As rock’n’roll soared, the influential jump blues pioneer Louis Jordan needed a hit. Could he reverse his fortunes with a Quincy Jones-produced LP that reimagined his smashes in the raucous…
The Sonics arrived out of the Pacific Northwest garage scene kicking and shrieking their way to cult notoriety with a short, sharp, shock of a debut album that has since…
Hank Ballard And The Midnighters never quite made big league status. But alongside cutting a rug on the 50s scene, they had several fondly recalled hits for Syd Nathan’s Federal…
Creator of some highly distinctive records, Jack Scott blazed across the stage with a voice that cemented his legacy as one of rock’s most electrifying pioneers… Here Vintage Rock evaluates…
Leaving his blues-influenced rock behind, His Hand In Mine was the first of Elvis’ gospel albums… but was this new sound what his fans wanted? Words by Douglas McPherson When…
Sam Cooke, soul’s first true superstar, blazed a trail that still burns bright… Here Vintage Rock revisits Hit Kit – an indispensable collection of his early hits. Sam Cooke’s A…
By the time they made Rant N’ Rave With The Stray Cats – the third and final album for Arista in 1983 – the NY rockers were no longer 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…
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,…
First generation British rock fans have never lost an affection for Buddy Holly, but the arrival of compilation double album Legend presented his genius to a younger audience in the…