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Vintage Rock
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…
Vintage Rock charts the creation of Route 66, an enduring Bobby Troup-penned R&B classic covered by Chuck Berry and The Rolling Stones and written in tribute to the most iconic…
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…
What was it like growing up in Liverpool at the height of Beatlemania? Vintage Rock finds out with Colin Hall, the writer of two books on The Beatles – The…
When multimillionaire playboy Steve Bing, a massive Jerry Lee Lewis fan, sought to finance a record with The Killer, he began an epic odyssey that resulted in the astonishing comeback…
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…
When Rock’n’Roll Goes Gospel… Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Johnny Cash all released gospel records at the height of their fame and fortune. Now largely forgotten or underrated,…
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…