New York doo-wop legend Dion DiMucci became one of the most prolific acts in rock ‘n’ roll history, but some might not know ...
The decade between 1952 and the early 1960s was the peak period for the style of music we now call doo wop, after which it got dissolved into soul music, girl groups, and within pop music in general.
Seeger was a celebrated presence in the Greenwich Village folk scene into which an unknown singer-songwriter named Bob Dylan ...
Boom" on an episode of "Happy Days" when he was a teen. The song, by the one-hit wonders The Chords, stuck with him. And now he and his wife, Amy, are opening a nostalgic 1950s-themed ice cream shop — ...
To properly acknowledge Elvis Presley is to properly acknowledge the Black musical sources that went into his sheer ...
Five songs that name-drop or reference Elvis Presley and what each track says about the King's lasting and varied influence.
The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding ...
Soul singer Brenton Wood, who hit the Billboard charts in 1967 with “ Gimme Little Sign ” and “ The Oogum Boogum Song, ” died Jan. 3. He was 83. Manny Gallegos, Wood’s manager, confirmed the singer’s ...
In late 2024, a TikTok post referred to the lyrics of the popular Christmas song "I'll Be Home for Christmas" as an example of the Mandela Effect, wherein people collectively misremember a fact or ...
Seriously, this song is a love letter to Christmas in all the best ways. Oh, and there’s a harmonica solo! Can’t go wrong with one of those. No, not the one you’re thinking of. We’ll get ...
Welcome to our new section of articles about Post War Britain; everyday life and events in the 1950s and 1960s. For those of you who remember these days, we hope you will enjoy reminiscing! Please ...
The GOP majority in Ohio’s 135th General Assembly seemed to think it should legislate as if Ohioans are still living (or want to remain) in the 1950s, when father knew best, everyone loved Lucy ...