Rock and roll was in full swing in 1961, and there were so many songs that climbed the charts that very year. While the genre itself might feel a bit dated to modern audiences, I think there’s ...

Classic rock songs tend to focus on subjects like love, loss, being a rock star, partying all night long, etc. Rarely have classic rock bands deviated from that formula. That is, except for the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The legacy of pioneering deejay Alan Freed is still seen and heard in the city where he coined “Rock and Roll” while working in WJW radio in 1951. “Chapter one page one is ...

While the song remains one of Nebraska ’s catchiest, “Atlantic City” is, at its heart, Springsteen's reflection on the fading ...

Ocasek, who was always the chief songwriter in the bands he formed, discovered punk rock early thanks his friendship with ...

In Stephen King's first novel, 1974's Carrie, he brings up Bob Dylan not just once but several times. "Elsewhere in this book," he writes, "mention is made of a page in one of Carrie White's school ...

Today, 70 years after that fateful opening performance for Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly remains a rock and roll pioneer whose ...

A rock singer is raising eyebrows with a new holiday song from her child star past. The Pretty Reckless has released a cover of “Where Are You Christmas” that’s actually a duet between lead singer ...

What were the best hard rock songs of each year of the 1990s? What a decade it was, as we saw the end of hair metal's rule, the dominance of grunge and alternative music, a pop-punk revival and the ...

Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic “I Fought the Law” and posed the enduring question “Who can turn the world on with her smile?” as the writer-crooner of the theme song ...

Reception to the album was mostly positive. Though it was not initially seen as groundbreaking compared to some earlier ...

Rock artist DE'WAYNE broke the mold when his third album, june, was released in late July. The album channels a pantheon of acclaimed Black rock and funk artists, evoking greats like Prince and George ...