There aren’t many friend groups around today that make a habit of listening to 1950s rock, but if they did, the three below would be party-time staples. These three tracks remain the most enduring ...

But Holly, who formed his band The Crickets in 1957, was a star even then. His songs had already transcended culture. His ...

You can trace the roots of rock & roll back to wherever and whatever you want. As with most cultural tidal waves, it didn’t suddenly spring up overnight. Years of groundwork produced seemingly sudden ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What are the greatest songs of our times? We are starting with the greatest 30 songs of the 1950s, and then we will tick down the ...

When it comes to exploring the 1950s roots of rock 'n' roll, you can do a lot worse than to delve into the catalog of Reverend Horton Heat. Singer/guitarist Jim “the Rev” Heath has been preaching the ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — Simon Cantlon has long been entranced by the sights and sounds of 1950s Americana. The creator of Vive Le Rock Productions grew up listening to rockabilly music, devouring “I Love ...

He and his sister became child stars in the 1950s by making exuberantly unhinged music. “I had so much energy,” he said, “they didn’t know what to do with me.” By Bill Friskics-Warren Larry Collins, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vernon Taylor, a country and rockabilly artist who rose to fame in the 1950s, has died. He was 88. Taylor, who was born Walton ...

Rockabilly has always been the unruly kid in the rock ’n’ roll family — the one with the greased‑back hair, the twitchy leg, and the grinding guitar. Born in the mid‑1950s, revived with surprising ...

The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts, sock hops, and drive-in movies. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver were popular television shows, and Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and ...