A few months back, I wrote of the history pertaining to the tune “Keep A-Knockin’,” with the most popular version …
I believe I did an article on “Matchbox” a few years ago but decided that, since there are significantly more …
You would never know it from the material he wrote and performed, but the late Jim Croce had a passion …
April 1st marks the birthday of one of the greatest blues singers who ever lived – Miss Alberta Hunter, born …
The Rolling Stones have churned out so many classics over the past several decades that they, in my opinion, epitomize …
January 10th, marks the anniversary of the death of one of our favorite musicians; a GIANT of the blues and …
In the decades prior to the 1950s, both black music and white not only co-existed, but inspired each other. It’s …
Little Richard claims to be the “architect of rock’n’roll”. Why? Because, as the man himself says, we must remember that …
In a sense, Chuck Berry’s story was different to that of Bill Haley and Elvis in that Chuck was a …
So far, I covered the different meanings of the phrase “rock’n’roll” and songs that highlight those meanings. I have shown …
Now that we’ve cleared up the history of the phrase “rock’n’roll,” let’s examine some more musical examples. I want to …
In July 2004, America celebrated the “fiftieth anniverary of rock ‘n’ roll,” for it was fifty years earlier, on July …