by Meagan Paese | Sep 8, 2016 | Rock and Roll
The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era. Their sound was a...
by Meagan Paese | Sep 6, 2016 | Rock and Roll
Buddy Holly Buddy Holly (1936-1959), whose birth name was Charles Hardin Holley, was an American musician and singer-songwriter who was a central figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. Holly was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression; he...
by Meagan Paese | Sep 6, 2016 | Chicano Rock, Rock and Roll
Ritchie Valens Ritchie Valens (1941-1959), was born Richard Steven Valenzuela. He was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens’ recording career lasted eight months, as it...
by Meagan Paese | Sep 6, 2016 | Folk, Folk Rock, Rock and Roll
Bob Dylan Robert Allen Zimmerman is an American singer-songwriter, artist and writer. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when his songs chronicled social unrest,...
by Meagan Paese | Sep 5, 2016 | Rock and Roll, Rockabilly
The Big Bopper – Jiles Perry J. P. Richardson, Jr The Big Bopper (1930-1959) The Big Bopper (1930-1959), Jiles Perry “J. P.” Richardson, Jr., was an American musician, songwriter, and disc jockey, whose big rockabilly look, style, voice, and...
by Meagan Paese | Jun 17, 2016 | Rock and Roll
The Sixties The Sixties are one of the most popular decades in history for the music, art and culture that come from this period. A counter culture would develop which would revolutionize clothing, music, and politics and bringing topics such as drugs and the...
