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A “shy boy”, A “mama’s boy”, A boy so nervous that he would panic when his father dived into a swimming pool: The young Elvis Presley, according to family friends,…
Step back with Vintage Rock as we select the 50 Greatest Albums of the 1950s, a decade that reshaped sound, style, and culture forever… Words by Michael Stephens At the hop. The…
When the rock’n’roll pioneers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson, aka The Big Bopper set off on a chilly tour in January 1959, no-one suspected it would spell the…
Join Vintage Rock as we head to the cinema to explore the hottest rock’n’roll movies of the 1950s… The mid-’50s brought with it a new, different kind of teenager. The…
The music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons remains timeless and evocative of a golden era – in 2017 Vintage Rock caught up with the man with one of…
Link Wray’s 50s instrumental Rumble practically invented the power chord, became the centre of a moral panic and inspired a whole generation to pick up the electric guitar – and…
Six and a half decades, 46 studio albums, 150-plus singles, could we choose just 40 essential Cliff Richard recordings? By Ian Wade He’s been admired by a huge selection of…
It’s no surprise the multi-faceted songs of Bobby Darin have been such a hit in Hollywood – his own too-short life story sounds like it was straight out of a…
Issue 74 of Vintage Rock, featuring Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and much more is on sale now! In our latest magazine, we reveal all about…
In Vintage Rock’s Top 40 Little Richard we highlight how, from his origins in R&B and blues, the Georgia Peach quickly evolved into an untamed rock’n’roll superpower, undeniably vital to…