A Few Things about ’50s Rock Music

Excitations and good vibrations about the music of the ’60s

All about all of the articles about all of the #1 records of the ‘60s

Looking at the Toppermost of the Poppermost #1 records of 1960 with John Ross and Lew Shiner

Looking at the Toppermost of the Poppermost #1 records of 1961 with John Ross and Lew Shiner

Are there many albums where the covers are worth more than the records? Hell, yes!

If you have looked up the ROCK AND ROLLIN’ WITH FATS DOMINO album (Imperial LP-9004) on Wikipedia, you might want to read this next.

An Introduction to “Elvis: That’s The Way It Was,” a new Medium publication

The author goes where many have gone before and can’t tell if his story is different or the same.

The Canadian quartet played a pivotal role in getting black records on white radio stations in the US in the ’50s

If we remove Elvis, Pat Boone would have been the King of Top 40 radio in the ’50s

Connie held her own on the pop charts with such Hall of Famers as Fats Domino and Ricky Nelson

Should a writer call it “rock & roll” or “rock and roll” or even “rock’n’roll”?

Looking at Bobby Day’s 1958 hit “Rock-in Robin” with fresh ears and finding a great rock & roll record