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Some people regard Cliff Richard and the Drifters’ Move It not just as the first true British rock’n’roll recording, but also the greatest. Here Vintage Rock traces its creation… It’s…
Along with his daughter Gina Haley and biographer Chris Gardner, Vintage Rock raises a glass to the Father of Rock’n’Roll, Bill Haley and His Comets, who changed the course of…
Sonny Curtis, Crickets guitarist and composer of I Fought The Law, died at the age of 88 on 19 September. His death was reported on the Buddy Holly Facebook page: “We…
In our lowdown on The Everly Brothers, we look at how the flowing harmonies and beautiful melodies of this sibling acoustic duo from Kentucky offered an alternative to the rebel…
When young fans caught the red hot act of Billy Lee Riley And The Little Green Men in the late 50s, such was their enthusiastic response, the band would be…
Love Me Tender was the Hollywood western that launched Elvis’ acting career and, featuring his No.1 smash, was one of his best-loved turns in front of the cameras… Words by…
In January 1962, Britain went twist crazy, with Chubby Checker’s The Twist and Let’s Twist Again in the Top 20 at the same time. Here, Vintage Rock takes a stroll…
In 1955 The Platters soared to fame with their iconic ballad Only You, here Vintage Rock charts the career of the most successful Black group of the 1950s and talk…
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…
In our lowdown on Fats Domino, we look at how his New Orleans sound was a cornerstone of early rock’n’roll… John Peel liked to argue that rock’n’roll should feel scary…