Did you know that...

• the first electrically amplified guitar was invented by George Beauchamp in 1931?
• The Beatles final show happened on August 29, 1966 in San Francisco?
• DGPT currently holds 6249 artists and 46707 guitar tabs?
• Freddie Mercury's real name was Farrokh Bulsara?
• to win a gold disc, an album needs to sell 500,000 copies in the United States?
• the Beach Boys waited 22 years to score their first chart-toping single since 1966?
• Johnny B. Goode could play a guitar just like ringing a bell?
• the first pop video was Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, released in 1975?
• Leo Fender was a saxophonist, not a guitarist?
• the Van Halen brothers were born in Netherlands?
• birds can learn music while they are still in the egg stage?
• a Fender Stratocaster is carved on Jimi Hendrix's tombstone?
• guitar's sales escalated from 228,000 in 1950 to 2.3 million in 1971?
• Hey Jude was the Beatles single that lasted longest on the charts, at 19 weeks?
• Beethoven dipped his head in cold water before he composed?
• Buddy Holly is memorialized by a eight-foot bronze statue in Lubbock, Texas?
• most toilets flush in E flat?
• this website was created in February 2012?
• Garth Brooks was the first country artist to sell over 10 million copies of an album?
• Mozart was five years old when he wrote his first musical piece?
• you can tune your guitar to the sound of a dial tone, because it's an A?
• the founders of DGPT also created this amazing karaoke website?
• a grand piano can be played faster than an upright (spinet) piano?
• the CD was developed by Philips and Sony in 1980?
• the only beardless member of ZZ Top is named Frank Beard?