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60s music
In our lowdown on Billy Fury, we look at how one of the brightest lights in Larry Parnes’ stable of stars remains a true icon of British rock’n’roll, whose passion…
The inimitable Connie Francis left us in July 2025. Vintage Rock pays tribute to a shining light of the golden era and one of the most successful singers in chart…
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…
Although mainstream recognition only came with a run of countrypolitan ballads in his ‘Silver Fox’ phase in the mid-1970s, Charlie Rich was a widely respected artist and one of Sun’s…
The music of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons remains timeless and evocative of a golden era – in 2017 Vintage Rock caught up with the man with one of…
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…
In our lowdown on The Everly Brothers, we look at how the flowing harmonies and beautiful melodies of this sibling acoustic duo from Kentucky offered an alternative to the rebel…
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…
In 1960 The Shadows revolutionised British rock’n’roll with the electrifying riff of Apache. Vintage Rock catches up with Bruce Welch and Brian Bennett to explore why The Shadows’ timeless music…
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…