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Vintage Rock
Critics haven’t always been kind to Singin’ To My Baby but while the only album released in Eddie Cochran’s lifetime lacks the songs that established him as one of the…
A musical snapshot of a man at the apex of his powers, 1957’s indispensable LP Here’s Little Richard combined all of Little Richard’s early Specialty hits up until 1957, and…
Elvis Presley The ’68 Comeback Special was a vital turning point in the life of The King of Rock’n’Roll. It re-energised his career, reformed his image for a new generation…
The Animals to reissue classic debut album The Animals on 18 October. The 2CD release features the full album in both mono and stereo with bonus track House of the Rising…
We rewind the clock to tell the story behind Eddie Cochran’s Summertime Blues. The singer-songwriter’s first US Top 10 hit, written with manager Jerry Capehart about teenage frustration, elevated him…
Lloyd Price may never have been accorded the status of a true great, but his Lawdy Miss Clawdy was one of the cornerstone songs of rock’n’roll. Later dubbed ‘Mr Personality’…
“The songs are all original compositions written by Chuck, for Chuck, and as only Chuck can perform them,” read the sleevenotes. Jack Watkins analyses one of the great albums of…
One of the first to make the leap from the small screen to rock’n’roll stardom, we profile Ricky Nelson, the definitive teenage icon with help from his son Gunnar Nelson.…
We look back at the troubled life of Del Shannon – the revolutionary songwriter who struggled to break away from the Runaway success he enjoyed with his early pop hits……
In the comeback issue of Vintage Rock we take a look at The Everly Brothers’ major label move that cemented their legacy as musical icons – and we also serve…