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The 1950s. The dawning of a new era in popular music. The birth of rock & roll. James Brown and Chuck Berry. Elvis Presley ...
The 1950s have long passed, but many elements of rock music from that era can still be heard today, proving the OG genre's lasting influence.
Johnny Horton was a master of several styles of music including country and rockabilly in the 1950s. Many of those who know his music today know him for his historical story songs like “The ...
Modern songs are simpler now than in the 1950s thanks to three musical revolutions that have dumbed down melodies, a study has found. Songs have undoubtedly changed from the Rat Pack era of Frank ...
Like With His Viral Hit, Stephen Sanchez Channels the 1950s in Video for ‘Until I Found You’ "I wrote this song in my bedroom for a girl I loved," he tells Rolling Stone .
The 1950s were a defining era of Las Vegas. It's a decade that saw the rise of the Riviera, the Sands, and the Dunes, where the likes of Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr ...
It’s 1979 and Prince’s “I Wanna Be Your Lover” is playing on the radio and through your brand new Sony Walkman. The Minneapolis-native and “High Priest of Pop” brought the nation’s focus to the city ...
Invented in the 1930s by a German engineer named Karl Daniel, the Tefifon is like a mash-up of several obsolete music technologies. Like an 8-track, it plays a cartridge.
Since the early 1950s, the club has provided yearly scholarships to area college music student. Initially this was just for Texas Tech students, but it now encompasses other schools like Lubbock ...