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Steve O'Brien
Alan Freed is credited as the man who helped popularise the term ‘rock’n’roll’ and was one of its most passionate advocates in the 1950s. Yet his career ended in scandal.…
Written for Buddy Holly by his friend Paul Anka, It Doesn’t Matter Anymore would give the Lubbock-born singer a posthumous No.1 in the UK… For a man known for writing…
Duane Eddy was one of the first guitarists to popularise the rock’n’roll instrumental. Here we salute ‘The King Of Twang’… When ‘The King Of Twang’, Duane Eddy, was inducted into …
Forget Silent Night and Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, the finest Christmas songs should have rock’n’roll in their heart. Here’s our guide to the best alternative festive hits to get you…
(Photo by Movie Poster Image Art/Getty Images) In 1973, a pre-Star Wars George Lucas released a movie that harked back to his youth in 1962 California. Now 50 years on,…
The singer and guitarist from Denver takes a deep dive into his formative musical influences Rollin’ Stone – Muddy Waters, 1950 You get chills when you hear things sometimes. I…
On 24 March 1958, the King Of Rock’n’Roll became Private Presley US53310761. Sixty-five years on from his induction we remember Elvis’ army years… When the complete story of Elvis Presley…
It’s nearly 70 years since Elvis Presley found himself singing to a dog on national TV in what’s considered the nadir of his career. But was the programme’s host really…
Featuring not only two former members of The Shadows but two future Led Zeppelin members, Diamonds gave us one of the greatest instrumental singles of the 1960s For Jet Harris…
The Ed Sullivan Show, which ran on US TV from 1948 to 1971, was the programme that introduced many of rock’n’roll’s biggest names to the American public. Vintage Rock remembers…