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’50s
Sixty-five years ago, Berry Gordy – a former boxer and failed record store owner – launched the label that would become Motown. We trace its funky first five years, which…
Blackboard Jungle, with Bill Haley’s radical Rock Around The Clock soundtracking the opening credits, was a groundbreaking 1955 film that exposed the tensions of inner-city education, youth rebellion, and social…
Their recorded output was limited, but for a short period Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers electrified the 1950s rockin’ scene… Some argue that Why Do Fools Fall In Love is…
One of the most covered songs of the 1950s, Ain’t That A Shame was a breakout hit for Pat Boone – but Fats Domino’s original remains the definitive version… It…
Recorded at Paramount, the transatlantic No.1-charting Loving You would be Elvis Presley’s first soundtrack album… The Technicolour Loving You (1957), Elvis’ second movie, allowed him to display his acting chops,…
With his motorvatin’ debut hit, Maybellene, Chuck Berry combined country and blues, resulting in a song that raced towards the future. As the pioneering classic turns 70, we declare: “Hail!…
In our Lowdown on Jerry Lee Lewis we explore how The Killer’s piano-pounding career lasted for more than 70 years… In 2006, Jerry Lee Lewis released Last Man Standing, a…
Issue 75 of Vintage Rock, featuring The Shadows, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, British session scene, Sam Moore, The Platters, Bob Luman and much more is on sale now! In…
Guaranteed to break up the house with his frantic blowing, Big Jay McNeely reigned as ‘King Of The Honkers’ for 70 years and was still wowing audiences in his late…
In our Lowdown on Carl Perkins, we celebrate how the legendary rocker lit the rockabilly fire with classics like Matchbox, Blue Suede Shoes, Dixie Fried, Pink Pedal Pushers and many…