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Jack Watkins
In our Lowdown on Carl Perkins, we celebrate how the legendary rocker lit the rockabilly fire with classics like Matchbox, Blue Suede Shoes, Dixie Fried, Pink Pedal Pushers and many…
In our Lowdown on Eddie Cochran, we celebrate how, despite his tender years, the pioneering rocker left numerous classics of lasting influence and inspired a generation… Eddie Cochran’s place in…
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…
Released in 1975, Crazy Cavan And The Rhythm Rockers dedicated their first LP to their Teddy Boy followers. Entirely composed of originals, over half of them now classics, it’s one…
They might not know the name of the group, but most music lovers would instantly recognise The Dell-Vikings’ evergreen Come Go With Me as one of the definitive songs of…
Brenda Lee belied her age on feisty rockers like Bigelow 6-200, Rock The Pop, Dynamite, Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar) and Let’s Jump The Broomstick. But her second…
The ultimate rockabilly cult figure, Charlie Feathers cut classics like Tongue-Tied Jill and Bottle To The Baby but recognition was not easy to come by… Max Décharné in his A…
The emotionally charged singing of Clyde McPhatter inspired Elvis Presley, Jackie Wilson and Smokey Robinson. As a member of Billy Ward And His Dominoes and founder of The Drifters, and…
Supposedly intended to appeal to potential older record buyers who had been alarmed by his incendiary style, the Little Richard (1958) LP actually lives up to the performer’s billing as…
Cliff Richard’s 21 Today, to be strictly honest, isn’t quite a rock’n’roll album. It had plenty on it to interest Cliff and The Shadows fans, however, and many took it…