The important thing about the concert held in the Norfolk, Va., municipal auditorium in September 1955 wasn’t so much who was onstage — a pretty boy named Elvis Presley — but who was in the audience: ...
On Sunday, April 8, pop music critic John Soeder previews the new exhibit, "Grateful Dead: The Long, Strange Trip," opening at the Rock Hall. On Friday, April 13, Friday magazine will feature an ...
Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps released "Be-Bop-A-Lula" today, June 5, in 1956. 47 years ago today, Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps released the rockabilly classic "Be-Bop-A-Lula" on the Capitol ...
At age 17, he dropped out of high school and enlisted in the U.S. Navy. When he was 20, he shattered his left leg in what he said was a motorcycle crash, although there are alternate accounts of how ...
On May 4, 1956, some kids from Norfolk, Virginia, walked into a house in a quiet part of Nashville, Tennessee, and changed the world. It was on that day when “Be-Bop-A-Lula” was recorded by Gene ...
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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Gene Vincent is perhaps one of the first of the archetypal rock 'n' roll singers – his is a tragic story of excessive drink, drugs, women, fast motorbikes, horrific accidents and death at an early age ...