Rock ‘n’ roll seemed to some like it emerged fully formed in the 1950s, as artists became superstars overnight on the strength of a magnetic single or two. In actuality, the music had been slowly ...

From baseball and television to air conditioning and Coca-Cola, the United States has offered the world no shortage of contributions. Few of those contributions, however, can hold a candle to the one ...

The 1950s saw rock ‘n’ roll burst onto the scene and change music forever. From Elvis Presley’s hip-shaking performances that scandalized parents and drove teens wild to Chuck Berry’s epic guitar ...

Outkast, Cyndi Lauper, Salt-N-Pepa and Soundgarden will be among the newly minted members of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at Saturday night's induction ceremony.

KEARNEY — Steve Rothenberger of Kearney, a member of the Nebraska Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, will present a flashback to the 1960s at 7 p.m. June 11 at the Kearney Public Library. According to a KPR ...

The News Sentinel each month tells stories from the past by researching the Knox County Public Library’s digital archives. Archiving 1922-1990 News Sentinel issues was funded through a recent "Papers ...

There’s a whole lotta shaking going on this month in the western suburbs with two musicals about teen culture, late 1950s-to-early 1960s style. Aurora’s Paramount Theatre is opening a new production ...

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 ...

Popular expressions of approval often have a vogue and then fade away. Once “swell” reigned supreme. “Anybody will look swell” in a hat from a certain Orlando shop, a 1913 Sentinel ad declared — and ...