In March 1957, a young Texas singer made rock and roll history when his breakout single hit No. 1 on the Billboard chart. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alan Freed introduced the term to mainstream US audiences in the early Fifties - Donaldson Collection The name Alan Freed may be ...

While each decade of rock music has its particular groove, the 1960s iteration was much closer to the genre’s R&B origins. Early rock and roll had danceable rhythms, which stand in contrast to the ...

One of the defining songs of early rock and roll arrived in 1956, when Carl Perkins released his now-legendary hit "Blue Suede Shoes." The rockabilly anthem helped shape the sound of the emerging ...

Even if Keith Richards checks every box for what a rock star should be, he felt certain artists hit the nail on the head in ...

Grease” is a classic, timeless production. The popular hit captures the spirit of 1950s American teen life – love, friendship ...

Glam rock guitarists combined early rock and roll, blues, makeup, and science fiction to reimagine the rock star. They were androgynous, gaudy, and influenced several genres of music, including punk, ...

Last week, we looked at the song "We Are the Champions" which was a hit in 1977 for the English rock group, Queen. Written to ...