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Retrospective by Martin Hawkins, The History of Rock, 1981
THE SUN RECORD COMPANY of Memphis, Tennessee, was one of the very few independent record labels to develop a unique and immediately identifiable 'sound'. ...
Jerry Lee Lewis: How The Devil's Music Possessed Jerry Lee Lewis
Retrospective by Nick Tosches, The History of Rock, 1981
THERE HAVE been only two figures of mythic dimension in the history of rock'n'roll. First and foremost was Elvis Presley, the guileless star-god who rendered ...
Clyde McPhatter, The Drifters: Clyde McPhatter
Retrospective by Bill Millar, The History of Rock, 1981
PERHAPS THE MOST INNOVATIVE OF ALL R&B singers, Clyde McPhatter brought a new and radical sound to popular music by singing with a spirit and ...
Retrospective by Bill Millar, The History of Rock, 1981
AS ROCK'N'ROLL GROUPS PROLIFERATED, the age at which they turned professional took a nosedive. With names such as the Classmates, the Juniors or the Sixteens, ...
Retrospective by Tom Hibbert, The History of Rock, 1982
An Australian group with stardom on their minds. IN MID-SIXTIES AUSTRALIA, home-grown acts found it difficult to penetrate the music scene on a national ...
Retrospective by Bill Millar, The History of Rock, 1982
White vocal groups of the Fifties embraced a variety of styles and sounds, ranging from adult pop groups (the Ames Brothers, the Four Aces, the ...
Little Willie John: The Turbulent Career Of Little Willie John
Retrospective by Bill Millar, The History of Rock, 1982
Little Willie John brought soul to blues balladry and helped to change the whole direction of black popular music. Born William Edward John in Camden, ...
Mary Wells: Teenage Chart-Topper With Motown Style
Retrospective by Bill Millar, The History of Rock, 1982
Mary Wells helped create the history that surrounds the Motown sound. She was their third chart-topper and the first to achieve international acclaim. But despite ...
Retrospective by Bill Millar, The History of Rock, 1982
TEX-MEX, A PHRASE commonly used to describe the rocknroll of such artists as Buddy Holly and Buddy Knox, has nothing whatever to do with Mexican ...
Ritchie Valens: The Young Singer Who Pioneered Chicano Rock
Retrospective by Martin Hawkins, The History of Rock, March 1982
WHEN ROCK'N'ROLL first stopped calling itself rhythm and blues in the mid Fifties, it became a young man's game. Teenage performers like Ritchie Valens began ...
The Osmonds: The Osmond Family: Puppy Love
Retrospective by Tom Hibbert, The History of Rock, 1983
"It was not until groups like the Osmond brothers appeared on the scene that the pop revolution really get underway," wrote Richard Robinson in his ...
Bob Marley & the Wailers: Bob Marley: The undisputed world ambassador of reggae
Retrospective by Chris Salewicz, The History of Rock, 1983
BOB MARLEY ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY introduced reggae music to European and American audiences and, more than any other artist, was responsible for establishing it as a ...
Retrospective by Chris Welch, The History of Rock, 1984
NEIL PEART is one of rocks show drummers, whose uncompromising personality matches his single-minded dedication to music. As one-third of Canadas Rush, Neil made a ...
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