Anchored by the songwriting partnership of wildman lead singer Roy Loney and guitarist Cyril Jordan, the band embraced a mix of '50s rock and roll (frequently covering songs by the likes of Little Richard and Eddie Cochran), feral garage-rock originals and an ear for punchy pop melodies that...
She is a four-time Grammy winner, capturing the award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance from 1981 to 1984. She married her guitarist, Neil Giraldo, in 1982. The pair were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.
Some of their previous work includes the 2004 PBS special Rock Radio Revolution, which chronicles the explosion of AM radio in the 50s and 60s, and Wildwood Days, a documentary on the beach resort of Wildwood, New Jersey, America's "birthplace of roc...
The namesake for one of the most beloved garage-rock of the Bay Area underground, Shannon Shaw brings her solo band to the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco for a sold-out show Saturday night. Mixing of '50s and '60s sounds -- elements of early rock and roll stylings (...
I was invited to the party because of crime-writing credentials, and a love for the late ‘50s/early ‘60s wave of TV private eye shows in America, an enthusiasm I’ve never been shy about sharing. On the other hand, jazz is in the ears of the beholder. It’s a term that cuts ...
Pop intoZingara Vintagefor an array of previously loved treasures from books to board games, parasols to purses, and a highly curated selection of clothing from the '50s, '60s, and '70s. Owner Erin Silvers also magically transforms old terry cloth robes into stylish bikinis and miniskirts and...
but sang it all through the prism of adulthood — with all of its many losses. That's best heard during his take on "No Other Baby," originally issued in the late '50s by Bobby Helms (he had a hit with "Jingle Bell Rock") and then covered by the now-forgotten British skiffle grou...
strange as it may be. Powell also plays Lucy as a roll-with-it sort of character, with more the attitude of someone familiar with the local ways. As for Hookfin, what may seem like just another take on the goof he plays so well in local comedies turns out to have surprising depth;...
but sang it all through the prism of adulthood — with all of its many losses. That's best heard during his take on "No Other Baby," originally issued in the late '50s by Bobby Helms (he had a hit with "Jingle Bell Rock") and then covered by the now-forgotten British skiffle grou...
Honorable Mention:Even though 'Rebel Without a Cause' didn't include any rock music, it became synonymous with the rise of teenage culture of the '50s, with James Dean's sullen brood as influential as Elvis Presley's. ‘The Girl Can’t Help It’ (1956) ...