Rock 'n' Roll
Roy Orbison: The Rebel Who Chose to Be a Poet
There is a strange magic in watching a man stand perfectly still while a storm of emotion pours out of ...
Was This Roy Orbison’s Final Performance?
A man in black stands under a single light in Belgium, and he has exactly eighteen days left to live. ...
The Day Rolling Stones Stole Buddy Holly’s Heartbeat
Most people think rock stars are born on giant stages under bright lights. They are wrong. It all started in ...
Why Tina Turner Is Still The Best
Did you know that it took twelve Grammy Awards and decades of grit for a girl from Nutbush to become ...
The Singing Lesson Elvis Presley Never Had
Imagine practicing a single skill every single day for over forty years without ever stopping. Elvis Presley started singing at ...
Buddy Holly and the Night “Peggy Sue” Shook the World
Imagine a skinny kid with thick black glasses standing under the bright lights of New York City in 1957. He ...
The Simple Buddy Holly Beat That Conquered America in 1964
It was January 10, 1964, and the Rolling Stones were just another band trying to make it. They stepped into ...
Tina Turner at 48 Broke Every Music Record in Brazil
Most people at age forty-eight are thinking about slowing down or playing with their grandkids. In 1988, Tina Turner had ...
Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary” Proves That Real Talent Does Not Use Robots
Imagine standing in front of seventy-seven thousand people and dancing so hard your feet barely touch the ground. Tina Turner ...
Why Buddy Holly with a Fender Stratocaster Still Matters
Imagine a young man who looks like he should be working at a local bank. He has thick black glasses ...