The iconic tune helped usher in a new era of music and became a record-breaking hit that generations of fans still remember ...

On this day 72 years ago, the first ever rock song to hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts - and it started a revolution.

Music history was made on July 9, 1955, thanks in part to a movie about inner-city school drama, the freedom of a new record deal, and a song with the now immortal opening lines: “One, two, three ...

Danny Cedrone could have been rock’n’roll’s first guitar hero – but he didn’t live to see the impact he had ...

"Rock Around the Clock" was the first time rock 'n' roll had ever been featured in a major Hollywood soundtrack. Glenn Ford was the tough teacher who has to keep the hoods in line. Sidney Poitier, ...

It was 70 years ago this month that Sgt. Pepper’s predecessor really taught the band to play. That was when “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and His Comets became the No. 1 song on ...

Rock music has come a long way since the 1950s, when blues and boogie-woogie shaped the genre, producing hits like “Rock Around The Clock” and “Hound Dog”. The genre now takes many forms, thanks to ...