When the modern world was born, Jerry Lee Lewis was there. During that heady spurt of mid-1950s generational rebellion, Lewis and his pompadoured peers invented rock ‘n’ roll and became footloose ...

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Huey “Piano” Smith, a New Orleans boogie-woogie pianist who wrote and recorded the 1950s rock-and-roll standards “Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” and “Sea Cruise” and who influenced many ...

The sounds of 1950s rock and roll were so quintessential and delightful that they remain fundamental. The genre was just coming alive but somehow there were incredible standout acts that have lasted ...

While so few people talk about the brilliance of '50s icon Larry Williams, he could have delivered so much more had it not been for his rollercoaster of a life.

Where would classic rock music be without the 1950s? That was the decade when the genre was forming, when it was just beginning to understand the power of what it could do and what it could be.

Sir Rod Stewart has been a rock and roll ambassador for much of his career, but the singer has also been a vocal advocate for the music that inspired him ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists have had as profound an impact on the evolution of rock and roll as Little Richard. With his commanding stage presence, virtuosic piano performances, and dynamic vocal ...

Introduction: Dreams and nightmares -- Darkness at the break of noon : Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan and the birth of Sixties music -- The White Atlantic : cultural origins of the "British Invasion" -- ...

The time is one autumn in the golden summer era of the 1950s. Orangeburg's Bluebird Theatre has been magically transformed into Mom's Malt Shop, the local hangout for the kids at Herbert Hoover High ...

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Dion DiMucci, one of the most enduring figures of American popular music, has announced his new 16-track album The Rock 'n' Roll Philosopher will be released on October 24 ...