• Pennyroyal Tea is a song by Nirvana, and refers to a herb with small lilac flowers that has been used for centuries to treat colds, fevers, indigestion and cramps.
• Classical composer and coffee lover JS Bach wrote a piece known as the Coffee Cantata with the line ‘Ah! How sweet coffee tastes, more delicious than a thousand kisses’.
• Actor Kelsey Grammer, who starred as the title character in the TV comedy Fraser, actually sang its theme song ‘Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs’.
• There is a specially landscaped section of Central Park in New York called Strawberry Fields that is dedicated to the memory of John Lennon, who was shot nearby.
• The song American Pie by Don McLean was inspired by the death of Buddy Holly on February 3rd 1959 – ‘the day the music died’.