Frank Mastropolo
![How Rod Stewart Survived the ’80s](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2016/12/Stewart80s.jpg?w=980&q=75)
How Rod Stewart Survived the ’80s
"As far as music critics were concerned," he said, "I was about as welcome as a hole in a parachute."
![Rock’s Unsolved UFO Mystery: The Night Jim Sullivan Vanished](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2014/07/jim-sullivan-ufo1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Rock’s Unsolved UFO Mystery: The Night Jim Sullivan Vanished
A talented singer-songwriter released an album about unidentified flying objects, then disappeared into thin air.
![How Arlo Guthrie’s Arrest Inspired the Thanksgiving Classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant’](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2015/11/Arlo-Guthrie1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
How Arlo Guthrie’s Arrest Inspired the Thanksgiving Classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant’
It all started with an offer to clear out the garbage, bottles, paper and building supplies piled in an old church.
![45 Years Ago: ‘Disco Demolition Night’ Turns Into a Chicago Riot](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2020/06/GettyImages-149272727.jpg?w=980&q=75)
45 Years Ago: ‘Disco Demolition Night’ Turns Into a Chicago Riot
Hatred boiled over at Comiskey Park, home of baseball’s Chicago White Sox.
![When Elton John Jammed With Leon Russell at Fillmore East](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2019/06/Elton-John-Leon-Russell-YouTube.png?w=980&q=75)
When Elton John Jammed With Leon Russell at Fillmore East
In the decades that followed, one became a superstar while the other found a rockier career path.
![How Harry Nilsson Helped Make ‘Midnight Cowboy’ a Film Classic](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2019/05/Harry-Nilsson-Midnight-Cowboy-RCA-Image.jpg?w=980&q=75)
How Harry Nilsson Helped Make ‘Midnight Cowboy’ a Film Classic
This was one of the earliest movies to include pop tunes as background music.
![The Day Paul McCartney Married Linda Eastman](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2019/03/GettyImages-102728739a.jpg?w=980&q=75)
The Day Paul McCartney Married Linda Eastman
That sound you heard was a million Beatles fans' hearts breaking.
![Canned Heat Says They Got Left Behind by GEICO’s ‘Going Up the Country’ Ad](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2018/12/maxresdefault1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Canned Heat Says They Got Left Behind by GEICO’s ‘Going Up the Country’ Ad
"Going Up the Country" is used in a commercial for GEICO, but Canned Heat isn't seeing any of the royalties.
![How the Beatles Formed Northern Songs Publishing Company](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2015/12/Beatles-Hulton-Photo.jpg?w=980&q=75)
How the Beatles Formed Northern Songs Publishing Company
Only later did the band realize how little control they had over their own music.
![The Story of Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘The Graduate': ‘Schmuck! This Is Your Soundtrack!’](http://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2018/01/Graduate1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
The Story of Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘The Graduate': ‘Schmuck! This Is Your Soundtrack!’
Needing a fourth song to complete things, Paul Simon pulled out an unfinished tune then called "Mrs. Roosevelt."