Sam Phillips opened the Memphis Recording Service. His early clients in 1950 included blues legends Howlin’ Wolf and B. B. King. They were among the first to record at what later became Sun Studio, ...

Mike Albert, known as “The World’s Finest Elvis Impressionist,” performs Saturday at the Basie. Scot Bruce plays young Elvis in the Red Bank show.

Shepard died January 17 at a Burbank, California hospital as result of pneumonia linked to respiratory failure, an obituary ...

Music is the most cannibalistic creative endeavor, with musicians not only drawing inspiration from predecessors and contemporaries, but often imitating specific techniques, stealing catchy riffs or ...

Link Wray released a string of fantastic albums in the 1970s but is best known for his 1958 song 'Rumble', the only instrumental song ever banned from radio.

It was the moment Gladys and Vernon Presley had been waiting for. She was set to give birth to the couple’s first child in ...

A fter choosing to spend the rest of your life with someone you love, you may have to make another big decision: What will be ...

Is the love song dying? NPR's Juana Summers speaks David Mora and Michelle Jia about their recent essay in The Pudding, which set out to answer that question.

Elvis' last meal wasn't a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich. The last thing he ate was dessert -- and it was a very ...

The Joeys cover Elvis Presley on "Sonoran Dreams," a new album that rocks with a Duane Eddy twang. And their guitarist isn't ...

The Ed Sullivan Show was watched weekly by millions and was one of the most important cultural institutions of its time, but rock controversy was never far away ...

Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...