Rock 'n' Roll

One Recording From 1969 Proves Roy Orbison Was Truly One of a Kind
Imagine sitting in a room while a voice soars three octaves high without even breaking a sweat. In 1969, Roy ...

A 50-Year-Old Mystery: Roy’s Secret Photo Hidden in “Love Is Strange”
Fifty years ago, a simple camera flash captured a private moment between the legend Roy Orbison and his wife, Barbara. ...

Tina Turner’s Last Message Is Waiting For You In Bakersfield
Imagine a woman who sold over 100 million records and waited until she was nearly 80 years old to share ...

Tina Turner and Queen Latifah’s Unstoppable Rise
Imagine walking away from everything you own with only thirty-six cents and a gas station credit card in your pocket. ...

A Catchphrase and a Fender Guitar: How Buddy Holly Built Rock and Roll
In 1957, a young man with thick glasses and a Fender guitar did something that only one in a million ...

‘It Doesn’t Matter Anymore’: Buddy Holly’s Last Song Said Goodbye for Him
On October 21, 1958, a young man with thick glasses walked into a New York studio with eighteen musicians playing ...

The Moment Bruce Willis Lost His Cool for Tina Turner
In 1996, Bruce Willis was the ultimate Hollywood tough guy, yet he spent three nights in Paris acting like a ...

Tina Turner Proves Age Is Just a Number
Most people at seventy years old are happy to sit in a rocking chair and relax. Tina Turner was not ...

Tina Turner’s 1969 Studio Session Captured Raw Magic
Back in 1969, a photographer named Michael Ochs walked into a recording studio and captured a moment that still feels ...

From 1983 to the Global Stage: How Tina Turner Claimed Her Crown
In 1983, Tina Turner was forty-four years old and the music world had labeled her a nostalgia act from a ...