The 1950s saw the birth of rock and roll, but these original songs might have been overshadowed by their covers.
The first sounds you hear when you drop the needle — or click the digital file — on Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks are ...
The Animals boasted one of the most powerful and identifiable vocalists of the British Invasion in Eric Burdon. Each of the instrumentalists in their original incarnation was a dynamo in their own way ...
David Lynch worked with a rock star he likened to Elvis Presley and an "egg-born offspring of collective humanity." ...
With the news of Peter Yarrow, from the folk band Peter, Paul and Mary, passing away on Tuesday at the age of 86, it got me thinking about how the end of an era is nearing for a lot of early folk ...
To properly acknowledge Elvis Presley is to properly acknowledge the Black musical sources that went into his sheer ...
The Official UK Singles Chart reflects the UK’s biggest songs of the week, based on audio and video streams, downloads, CDs and vinyl, compiled by the Official Charts Company. The UK Top 40 is ...
Even if you weren’t around when the band got their start in the late 1950s, you’ve definitely experienced the music of The Isley Brothers. With a sound that combines R&B, rock, funk and soul, their ...
Perhaps the best measure of how big a one-hit wonder actually was isn't necessarily how many units it sold or how much airplay it received in the year it was released—but how much it has persisted in ...
British researchers have unearthed some 200 dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years in a find believed to be biggest in the United Kingdom. Teams from Oxford and Birmingham Universities ...
Over the past decade, CES has transformed into one of the year’s top automotive shows. This has primarily been driven by automotive manufacturers’ bids to become bleeding-edge pioneers ...
The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts ... Another of Elvis’s greatest songs, “Hound Dog,” was first recorded by Black rhythm and blues singer Big Mama Thorton. When Elvis recorded it ...