Frank Mastropolo

It all started with an offer to clear out the garbage, bottles, paper and building supplies piled in an old church.

In the decades that followed, one became a superstar while the other found a rockier career path.

This was one of the earliest movies to include pop tunes as background music.

That sound you heard was a million Beatles fans' hearts breaking.

"Going Up the Country" is used in a commercial for GEICO, but Canned Heat isn't seeing any of the royalties.

Only later did the band realize how little control they had over their own music.

Needing a fourth song to complete things, Paul Simon pulled out an unfinished tune then called "Mrs. Roosevelt."

The Rolling Stones lifted their unofficial ban on doing benefit concerts on Jan. 18, 1973, when they performed to aid the earthquake victims of Nicaragua.

He said that the performance of "Candle in the Wind 1997" at her funeral would be the last.

They were one of the most popular bands in Liverpool, but still desperate to find a manager.