Fact #56 
In 1980, singer and performer Michael Jackson secured the highest royalty rate in the music industry—37 percent of the album's profit.
Fact #78
As a child Muhammad Ali was refused an autograph by his idol, boxer Sugar Ray Robinson. When Ali became a prize-fighter, he vowed never to deny an autograph request, which he has honored to this day.
Fact #271
Soul singer Aretha Franklin became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Fact #356
Black civil rights activist Ida B. Wells was one of the first American women to continue to keep her last name after her marriage.
