The 1950s exploded with the vibrant energy of rock ‘n’ roll and a youthful spirit of rebellion, marking a significant ...

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 ...

We recently looked at five standout songs recorded in the 1950s that were largely overshadowed by covers that came later. Of course, there weren’t only five songs that fit that description. One of the ...

The sounds of 1950s rock and roll were so quintessential and delightful that they remain fundamental. The genre was just coming alive but somehow there were incredible standout acts that have lasted ...

Where would classic rock music be without the 1950s? That was the decade when the genre was forming, when it was just beginning to understand the power of what it could do and what it could be.

Huey “Piano” Smith, a New Orleans boogie-woogie pianist who wrote and recorded the 1950s rock-and-roll standards “Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” and “Sea Cruise” and who influenced many ...

The time is one autumn in the golden summer era of the 1950s. Orangeburg's Bluebird Theatre has been magically transformed into Mom's Malt Shop, the local hangout for the kids at Herbert Hoover High ...

During the 1950s, musical superstars like Elvis Presley, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis were at the height of their popularity. Decades later their greatest songs still resonate — even for younger ...

CLEVELAND — Cleveland is known as the birthplace of rock 'n' roll with a musical history dating back to the early 1950s when DJ Alan Freed popularized the genre's term. But rock 'n' roll's roots ...

The cast of "Zombie Prom" brings to life a high school love story with a radioactive twist. - Submitted SALISBURY — It’s “Grease” meets “Night of the Living Dead” meets “Romeo and Juliet” in Piedmont ...