ten years after the tragic death of Aaliyah, Behind The Music revis...
Aired: Apr 11, 2012 In "Behind The Music: Akon," VH1 traces the artist's early beginnings in Sene...
Aired: Apr 18, 2012 "Behind The Music: Nas" tells the story of one of hip hop's most daring and p...
Aired: Apr 25, 2012 "Behind The Music: Brandy" will chronicle the Grammy Award-winning artist fro...
Aired: May 2, 2012 Behind The Music: Notorious B.I.G. shows the Brooklyn-born MC rising from the...
Aired: Sep 16, 2012 Despite their days of obscurity and struggles to get a record deal Train rose...
Aired: Sep 23, 2012 "Behind The Music: NE-YO" explores the R&B heartthrob's status from talented ...
Aired: Sep 30, 2012 Carrie Underwood speaks openly about the challenges that came along with her ...
Aired: Oct 7, 2012 Nicole Scherzinger discusses the road to stardom and the struggles along the ...
Aired: Oct 14, 2012 Alternative/hip-hop group Gym Class Heroes discuss their rapid rise to fame a...
Aired: Oct 29, 2012 In "Behind The Music: Toni Braxton," the ultimate R&B icon and survivor speak...
Aired: Nov 4, 2012 "Behind the Music: T.I." (aka Clifford Harris Jr.) will catch up with the pro...
Aired: Nov 12, 2012 "Behind The Music: P!nk" will discuss how motherhood has changed her life as ...
Aired: Jul 28, 2013 BTM Ludacris shines a spotlight on one of the South's finest hip hop lyricist...
Aired: Jul 16, 2014 Linda Perry talks candidly about her abusive childhood and how she turned her...
Main Cast
Appearances
Current Status: Returning Series
Network: VH1
Genres: Documentary, Music, Biography
