State of Arkansas Pardons Keith Richards

Keith Richards must be so relieved: his dramatic 30-year-plus battle with the state of Arkansas finally came to a close. Back in 1975, Richards was arrested in Fordyce, Arkansas, while traveling from Memphis to Dallas and pleeded guilty to charges of reckless driving. He paid the fine. But since then the lingering horror of his besmirched reputation has positively haunted Richards. And Governor Mike Huckabee has proven he has a heart by submitting an application for clemency on behalf of the rocker, who was then pardoned by the state's Parole Board. Congrats, Keef.

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Song Stories

“I'm Yours”

Jason Mraz | 2008

Jason Mraz re-emerged after his disappointing second album with this lead single, a Jack Johnson-esque ditty about giving yourself fully to someone else. The success of the reggae-tinged song (it earned two Grammy nods and a spot on the Billboard singles chart for well over a year) was something the folk-pop singer never predicted when he wrote it in 15 minutes at home. "I played a happy-hippie chord progression that would probably work without 50 different Bob Marley songs," he told Rolling Stone. "I thought, 'It's too novelty. This is a nursery rhyme,'" concluding that "you can never guess what's gonna be a hit."

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