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On This Day in 1959, Buddy Holly Made Music History With This Posthumous No. 1 Hit—Penned by His “Nemesis”

Rediscover Buddy Holly: A Revelatory Edition of His Classic ‘Chirping Crickets’ LP

Buddy Holly and his band released The “Chirping” Crickets, on Nov. 27, 1957, about 14 months before he perished in an Iowa airplane crash. The record, their debut, turned out to be...

Remembering When ‘The Buddy Holly Story’ Began the Age of the Rock Biopic in 1978

LEMMY, SLIM JIM And DANNY B's Tribute To BUDDY HOLLY To Be Released In May

Long, long time ago…. The death of Buddy Holly, in a plane crash in February 1959, sent a seismic shock through the then-infant world of rock 'n' roll, and one that continues to...

Born on This Day in 1936, the Rock Legend Who Made Us Cry for a Living and Formed a Supergroup With Bob Dylan and George...

Born in Texas on This Day in 1945, the Progressive Country Legend Described as “The Missing Link Between Roy Orbison and...

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Born in Texas on This Day in 1945, the Progressive Country Legend Described as “The Missing Link Between Roy Orbison and...

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On This Day in 1977, One Half of an Iconic TV Cop Duo Was at No. 1 With a Song Later Covered by Actor Owen Wilson

Forty-nine years ago today, one half of a legendary TV cop duo was at the top of the Hot 100 for the first and only time. The p...

Born on This Day in 1932, the “King of Rockabilly” Whose Songs Were Recorded by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Johnny Ca...

Carl Perkins, king of rockabilly who inspired everyone from Johnny Cash to the Beatles, would have turned 94 today. The post Born on This Day i...

This 1964 Folk Standard-Turned-Pop Hit Was Originally an Attempt to Stand Out at Chuck Berry Concerts

They wanted to stand out, and they certainly did. The post This 1964 Folk Standard-Turned-Pop Hit Was...

How an Improvised John Wayne Line in ‘The Searchers’ Changed Rock n' Roll History Forever

I think it's hard to really understand what a grip the Western genre had on America in the 1950s. We've joked that they were basically their superhero movies of the time, but it do...

24 Years Ago, We Lost the Songwriter Who Shaped Early Rock & Roll With Hits Recorded by Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee...

24 Years Ago, We Lost the Songwriter Who Shaped Early Rock & Roll With Hits Recorded by Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee...

79 Years Ago, Hank Williams Recorded One of the Earliest Examples of Rock and Roll With the Song That Put Him on the Roa...

The Beatles Used To Watch This Pioneering Rock ‘n’ Roller’s Pre-Show Ritual During Their Hamburg Days

The Beatles got early lessons on how to be a rock star from none other than pioneering rock 'n' roller Little Richard. The post The Beatles Used To Watch This...