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With its combination of atom bombs, sexual liberation and rockabilly mayhem, Fujiyama Mama was hardly the obvious choice to propel Capitol’s Wanda Jackson to mainstream success in conservative 1950s America.…
Sh-Boom was one of the songs that kickstarted the rock’n’roll revolution, and The Chords one of the first by a Black group to cross over into mainstream acceptance – yet…
Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry’s tale of a country boy axe hero was so sensational that NASA sent it into space just in case extraterrestrials were tuning in… Seventh on…
What’s this? A rock’n’roll song written by the singer’s mum? That may have been the case, but there’s nothing safe about Freddy Cannon’s Tallahassee Lassie … There aren’t many rock’n’roll…
She was the singer behind the novelty 45 Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree, but with 1959’s Sweet Nothin’s, Brenda Lee proved she was a bona fide rock’n’roll star… Few people…
He may not have been an actual criminal, but the Man in Black could be light-fingered when it came to songwriting, as is shown by one of his signature songs……
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…
One of the most covered songs of the 1950s, Ain’t That A Shame was a breakout hit for Pat Boone – but Fats Domino’s original remains the definitive version… It…