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An excerpt from the newly released book 'Ferris Bueller... You're My Hero.'

Get out your air drumsticks and get ready to play along with everyone from Twisted Sister to Paul Simon.

He had Edgar Allan Poe, Pink Floyd and, most of all, partner Eric Woolfson to thank.

He hasn't been as successful as you might have thought.

Only two members had enjoyed longer tenures when he was let go. They were the only two who mattered.

Many of the genre's biggest names are still awaiting their induction.

We've been told that a nation watched in horror as the space shuttle exploded, but that's not exactly what happened.

He orchestrated this departure with a familiar sense of mystery and panache.

Learn how John Mellencamp became Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp and finally John Mellencamp again.

This was more than a kiss-off to the Beatles. It was his demolition of everything the previous decade stood for.