Musical artists, their careers, their highs, their lows and everything in between are profiled and interviewed.
One of two VH1 music biography series...this one profiles those artists not qualified to be "Legends", but have made enough contribution to be merited a subject of "Behind The Music". This series documents the ups & downs and personal & professional lives of the artists in question. Subjects have included Milli Vanilli, Jefferson Starship, Gloria Estefan, M.C. Hammer, and Selena.
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 9, 1997 Piano Man Billy Joel is profiled. Interviews with Joel himself, concert and v...
Aired: Nov 16, 1997 In the summer of 1997, Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah McLachlan launched an...
Aired: Nov 30, 1997 Andy Gibb, the younger brother of the Bee Gees was a pop teen idol. Gibb rele...
Aired: Dec 2, 1997 Describing the life and death of singer, Jim Croce. Croce, was best known for...
Aired: Jan 1, 1998 Delving into the pop duo The Carpenters. The duo had belted out hits such as ...
Aired: Jan 11, 1998 He couldn't sing or read music but he became a songwriter and pop star. And t...
Aired: Jan 18, 1998 Profiling 60's rock band "The Mama's and The Papa's". The group was best know...
Aired: Feb 1, 1998 Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday), speaks openly about his childhood and successful...
Aired: Feb 15, 1998 Her career spans more than 50 years, 37 of which were spent headlining "Glady...
Aired: Mar 1, 1998 With 100 albums behind him and a career that spans 50 years, you might think ...
Aired: Mar 8, 1998 Four decades have passed since the release of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" ...
Aired: Mar 15, 1998 In the early 80s, Rick James was the king of funk, dominating the charts with...
Aired: Mar 22, 1998 An advanced pop musician by anyone's standards, David Crosby has become a pos...
Aired: Mar 29, 1998 Identifying the death of Tejano star Selena (1971-1995). Selena, had it all u...
Aired: Apr 5, 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: Nov 1, 1998 She was crowned the queen of Rock & Roll. A country girl who cast a spell on ...
Aired: Nov 8, 1998 This small town boy lived the American dream, topping the charts with his tal...
Aired: Nov 22, 1998 We're just four lucky fans that got together and started playing; this could ...
Aired: Nov 29, 1998 They blasted onto the American airwaves in the fall of 1975 with a sexy, expl...
Aired: Dec 16, 1998 Tells the story of four friends from Athens, Georgia who formed a band in 197...
Aired: Dec 13, 1998 Rock's most notorious band embraced excess and pushed it as far as they could...
Aired: Dec 20, 1998 In 1968, Lionel Richie left the self-sufficient black community of Tuskeegee,...
Aired: Jan 3, 1999 The diva who could make people laugh with her bawdy performances has had to o...
Aired: Jan 10, 1999 He had a golden mane, a sparkling smile and an unforgettable name (pronounced...
Aired: Jan 17, 1999 Rick Springfield was the Wonder from Down Under, who lathered up his fans wit...
Aired: Jan 24, 1999 This episode follows the successful career of the "first sisters of Rock & Ro...
Aired: Feb 3, 1999 It was the end of an era, the end of an innocence for rock and roll. - Lou Di...
Aired: Feb 28, 1999 The bandmates discuss their musical influences and lead singer Dave Gahan tal...
Aired: Mar 7, 1999 They were a garage band from Flint Michigan who upstaged Led Zeppelin in Detr...
Aired: Mar 14, 1999 Born James Jewel Osterberg in Ypsilanti, Michigan in 1947, Iggy has been shoc...
Aired: Mar 28, 1999 In the early 90's, Vanilla Ice became the opening act at MC Hammer concerts. ...
Aired: Apr 4, 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 14, 1999 A look at the life of this Canadian-born superstar. Includes Alanis' childhoo...
Aired: Nov 21, 1999 A look at the trials and tribulations surrounding one of rap music's most suc...
Aired: Nov 28, 1999 A look at the career of the artist known by many as "The Love Man." White dis...
