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View of the wreckage of a Beechcraft Bonanza airplane in a snowy field outside of Clear Lake, Iowa, early February 1959. The crash, on February 3, claimed the lives of American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. Richardson (known as 'The Big Bopper'). (Ph...
“Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz.” Lewis Allan “Lou” Reed was born in Brooklyn, in 1942. A fan of doo-wop and early rock & roll (he movingly inducted Dion into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989), Reed also took formative ins...
Instead, I wish to look at what the music of Kate Bush means to me; and this will, inevitably, impact on why I believe she deserves to be inducted into the "Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame"... The music of Kate Bush takes me to where the music of other musicians seldom can: she is...
As one of the most enduring and influential acts in the punk genre, Social Distortion continues to make waves with their unique blend of rock 'n' roll attitude and punk spirit. Rock Out To Some Of The Most Popular Songs From Social Distortion - "Story of My Life" -...
including an unexpected reference to thePerformancemovie. A studio medley duet with James Taylor of “Bony Moronie,”“Summertime Blues,” and “You Never Can Tell” demonstrates both that Mitchell had a genuine love for early rock and roll, and that it wasn’t her strong suit as an interpr...
but it was the bands ability to take various elements of the southern culture mixed with their own brand of folksy post punk rock and roll to launch them where they are now. Other impressions that I was left with was how the songs represented quite a bit of Athens. As they mentioned, ...
the house, as well as a wide selection of 8-track and reel-to-reel tape recordings. Our rock and roll audio library was comparable in breadth and scope to that found at Alexandria, though thereis little doubt that we had the superior selection of Rolling Stones albums. In the interest...
A precise definition of rock music is probably beyond reach, but there is general agreement that rock has myriad sources and influences, R&B music above all. 1 What began as “rock’n’ roll” in the 1950s and became “rock” in the...
By 1960, rock and roll was losing both record sales and artists. Elvis Presley was in the army, Little Richard had quit rock and roll, and Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens had died in a plane crash. But many young people were still listening to their rock and roll records, and some ...