How the arrival of ‘primitive and barbaric’ rock’n’roll tore up 1950s Britain
Bill Haley’s barnstorming cover of Big Joe Turner’s US R&B hit, Shake, Rattle and Roll, crash-landed amongst the familiar ...
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Born on December 5: Little Richard, one of the pioneers of rock'n'roll
The rambunctious kid born in Macon, Georgia, in 1932, whose real name was Richard Wayne Penniman, paved the way for black ...
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5 modern acts that owe a debt to classic rock 'n' roll
While the music of Kanye West rarely acknowledges 50s rock 'n' roll in particular, and he doesn't rock a quiff or wear brothel-creepers (yet), he does share one key element with at least one of ...
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Christmas rock 'n' roll on the Eastbourne stage
That’ll Be The Day will take audiences on a holly-jolly sleigh ride through the golden age of rock ‘n’ roll this Christmas (Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, Saturday, December 14, 7.30pm).