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 ...

Fusing infectious grooves with comic lyrics, Huey “Piano” Smith created late 1950s rock ’n’ roll classics with New Orleans flair. The songwriter-pianist’s national hits “Rocking Pneumonia and the ...

Last week’s contest saw two of rock’n’roll’s brightest sparks – Greta Van Fleet and The Struts – go head to head in a nail-biting fight for your hearts and votes. Two great tracks, two sides of the ...

In the spring of 1954, when the nation’s top record was Perry Como’s “Wanted” and the top album was the soundtrack from the movie The Glenn Miller Story, a new musical style was germinating. Bill ...

From “Great Balls of Fire” to “Over the Rainbow,” whether the songs were brash or tearful, Jerry Lee Lewis was indomitable. By Jon Pareles He never mellowed. Jerry Lee Lewis, who died on Oct. 28, was ...

Here are Iron Maiden's six best rock 'n' roll songs. Yeah, yeah, yeah... we know Iron Maiden are a metal band and we're not here to convince you otherwise. Their place in metal's pantheon has been ...