 Rare performance footage, film clips and revealing interviews. Featuring Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Sam Cook, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley and John Lennon. Rock legends from the 50 s to the 70 s who changed the course of popular music with their special talents. They all died before their time, but their music lives on.