Anne Bancroft as Mrs Robinson with Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate, 1967

The best songs about fictional characters

Steve Jobs launches the iTunes Store with some prophetic words

The worst decisions and predictions in the history of rock

The band called Slowdive in 1991, and the woman who sang a song called Slowdive, Siouxsie Sioux

All these bands named themselves after other people's songs

David Bowie, photographed by Masayoshi Sukita for the cover of "Heroes"

Was David Bowie's "Heroes" really based on a true story?

David Bowie circa 1974 and his daughter Alexandria Jones inset

David Bowie's daughter Lexi Jones reveals struggles of being child of an icon in candid poem

Classic musical TV specials: Kate (1979); 33⅓ Revolutions Per Monkee (1969); James Paul McCartney (1973); and Bowie's 1980 Floor Show (1973)

10 Classic Rock TV specials

David Bowie and his daughter Alexandria Jones inset

David Bowie's daughter Lexi Jones quietly releases debut album Xandri

David Bowie portrait session in 1966

David Bowie's former south London home is up for sale for less than £500,000

David Bowie in 1975 and Luther Vandross in 1987

How David Bowie's Young Americans album was influenced by Luther Vandross

Albums with strong opening tracks from The Doors, The Police, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

The 30 greatest Classic Rock album opening tracks

Classic moments from The Brit Awards:

The BRIT Awards' most surprising duos

Great TV appearances: Queen on Top Of The Pops; The Stone Roses on The Other Side Of Midnight; The Smiths on The Tube; and David Bowie trying to get into the BBC Television Centre in 1964.

The 10 greatest debut TV appearances

Classic rock albums with great final tracks: Sgt Pepper, Pink Moon, The Works and Ziggy Stardust

20 of the best closing tracks from Classic Rock albums

Classic eponymous albums from Fleetwood Mac, The Stooges, Genesis and Black Sabbath

The best "self-titled" Classic Rock albums

Indie Love Songs: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Cure, Coldplay and Richard Ashcroft.

The 50 Best Indie Love Songs for Valentine's Day

Big in the USA: The Beatles touch down in New York, February 1964; Freddie Mercury gives Inglewood, California a show in 1977; Led Zeppelin refuel their private jet in Hawaii; and Elton John plays Dodger Stadium in 1975.

10 British Classic Rock acts that made it big in the USA

Bob Dylan hanging out at Savoy Steps in May 1965; and the King's Chapel of the Savoy as it looks today

13 of the most famous Classic Rock video locations

David Jones, Quentin Cook and Axl Rose. Or is it David Bowie, Fatboy Slim, and William Rose?

Rock stars and their real names