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

Rock music first grew out of the rock’n’roll movement of the 1940s and 50s, which itself was inspired ... but were creating more energetic and upbeat songs. Acts such as The Beatles, The ...

Simply put, rock ‘n’ roll as we know starts with the Beatles. Give Elvis and all those other pioneers credit for planting the seeds, but almost every rock artist of the past 50 years owes the ...