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Rockabilly
With its combination of atom bombs, sexual liberation and rockabilly mayhem, Fujiyama Mama was hardly the obvious choice to propel Capitol’s Wanda Jackson to mainstream success in conservative 1950s America.…
Join Vintage Rock as we highlight 40 of the greatest Buddy Holly songs. Arranged in chronological order, they paint a distinct picture of his evolution as an incredible artist. As…
Ian Dury called Gene Vincent the first rock’n’roller to smash up hotel rooms. Mesmerising on stage, his recording legacy is greater than is often acknowledged… Gene Vincent is the rocker’s rocker.…
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,…
Bringing style and panache to hillbilly music, the Maddox Brothers And Rose’s rock-a-boogies have seldom been surpassed for riotous spontaneity… Country stars whose music anticipated early rock’n’roll continue to be…
After punk beginnings in amongst New York’s elite he led the way for the rockabilly revival in the States with the help of one of the golden era’s most unique…
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…
Ray Campi was a star attraction at the first ever rock’n’roll weekender at Caister in 1979, and a much-loved figure on the European rockabilly circuit for years after… When punk…
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…
The rock’n’roll world was overjoyed to hear news of Some Things Never Change, an album’s worth of mostly unreleased Carl Perkins material. Vintage Rock spoke to its producer Bill Lloyd in Nashville about…