More Top Stories: Kenny Chesney, Daft Punk, Mario

Kenny Chesney on Track for Number One Album
Kenny Chesney's new album Hemingway's Whiskey will sell an estimated 180,000 to 200,000 copies in its first week, more than enough to grab the top spot on the Billboard 200. It will be Chesney's sixth number one album. Lil Wayne's digital-only I Am Not a Human Being will likely land in second place. [Press Release]

Daft Punk to Cameo in 'Tron'?
In addition to providing the score for the upcoming Tron: Legacy, the dance-music duo Daft Punk will also reportedly cameo in the film. The group, or at least two people donning the their trademark helmets, were seen briefly triggering "digital fireworks" during a 23-minute preview reel screened by Walt Disney Studios. [ Los Angeles Times' Hero Complex]

Mario Arrested for Assault
R&B singer Mario was arrested in Baltimore this morning and charged with 2nd degree assault after an alleged confrontation with his own mother. He was released on $24,000 bail. [TMZ]

Campaign to Make John Cage Number One
Last year, a Facebook campaign led by a British man helped make Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" the UK's numberoOne Christmas single, ending a streak of X Factor winners. This year, John Cage's experimental piece "4'33"," which is essentially four minutes and 33 seconds of silence, is being championed in a campaign called Cage Against the Machine. [The Guardian]

Plus: Sade plans her first North American tour in a decade, Dee Snider joins Rock of Ages and more.

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Song Stories

“Oh Sherrie”

Steve Perry | 1984

Steve Perry's girlfriend Sherrie Swafford was actually in the studio when Perry began writing this song--his lone Top Ten hit as a solo act--with two co-writers. The trio began at midnight one night with just "Oh, Sherrie!" and "hold on, hold on." Three hours later, they had a complete song. Swafford, however, had to wait until the next day to hear it. "Sherrie actually got tired and went to bed," Perry said. She also appeared in the video, but their relationship did not hold on for long.

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