Shortly after, VH1 created a companion series, Legends ( originally sponsored by AT & T ), profiling artists who have made a more significant contribution to music history to qualify as " Legends " ( that is, those artists who have gone beyond the category of Behind the Music biographies ).

It was a spin-off of the British reality show Gene Simmons ' Rock School, which also aired on VH1.

Kid Rock performed on VH1 Storytellers on November 27, 2008, giving an insight to how he wrote some of his hit songs.

In 2001 Kid Rock began dating actress Pamela Anderson, after the two met at a VH1 tribute to Aretha Franklin.

He frequently contributed to VH1 programs such as the I Love The ... series, and he released the song " Rock Show " featuring singer Stephan Jenkins.

VH1 ranked ZZ Top at number 44 in its list of the " 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock ".

They were also given commemorative rings by actor Billy Bob Thornton from the VH1 Rock Honors in 2007.

Queen received the inaugural VH1 Rock Honors at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 25 May 2006.

Disney Channel occasionally airs " special edition " airings of its high-profile original movie premieres: sing-along versions of The Cheetah Girls trilogy, High School Musical, High School Musical 2 and Camp Rock have aired in which lyrics are displayed on screen for viewers to sing with the songs in the films ; the channel also airs " What's What " editions of its high-profile original movies using a format that mimics the former VH1 series Pop-Up Video in which facts about the movie and its stars pop up on screen at various points during the film.

In 1999, Lauper ranked No. 58 of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll by VH1.

Lauper appeared on a VH1 Classics special called Decades Rock Live.

In the 1990s, performances were repackaged as The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show and Ed Sullivan — Rock & Roll Classics in syndication and on the VH1 and TV Land cable channels.

Knight is ranked number eighteen on VH1 network's list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock.

On 14 February 2007, it was announced by VH1 that Bret Michaels is going to have his own reality show called Rock of Love with Bret Michaels, where women will have to compete for his love and prove they can keep up with his rock star life.

The band, along with Queen, Kiss, and Judas Priest, were the inaugural inductees of " VH1 Rock Honors " on 31 May 2006.

The artists profiled so far have included were the inaugural inductees into the VH1 Rock Honors in Las Vegas.

In 2007, ZZ Top, Heart, Genesis and Ozzy Osbourne were inducted into the VH1 Rock Honors.

* In 2006, Heart was featured in the VH1 " Decades Rock Live " Concert series featuring special guests, Alice In Chains, who reunited for the first time since Layne Staleys death.

VH1 placed it at 65 on its show 100 Greatest Rock Songs.

On 12 July 2008 Starkey drummed for The Who at the 3rd annual VH1 Rock Honors, celebrating the band's long career.

Stairway to Heaven was voted # 3 in 2000 by VH1 on its list of the 100 Greatest Rock Songs, and was placed at number 31 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ".

When Queen appeared on VH1 in 2006 for the Rock Honors Event, Sutherland gave Queen's introduction and announced that they are his favorite band, and that he has listened to them ever since he was a child.

* VH1 The 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs " I Believe in a Thing Called Love " ( 94 )

November 2005 marked the appearance of The Hooters on VH1 Classic's concert series Decades Live Rock as guests of Cyndi Lauper where they performed " And We Danced " and " All You Zombies.

* 1999 – VH1 ranked Karen Carpenter at # 29 on its list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll.

Cinderella headlined the VH1 Classic Rock Never Stops 2005 summer tour.

In 2002 Swain appeared on the short-lived VH1 version of Never Mind the Buzzcocks as a guest star on the show's " Identity Parade " round.

He was also a regular guest on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn and hosted the short-lived American version of the British game show Never Mind the Buzzcocks on VH1.

Former ELO member Tandy rejoined the band a short time afterwards for two television live performances: VH1 Storytellers and a PBS concert shot at CBS Television City, later titled Zoom Tour Live, that was released on DVD.

Dion performed " The Reason " during her Let's Talk About Love Tour, and as a duet with Carole King on VH1 Divas.

Watkins is currently working on a TLC Biopic for VH1, a Tour and a New TLC Album, with fellow TLC band mate Rozonda Thomas, all scheduled scheduled for 2013.

Patti has been featured with Meat Loaf in numerous MTV and VH1 music specials including The History of Meat Loaf Live, Live in the Neighborhood, On Tour ( PBS ), Behind the Music, VH1: Storytellers, Hard Rock Live, and Live in Mexico City.

