A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

Episode forty-six of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Brown-Eyed Handsome Man by the Chuck Berry Combo, and how Berry tried to square the circle of social commentary and teen appeal. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to

Episode forty-five of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino, and at how the racial tensions of the fifties meant that a smiling, diffident, cheerful man playing happy music ended up starting riots all over t

Episode forty-four of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Train Kept A-Rollin by Johnny Burnette and the Rock n Roll Trio, and how a rockabilly trio from Memphis connect a novelty cowboy song by Ella Fitzgerald to Motorhead and Aerosmi

Episode forty-three of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at I Gotta Know by Wanda Jackson, and the links between rockabilly and the Bakersfield Sound. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript

Episode forty-two of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Ooby Dooby by Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings, and the time when Sam Phillips got things badly wrong.. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a tr

Episode forty-one of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Be-Bop-A-Lula by Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, and how Vincent defined for many what a rock and roll star was. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more informatio

Episode forty of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Drugstore Rock n Roll, by Janis Martin, an early rockabilly classic by the woman known as the Female Elvis. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a

Episode thirty-nine of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Please Please Please by James Brown, and at the early rock and roll career of the Godfather of Soul. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a t

Episode thirty-eight of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley, and is part three of a trilogy on the aftermath of Elvis leaving Sun, and the birth of rockabilly. Click the full post to read liner notes,

Episode thirty-seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at I Walk The Line by Johnny Cash, and is part two of a trilogy on the aftermath of Elvis leaving Sun, and the birth of rockabilly. Click the full post to read liner notes, links