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Roy Orbison was one of the most talented and distinctive singers and songwriters of the rock ‘n’ roll era and beyond, with a unique and original approach to writing songs and a remarkable ...
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Bo Diddley, also known as Ellas McDaniel, was one of the most distinctive and influential artists in the transition of popular music from blues and R&B through to rock ‘n’ roll during ...
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The sub-genre of guitar instrumental hits is a fascinating musical strand of rock ‘n’ roll, with Duane Eddy representing its primary high-profile chart vanguard, but it was with groups lik...
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For several decades Aretha Franklin has enjoyed the accolade of being called “The Queen Of Soul”, a position that was cemented by her landmark 1967 pop and R&B No. 1 “Respect&rdq...
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Dame Shirley Bassey is one of the most universally loved and admired artists on the British showbiz scene, her voice, personality, glamour and sheer star quality transcending any barriers between genr...
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Don Cornell was one of the coterie of Italian-American crooners to come to the fore in the post-war years, and who enjoyed his heyday in what is often called the “golden age of popular music&rdq...
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Marvin Rainwater is an artist whose roots and primary career in the USA are in the country and rockabilly market, but who had his biggest chart success with what was hailed as a rock ‘n’ r...
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Alto saxophonist and bandleader Julian “Cannonball” Adderley was one of the most important and influential figures of modern jazz in the two decades before his sudden death in 1975, effect...
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He was best-known for his work in a duo with pianist Leroy Carr during the 1920s and '30s. He also wrote 'Kokomo Blues', reworked by Robert Johnson as 'Sweet Home Chicago'
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