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Steve O'Brien
For its 60th anniversary, Vintage Rock celebrated one of Elvis Presley’s very best musicals – a film that for once paired him with a leading lady every bit as charismatic…
We rewind the clock to tell the story behind Eddie Cochran’s Summertime Blues. The singer-songwriter’s first US Top 10 hit, written with manager Jerry Capehart about teenage frustration, elevated him…
In 1965, Otis Redding’s Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul rewrote the soul rulebook – a blistering, vibrant collection of originals and covers that would become his defining LP… It’s not often…
Alan Freed is credited as the man who helped popularise the term ‘rock’n’roll’ and was one of its most passionate advocates in the 1950s. Yet his career ended in scandal.…
Written for Buddy Holly by his friend Paul Anka, It Doesn’t Matter Anymore would give the Lubbock-born singer a posthumous No.1 in the UK… For a man known for writing…
Duane Eddy was one of the first guitarists to popularise the rock’n’roll instrumental. Here we salute ‘The King Of Twang’… When ‘The King Of Twang’, Duane Eddy, was inducted into …
Forget Silent Night and Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, the finest Christmas songs should have rock’n’roll in their heart. Here’s our guide to the best alternative festive hits to get you…
(Photo by Movie Poster Image Art/Getty Images) In 1973, a pre-Star Wars George Lucas released a movie that harked back to his youth in 1962 California. Now 50 years on,…
For 40 years, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has been paying tribute to the most important names in music. We look back on those earliest days when the…
The singer and guitarist from Denver takes a deep dive into his formative musical influences Rollin’ Stone – Muddy Waters, 1950 You get chills when you hear things sometimes. I…