Think of the music from the last 60 years, and it’s unparalleled influence on our lives - it is the sound-track to our modern society, coloring our history and defining our place in the world. So many of our memories can be triggered by a song - go ahead, try it yourself...

Imagine a song you have always loved, sing the chorus in your head and feel those memories come flooding back. Think of all the pop icons we almost instantly recognize and how they have shaped contemporary popular culture from art and fashion to the media and politics. Remember the power that music used to have - we believed we could fall in love, end a war and change the world!

Where did all that music go? What happens when those bands break up, die in a plane crash, simply grow old?