by Bwana | Mar 19, 2018 | Rock and Roll
Tom Dooley: The Kingston Trio is a North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina, allegedly by Tom Dula. The song is best known today because of a hit version recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio....
by Meagan Paese | Jan 20, 2018 | Doowop, Pop, Rock and Roll
1950s (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock: Bill Haley and His Comets is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter under the pseudonym “Jimmy De Knight”) in 1952. The best-known and most...