As of the beginning of October 2008, Nocturnal State has been cut down to one hour, and Fresh: New Music has been supplanted by additional hours of Jump Start, thus meaning that VH1 now plays 7 hours of music daily.

As of the beginning of May 2010, VH1 has permanently retire the named Nocturnal State and had temporarily cancelled the 5AM ET hour of Jump Start to make room for more reality show re-airs.

VH1 has ordered 60 new half-hour episodes of Pop Up Video to air beginning October 3, 2011.

On July 20, 2012 VH1 confirmed a new season will air beginning August 6, 2012 at 12PM.

The video's ending ( beginning with Williams taking off his skin ) was cut by most music channels around Europe, including VIVA, MCM, MTV, The Box and VH1 Europe.

Over the years, while continuing to travel, perform and produce, he taught courses at the University ( on the business of music ) and, beginning in 1981, hosted a variety of jazz programs for NPR, ( including the Peabody Award Winning " Jazz Alive " series ) and for VH1 television ( where his " New Visions " series in the early 90s won the Ace Award.

Hoey has been featured on VH1 Classic ’ s documentary, “ Aftermath ,” and recently guest starred alongside Michael Anthony, Ace Frehley, and Dave Mason, among others, at the 2010 Rock N Roll Fantasy Camp in Los Angeles, which debuts as a special series on VH1 Classic beginning this spring.

Twain's mainstream pop acceptance was further helped by her appearance in the 1998 first edition of the VH1 Divas concert where she sang alongside Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan and Aretha Franklin, and also by VH1's 1999 heavily aired Behind the Music, which concentrated on the tragic aspects of her early life as well as her physical attractiveness and Nashville's early resistance to her bare-midriff music videos.

In 1995, he hosted the VH1 show 8-Track Flashback, which ran until 1998.

In 1998, George and Jon put their differences aside and the band actually reunited to do a reunion tour, kicking off with a performance on VH1 Storytellers.

VH1 revived the band's fortunes in the US in 1998 by featuring them on one of the first episodes of Behind the Music.

* VH1, Behind the Music: Carpenters ( 1998 )

on VH1 in 1998 for purveyors of pop music trivia ; a teen-oriented game called Click !, which introduced a youngster named Ryan Seacrest as its host, and in association with Wink Martindale, Headline Chasers in 1985.

In April 1998, Céline Dion sang " The Reason " as a duet with Carole King during the VH1 Divas concert.

Bourret has appeared on Friday Night's All Wright as well as several award shows, including the European MTV awards and the World Music Awards, the British National Television Awards in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and several series for the television channels VH1 and E!

In 1998 she won the title of Model Of The Year at the VH1 Fashion Awards.

For a time, it was the highest-rated program on VH1, though Behind the Music overtook it by 1998.

During a week of 1980s-themed programming on VH1 in March 1998, Pop Up Video became Pop Up ' 80s.

The 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards, Divas Live, The Oprah Winfrey Show ( aired in syndication ), several episodes of the Brady Bunch ( aired on Nick at Nite in 2001, effectively named " Pop Up Brady "), ABC's Original TGIF 1998 and 1999 line-up's season premieres and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ( December 2000 ) also got the Pop Up treatment.

Three live albums were also released during this relationship: VH1 Storytellers ( 1998 ), Ringo Starr and Friends ( 2006 ) and Ringo Starr: Live at Soundstage ( 2007 ).

Crow was the artist of the month on VH1 for September 1998 with an episode of " Storytellers " being devoted to her.

In 1998, she was named VH1 / Vogue's " Model of the Year ".

The music video won an award for " most stylish video " at the 1998 VH1 Fashion Awards.

* VH1 Fashion Awards ( VH1 ) 1998, 1997 & 1996

At the VH1 Divas taping in 1998, Carey was the opening performer of the event, and after " My All ", her single at the time, she followed with " Make It Happen ".

Additionally, Carey was one of the five featured performers at the 1998 VH1 Divas, where she sang " My All " as well as the dance remix.

In his 1998 VH1 Storytellers special, he even explained it on stage using a blackboard and a pointing stick.

VH1 Storytellers is a live album by Ringo Starr recorded and released for the popular music program in 1998.

Some notable events include several appearances on The Howard Stern Show, a 1998 performance on The Jenny Jones Show, a feature on VH1 about hair bands in 1999, and opening for Poison's 2001 " Glam Slam Metal Jam " tour.

Later, Dion performed it live on VH1 Divas Live concert in 1998 as the opening number of her part.