In 1960, the music industry was rocked to its core by the Payola scandal. Radio stations and disc jockeys, several of them national celebrities, were accused of accepting bribes in return for playing a popular hit record.
Payola emerged during the height of rock 'n' roll in the late 1950s, and was exposed when the United States Senate began investigating the illegal practice. This particular method of bribery is today supposed to be outlawed. But is it?
Click through the following gallery and find out how high fidelity corruption sent the music industry into a spin.