The suit was later dismissed, and Berry paid tribute to Johnson — the man who helped launch his career — when he died at age 80 in 2005. Johnson, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall ...

one of the chief architects of rock 'n' roll whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, died ...

He was hailed as rock 'n' roll’s first great wild man and lived long enough to be its last. Sun Records star, Million Dollar Quartet member and American music icon Jerry Lee Lewis died on Friday.

The rock and roll pioneer died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 28 at the age of 87. "Lewis, perhaps the last true, great icon of the birth of rock and roll, whose marriage of blues ...

Pioneering rock ‘n’ roll star Duane Eddy has died (Picture: Getty/Shutterstock) Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Duane Eddy has died aged 86. The Grammy-winning artist died of cancer on Tuesday in ...

The seemingly indestructible rock ’n’ roll wild man died Friday at his home in DeSoto County, Mississippi, near Memphis, his representative confirmed to USA TODAY in a statement.

Rock 'n' roll pioneer also sang country ... such as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," has died at the age of 87. Lewis passed away from natural causes at his home in ...

Rock and roll and rockabilly pioneer and rock and roll hall of fame and country music hall of fame inductee Jerry Lee Lewis has died. His death was confirmed by his publicist in a statement that ...

the piano-playing music legend who helped create both rock & roll and the notion of the larger-than-life rock star, died on Oct. 28, just days after his death was erroneously reported. He was 87.

Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose outrageous talent ... a career otherwise upended by personal scandal, died Friday morning at 87. The last survivor of a generation ...

The singer rose to fame alongside Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. Rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87. The Louisiana-born Lewis rose to fame thanks to the classic songs like "Whole ...