Aired: Dec 12, 1999 Behind the Music wraps up the year with a recap of the trends and talents tha...
Aired: Dec 19, 1999 In this one-hour documentary, VH1 explores the music of Genesis and the lives...
Aired: Jan 2, 2000 In the 1970's the Partridge's were America's favorite singing family, but the...
Aired: Jan 9, 2000 Michael Hutchence became an international rock and roll superstar in the 1980...
Aired: Jan 16, 2000 "Celine Dion: Behind the Music" tells the story of the incredible rise of the...
Aired: Jan 23, 2000 A look at the life of the man many consider the "Godfather of Hip Hop." Nearl...
Aired: Feb 6, 2000 A look at the life of Q (as his friends call him)-- from the tough streets of...
Aired: Feb 20, 2000 A look at one of rap music's most successful pioneer groups. They were just t...
Aired: Mar 5, 2000 A candid first-hand account of rock 'n' roll tragedy and triumph, featuring r...
Aired: Mar 10, 2000 He was the first person inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but man...
101. Frank Sinatra: News Special
Aired: Mar 19, 2000His name was Reginald Dwight, a shy, boy from an unhappy home in suburban Lon...
102. Milli Vanilli - News Special
Aired: Apr 2, 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 5, 2000 Poised to be the "next big thing" when signed by the Beatles to their Apple l...
Aired: Nov 12, 2000 Brian Setzer has made a career of going against the grain. A pop pioneer who ...
Aired: Nov 19, 2000 Snoop Dogg (his lifelong nickname) grew up in the crime-filled streets of Lon...
Aired: Nov 26, 2000 Follows the meteoric rise of rock's biggest feel-good band. Creed, made up of...
130. John Lennon: The Last Years
Aired: Dec 3, 2000Chronicles a period of time often glossed over in other documentaries - the y...
Aired: Dec 10, 2000 Formed in 1992, Everclear was the last attempt by lead singer, Art Alexakis, ...
Aired: Dec 17, 2000 Takes a look back at the Year 2000, the highs, the lows, and all the controve...
Aired: Feb 4, 2001 Tells the story of six boyhood friends who lived the American male fantasy--t...
Aired: Feb 18, 2001 Journey was on top of music world in the early 80's producing a non-stop stre...
Aired: Feb 25, 2001 One of America's most popular bands in the 1970s, the Doobie Brothers personi...
Aired: Mar 4, 2001 Examines the life and career of one of the greatest vocalists in rock & roll ...
Aired: Mar 11, 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 11, 2001 Legendary Fleetwood Mac guitar player, singer and songwriter Lindsey Buckingh...
Aired: Nov 18, 2001 This episode let's us take a look from how Mary J. Blige transformed from a f...
Aired: Dec 9, 2001 If you only judged Sublime by their breakthrough hit, "Date Rape", you might ...
Aired: Jan 20, 2002 All the city of Bradford had to its credit was curry houses and the Industria...
Aired: Jan 27, 2002 Hall & Oates are the best selling Pop Duo of all time. In the 80's they ruled...
Aired: Feb 17, 2002 Bill and Claudia agree to continue their escapades despite having a close cal...
Aired: Mar 10, 2002 For more than twenty years, the band Anthrax has been called the underdogs of...
Aired: Mar 17, 2002 Long before she was a roots rock sensation, Sheryl Crow honed her skills by s...
Aired: Apr 7, 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 17, 2002 They are an increasingly rare commodity: a pop group that actually writes its...
Aired: Nov 9, 2003 She came from nowhere to capture America's heart ... and blossomed into a glo...
Aired: Nov 23, 2003 They are a proud and sassy slew of songsters whose catchy dance-pop and color...
Aired: Mar 13, 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 2, 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 5, 2012 "Behind the Music: T.I." (aka Clifford Harris Jr.) will catch up with the pro...
Aired: Nov 13, 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
