The 1960s were rock & roll's defining decade. To trace how it evolved, let's look at the best album from each year in the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

You step into a moment when popular music and political power collided, and the airwaves themselves became evidence. The 1960 congressional hearings exposed how pay-for-play deals warped which songs ...

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 ...

Rock ’n' roll wasn't invented in Batavia, but it's had a colorful history in these parts for more than half a century. Many famous rockers performed in Batavia during the genre's golden age in the ...

These surreal rock star interviews from the 1950s will give you a look into the past, when rock ’n’ roll was just beginning to take over popular music. Reportedly Elvis Presley’s only live talk show ...