‘The blues had a baby and they named it rock‘n’roll ... ability on the instrument. But while clearly influenced by the Chicago masters, this was resolutely rock music.

Long the topic of debate as to rock 'and' roll's origins, one Delta blues legend Howlin' Wolf record has been put forward as the genre's first possible cut.

She started shakin' to that fine, fine music. You know her life was saved by rock 'n' roll. National Museum of African American History and Culture Platinum Record Award for the album 1999 given to ...

But according to biographer Jeff Apter, Perkins was the most influential in the development of rock ‘n’ roll, especially in ...