Dancing – and dancing shows – became a teenage craze in the 1950s, spurred by figures like Cleveland DJ, Alan Freed. His hit dance show featured R&B and African American music – which he later dubbed ...

The 1950s saw rock ‘n’ roll burst onto the scene and change music forever. From Elvis Presley’s hip-shaking performances that scandalized parents and drove teens wild to Chuck Berry’s epic guitar ...

When the modern world was born, Jerry Lee Lewis was there. During that heady spurt of mid-1950s generational rebellion, Lewis and his pompadoured peers invented rock ‘n’ roll and became footloose ...

The 1950s exploded with the vibrant energy of rock ‘n’ roll and a youthful spirit of rebellion, marking a significant ...

The News Sentinel each month tells stories from the past by researching the Knox County Public Library’s digital archives. Archiving 1922-1990 News Sentinel issues was funded through a recent "Papers ...

From baseball and television to air conditioning and Coca-Cola, the United States has offered the world no shortage of contributions. Few of those contributions, however, can hold a candle to the one ...

When Elvis Presley unexpectedly crossed paths with Beach Boy Brian Wilson, it sparked a surprising moment in rock history ...

“Dancing with the Stars” tips its hat to the genre of rock ’n’ roll on its Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Night in Week 8 of the competition. For the Nov. 4 “DWTS” episode, the remaining eight couples ...

Editor’s Note: JEREMY LARNER graduated from Brandeis University with the class of 1958 and was a WoodrowWilson National Fellow at the University of California. His first novel, Drive, He Said, has won ...