Rock ‘n’ roll seemed to some like it emerged fully formed in the 1950s, as artists became superstars overnight on the strength of a magnetic single or two. In actuality, the music had been slowly ...

When the modern world was born, Jerry Lee Lewis was there. During that heady spurt of mid-1950s generational rebellion, Lewis and his pompadoured peers invented rock ‘n’ roll and became footloose ...

Rock ’n' roll wasn't invented in Batavia, but it's had a colorful history in these parts for more than half a century. Many famous rockers performed in Batavia during the genre's golden age in the ...

The decade of the 1950s was the salad days for rock ‘n’ roll. Everything was new, green. At the time, the musical movement was just a glimmer in the early adopters’ minds. Bands like the Beatles and ...

James Brown made his fair share of enemies during his time at the top, but Elvis Presley was never one of them, and the pair ...

The 1950s saw rock ‘n’ roll burst onto the scene and change music forever. From Elvis Presley’s hip-shaking performances that scandalized parents and drove teens wild to Chuck Berry’s epic guitar ...

After a pair of Beatles-themed shows sold out in 2019 and 2023, the Prentice Concert Chorale dialed back a decade for this weekend's fundraiser/concert, "Celebrating Hits from the 1950s." The ...

Little Richard opened up in a 1990 interview with Rolling Stone about his decades-long career and his place in the music industry and music history. Artists like Sister Rosetta Tharpe have been ...

David Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with The Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) ...

Part of the 1960s British pop invasion that began with The Beatles, The Zombies took a lot longer for success to catch up ...