In The Very Early Days of Rock & Roll...

Many bands that later became famous started out playing in nightclubs.  Some of those clubs were owned by the Mafia.

Also, some of those bands changed members, so the lineups they became famouswith were not always the lineups they started with.  So, some musicians never became famous, even though they were once part of a famous band.

This one band had put on an awful show at one mob owned club, due to the antics of a couple of members.  The manager of the club swore to get them.

But, he didn't want to use any of his own hitmen.  He heard that one member of a rival band had a reputation as a tough guy.  So, the mob boss hired him to do the job.

The mob boss also had connections with the police and the press, so it never got reported.  If it had, the headline would have read, MOB KILLS TWO BYRDS WITH ONE STONE!