Connie Francis who became the first lady of rock 'n roll in the late-1950s and early-1960s has died. She was 87. "It is with a heavy heart and extreme sadness that I inform you of the passing of my ...

Flamboyant singer-instrumentalist Little Richard, whose high-voltage, keyboard-shattering R&B singles supplied lift-off for the ’50s rock ‘n’ roll revolution, has died. The musician, whose birth name ...

Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale announces retirement after more than 50 years in rock music, ending legendary career with ...

Anyone who’s had a longtime preset for a rock or pop oldies station is well aware of the generational shift: “Oldies” now almost entirely means the late ’70s and especially 1980s and ’90s, with rarely ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Mid-Week Music continues Wednesday, June 14 at 7 p.m. with a ‘50s Rock n’ ...

Karen Levine, the daughter of a New York radar engineer, goes to sleep at night with her transistor radio pulsating reassuringly beneath her pillow. Her dream is always the same: she becomes a dancer ...

If the Shangri-Las, Turtles, Monkees, Joe Cocker, Flying Burrito Brothers, et al. have never gotten nominated by now, it's probably not going to happen in the Eminem-vs.-Duran Duran age. But we've got ...

Flamboyant singer-instrumentalist Little Richard, whose high-voltage, keyboard-shattering R&B singles supplied lift-off for the ’50s rock ‘n’ roll revolution, has died. The musician, whose birth name ...