Right from the start, rock ’n’ roll had that lure you could not ignore. Forged innocently from a mix of blues, gospel, country and jazz, it seemed inoffensive enough … then rhythm and blues ...

Although the groundwork for the rock and roll boom had already been established before Chuck Berry, he solidified the genre's place in mainstream culture.

Fans loved the smooth sounds of jazz and catchy doo-opp tunes of the 1950s. This list includes the biggest artists of the ...

While rumblings of rock and roll started in the 1950s, most music lovers can agree that the 1970s were the heyday of rock ...

Each of the artists has defined a generation and have created once-in-a-lifetime moments that will be remembered forever.

Fats Domino, one of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 60s, has died aged 89. The American rock and roll artist was best known for his songs Ain't That A Shame and ...

The first example of a genuine American rock’n’roll record to successfully cross the Atlantic, it opened the floodgates to a type of music which would soon swamp those charts and inspire ...

A Q&A with vintage record collector/DJ David Watkins A long-standing winter lecture series at Door Community Auditorium (DCA) ...

Elsewhere, Poland’s 1950s also resounded with nostalgically-aged radio orchestras, and the country’s earliest rock and roll. In the 1950s, the devastation of World War II was still very much visible ...