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Elvis Presley cut a diverse catalogue of music to accompany his many movies from wild rockers to epic tearjerkers and while some songs are best consigned to history, there’s plenty that deserved the bright lights of Hollywood… Here we presents our Top 20 Essential


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One of 1955’s guaranteed hitmakers, Nudie-suited showman Webb Pierce found fame with the Louisiana Hayride before helping to launch the career of musicians such as Jimmy Day and Floyd Cramer – but did a famous glam rocker borrow his boogie?

As Marc Bolan’s latest single I Love To Boogie began spinning on record turntables in the summer of 1976...


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Screamin’ Jay Hawkins was the godfather of ghoul rock, but did his wild image hold him back? Vintage Rock examines his extraordinary talent…

The rock act trading in theatrical gore has a long tradition, from the pantomime of Screaming Lord Sutch and the psychedelia of Arthur Brown, to the har...


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She was the singer behind the novelty 45 Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree, but with 1959’s Sweet Nothin’s, Brenda Lee proved she was a bona fide rock’n’roll star…

Few peo...


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When the rock’n’roll pioneers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson, aka The Big Bopper set off on a chilly tour in January 1959, no-one suspected it would spell the end of an era and The Day The Music Died... Words by Randy Fox

On 3 February 1959, Jerry Dwyer’s small plane left the runway of the Mason City, Iowa airport. It wa...


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