Rock ‘n’ roll seemed to some like it emerged fully formed in the 1950s, as artists became superstars overnight on the strength of a magnetic single or two. In actuality, the music had been slowly ...

Dancing – and dancing shows – became a teenage craze in the 1950s, spurred by figures like Cleveland DJ, Alan Freed. His hit dance show featured R&B and African American music – which he later dubbed ...

The 1950s saw rock ‘n’ roll burst onto the scene and change music forever. From Elvis Presley’s hip-shaking performances that scandalized parents and drove teens wild to Chuck Berry’s epic guitar ...

We understand that 'best dance songs' are subjective, but we have found a list that has some great dance songs dating to 1950.

When the modern world was born, Jerry Lee Lewis was there. During that heady spurt of mid-1950s generational rebellion, Lewis and his pompadoured peers invented rock ‘n’ roll and became footloose ...

The ballroom has been used as a backdrop for the music videos of Tina Turner and Elton John among others - Rii Schroer Opposite the overground station and nestling between coffee shops, on an ...

The time is one autumn in the golden summer era of the 1950s. Orangeburg's Bluebird Theatre has been magically transformed into Mom's Malt Shop, the local hangout for the kids at Herbert Hoover High ...

Dance halls, honky-tonks, speakeasies, jazz clubs, ballrooms, rock 'n' roll clubs, discotheques, raves, nightclubs and EDM festivals have different names, but they all have continued to attract music ...