Rock'n'Roll News & Features
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Features1 week ago‘I Don’t Know What You’ve Got’: Little Richard With Young Jimi Hendrix
'I Don't Know What You've Got (But It's Got Me)' became Richard's last Top 20 R&B hit and featured a future superstar guitarist.
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Features2 weeks ago
‘Rock & Roll Music’: A Chuck Berry Classic, Any Old Way You Choose It
Another of Chuck's set texts of rock'n'roll was making its presence felt on November 18, 1957.
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Features2 weeks ago
Soulful Soundalike: Teenage Allen Toussaint Impersonates Fats Domino
As a 19-year-old in 1957, Toussaint was asked to sound like the star he had grown up listening to.
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Features3 weeks ago
The ‘Ricky’ LP: Ricky Nelson Arrives On The Album Scene
In November 1957, the ‘Ricky’ set gave the teenage phenomenon his first US LP release.
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Features1 month ago
Breaking Rocks: The Short Life And Strange Death Of Bobby Fuller
Fuller and his group's version of ‘I Fought The Law’ is a classic rock’n’roll record, but always risks being upstaged by the macabre circumstances of his death.
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Features1 month ago
‘My Ding-A-Ling’: A No.1 For Chuck Berry At Last
After a seven-year chart absence, the novelty song ‘My Ding-A-Ling’ finally gave Chuck a No.1.
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News1 month ago
Gibson Announces Limited Edition Of Chuck Berry’s Favorite Guitar
The ES-355 has now been meticulously crafted by Gibson's luthiers and craftspeople for fans to experience.
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Features1 month ago
‘There Is Rock. And There Is Rooooooll’: Chuck Berry In 20 Quotes
A selection of pithy and poignant quotations from the career of a founding father of rock’n’roll.
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Features1 month ago
The Georgia Peach At 18: Little Richard Makes His Studio Debut
On October 16, 1951, in Atlanta, young Richard Penniman made his first-ever recordings.
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Features2 months ago
‘Rudy The Fifth’: Rick Nelson Dares To Be Different
Rick had been developing a country-influenced sound for many years when an October 1971 concert brought him to a crossroads.
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Features2 months ago
‘The Swiss Maid’: Del Shannon Hits With A Miss
In 1962, the singer-writer from Coopersville, Michigan could do very little wrong in the UK, and proved it again with ‘The Swiss Maid.’
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Features2 months ago
The Top 10 Best Chess Rock’n’Roll Records Ever
Ten records from the label and artists that helped define early rock’n’roll.
