When rock and roll burst onto the scene in the 1950s teenagers instantly connected with its vital, rebellious energy.

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 emergence of rock and roll music in the U.S. and global culture has been well documented. Musically, everything from the ...

Without these three hit R&B rock 'n' roll songs from 1955, the sound we have come to know and love would likely sound a whole lot different.

If these ring a bell—black-and-white TV test patterns, party lines, drive-in theaters, sock hops, milk deliveries, metal lunchboxes, Sunday best, mimeograph ink, rotary phones, and S&H Green ...

T he emergence of rock and roll in the early 1950s marks a defining chapter in the history of popular music. Evolving from ...