The 1970s produced some of the greatest rock and roll in history. Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and countless others were at the top of their respective games. They ...
MSN: 5 1970s bands that deserve to be in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but will be left out
5 1970s bands that deserve to be in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but will be left out
Philadelphia was home to some of rock 'n' roll's biggest stars and iconic sounds leading up to the 1970s, with Bill Haley helping bring the genre to mainstream America and Dick Clark's "American ...
Arizona Daily Star: Biopic of 1970s girl band definitely loves rock 'n' roll
Here are five rock musicians from the 1970s that never drank alcohol or did drugs. When you think of rock 'n' roll in the 1970s, it’s almost impossible not to picture backstage chaos, late-night ...
Rock became the most inclusive of musical genres; if other kinds of music—e.g., classical, jazz, easy listening, country, folk, etc.—are marketed as minority interests, rock defines the musical mainstream. Rock's origins lie in rock and roll, a new form of American popular music in the 1950s that was personified early on by Elvis Presley.
Rock music is a form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s and can be defined as “a form of music with a strong beat”—it is difficult to be much more precise. It is also called rock and roll. Rock originated in the United States in the 1950s and then spread to other English-speaking countries and across Europe in the ’60s; by the ’90s its impact was evident globally.