Rock'n'Roll

Fats Domino - Ain't that a shame

Music Report 07.12.2007
Fats Domino - Ain't that a shame

"Ain't That a Shame" is a song by Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana for Imperial Records and released in 1955. The original recording ("Ain't It a Shame") was a regional hit for Domino, eventually selling a milli...

Bill Haley & The Comets - Rock Around the Clock

"Rock Around the Clock" is a 12-bar-blues-based song from 1952, written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight"). Although first recorded by Italian-American band Sonny Dae and His Knights, the more ...


Jerry Lee Lewis' Biography

Rockabilly Hall of Fame 07.12.2007
Jerry Lee Lewis' Biography

Jerry Lee Lewis was born on September 29th, 1935 at Turtle Lake on the Calhoun Plantation...just a stone's throw from Ferriday, Louisiana. The Lewis family was a musical one, so it came as no surprise to anyone that knew them that little Jerry Lee...

A legend in country and rock, Lewis endures

KEITH RYAN CARTWRIGHT Charleston.net 06.12.2007
Jerry Lee Lewis will play a Charleston show Saturday night.

He was nicknamed The Killer, and with good reason. By the time Jerry Lee Lewis walked into a Memphis recording studio, he had been expelled from Southwestern Assemblies of God University for, as legend has it, playing the devil's music. He also ma...


Elvis Presley's Discography

Wikipedia 05.12.2007
Elvis Presley's Discography

The official American discography of Elvis Presley unfolds between July 19, 1954, and October 3, 1977, the latter the issue date of the final two items sanctioned for release by the artist, the posthumous album Elvis In Concert and its attendant s...

Elvis Presley's Biography

Wikipedia 05.12.2007
Elvis Presley's Biography

Elvis Aaron Presley a (January 8, 1935–August 16, 1977), was an American singer, musician and actor. He is a cultural icon, often known as "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King".