The 1950s saw the birth of rock and roll, but these original songs might have been overshadowed by their covers.

The 1950s was a pivotal era in music, laying the groundwork for the rock and roll songs of the 1960s and the rebellious tunes of the 1970s. The decade's musical landscape was diverse, spanning ...

In the 1950s and 1960s, a handful of rock 'n' roll bands, including Deep Purple, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and others, began incorporating orchestras.

Revisiting the story of Cordell Jackson, the Mississippi-born rockabilly songwriter who started her own record label - Moon Records - from her home in Memphis.

This song epitomizes early rock n' roll and has become one of Elvis's best-known songs from the 1950s. Deservingly so. It ...

Welcome to the 1950s, a decade of prosperity and Pontiacs, drive-ins and tail fins, bobby socks and poodle skirts. The decade ...

But a lot of 1950s mainstream music enjoyed plenty of airplay not because it was particularly ... The wave of jazz wasn’t going to be stopped, just like rock and roll wasn’t going to be stopped in the ...