A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Episode fifty-four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Keep A Knockin by Little Richard, the long history of the song, and the tension between its performers faith and sexuality. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to mor

Episode fifty-three of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at I Put a Spell on You by Screamin Jay Hawkins, and the career of a man who had more than fifty more children than hit records. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to

Episode fifty-two of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Twenty Flight Rock by Eddie Cochran, and at the first great rock and roll film Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode

Episode fifty-one of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Matchbox by Carl Perkins, and at the session that turned into the historic Million Dollar Quartet jam session. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information,

This weeks episode of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs is the second of two bonus episodes answering listener questions at the end of the first year of the podcast. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a tr

This weeks episode of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs is the first of two bonus episodes answering listener questions at the end of the first year of the podcast.. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a tr

Episode fifty of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Honky Tonk by Bill Doggett, and uses his career to provide a brief summary of the earlier episodes of the podcast as were now moving forward into the next stage of the story. Click t

Welcome to episode forty-eight of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. This one looks at Love is Strange by Mickey and Sylvia, and how a reluctant bluesman who wrote books on jazz guitar, and a failed child star who would later become the mothe

Welcome to episode forty-eight of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. This one looks at Rock With the Caveman by Tommy Steele, and the birth of the British rock and roll industry. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more informat

Welcome to episode forty-seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. This one looks at Goodnight My Love by Jesse Belvin, and at the many groups he performed with, and his untimely death. . Click the full post to read liner notes, links to mo