In this interview from 2020, the evergreen entertainer talked us through his early career at the epicentre of British rock’n’roll… “I never wanted to be a singer,” says Joe Brown…
It’s nearly 70 years since Elvis Presley found himself singing to a dog on national TV in what’s considered the nadir of his career. But was the programme’s host really…
When Miss Tennessee met the King of rock’n’roll, it was the start of a fairytale romance that was doomed to end in sadness. Linda Thompson recalls the four-and-a-half years she…
A low-budget movie designed to cash in on the emergence of rock’n’roll, Jamboree captured performances by Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Carl Perkins, Charlie Gracie and others… By Douglas McPherson…
Featuring not only two former members of The Shadows but two future Led Zeppelin members, Diamonds gave us one of the greatest instrumental singles of the 1960s For Jet Harris…
The Ed Sullivan Show, which ran on US TV from 1948 to 1971, was the programme that introduced many of rock’n’roll’s biggest names to the American public. Vintage Rock remembers…
UK rockabilly star Elliot ‘Lobo’ Jones selects his favourite picks from the pack… “I stumbled into music,” says Lobo Jones, the leader of The Rhythm Hounds. “My friend got me…
Outside of rockabilly circles, few will have heard of Ersel Hickey, and yet the majority will doubtless have seen his iconic photograph. Vintage Rock tells the tale of the cat…
A double whammy of retro rock’n’roll action as the former Beatle reconnects with his roots… While we’re pretty sure that the most successful songwriter of all time doesn’t particularly need…
Despite a big-ticket cast, it was a seven-year-old girl on debut that stole the show in Elvis’ 12th movie… By Douglas McPherson According to the old showbiz adage, you should…