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 ...

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 ...

Karen Levine, the daughter of a New York radar engineer, goes to sleep at night with her transistor radio pulsating reassuringly beneath her pillow. Her dream is always the same: she becomes a dancer ...

Mystery Train’ author Greil Marcus discusses his seminal rock ‘n’ roll book, which is being rereleased for its 50th ...

The rock 'n' roll era started in the '50s and has spawned all sorts of offshoots of "rock" in the seven decades of music since, including hard rock and metal. But how long was it into the rock 'n' ...

After nearly 70 years, ’50s rock 'n' roll teen idol Jimmy Clanton is retiring. The 86-year-old has three engagements scheduled between March and April, and when the cruise ship hosting his final ...

NEIL BERG returns with a thrilling new cast and an all-new show consisting of stars from Broadway's greatest rock musicals and incredible Rock & Roll singers backed by an all-star rock band. Neil Berg ...

Anyone who’s had a longtime preset for a rock or pop oldies station is well aware of the generational shift: “Oldies” now almost entirely means the late ’70s and especially 1980s and ’90s, with rarely ...

If the Shangri-Las, Turtles, Monkees, Joe Cocker, Flying Burrito Brothers, et al. have never gotten nominated by now, it's probably not going to happen in the Eminem-vs.-Duran Duran age. But we've got ...