The name Alan Freed may be largely forgotten now, but for several years in the 1950s and 1960s, he was a cultural trailblazer. He introduced the term “rock and roll” to mainstream US audiences in the ...

In the year 1960, rock music as we know it hadn’t really come to be quite yet. Rock and roll was still the standard, as was rockabilly music. And while most would consider rock songs from that era to ...

The iconic frontman has been credited with defining the rock genre and influencing some of the top bands.

The 1960s were built on the classic rock songs that enjoyed near-constant radio airplay and inclusion in film and television. Creedence Clearwater Revival’s rock ‘n’ roll depicted the atmosphere of ...

Long before girl bands became global pop culture, four teenagers from Bandra picked up electric guitars in the 1960s and ...

Neil Sedaka, the hit-making singer-songwriter whose boyish soprano and bright melodies made him a top act in the early years of rock ‘n’ roll and led to a second run of success in the 1970s, has died.

According to Alex Turner, rock 'n' roll will never die. But maybe, as David Byrne points out, it already has. Read more about it here.