Eddie Cochran, the music pioneer behind classics like “Summertime Blues,” was more than just a rock ‘n’ roll star; he was also one of the key figures who helped shape the genre in the late 1950s and ...

Read the story of how the rock'n'roll legend ... Blues' and 'C'mon Everybody', had been huge hits and today - nearly 50 years on - are regarded as classics of the genre. Eddie had arrived ...

And the connective tissue between jazz and rock 'n' roll is the post-WWII rhythm and blues performed by artists ... and Gus Kahn had written a song for Eddie Cantor called "Makin' Whoopee ...

And if we define rock ‘n’ roll as the collision of blues, country and Tin Pan Alley pop, with a manic spirit and, as Chuck Berry put it, a backbeat you can’t lose, then the following are all ...

A blue plaque has been unveiled at the Bristol Hippodrome yesterday, commemorating the late rock and roll icon Eddie Cochran ... the harder-edged rhythm and blues artists and rock and rollers ...

Dubbed the official home of the blues and the birthplace of rock ’n’ roll, the city in southwest Tennessee has served as the launching pad for countless stars, from Elvis Presley to B.B. King.