What music comes to mind when you think of rock and roll’s earliest years? For many people, the answer is probably the sort of material that signaled a major break from the overly polished, sanitized pop that previously dominated the charts—manic, upbeat rockers like Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” Elvis Presley’s “Hound […]
Bentley’s Bandstand: August 2025 by Bill Bentley Marshall Crenshaw, FROM THE “HELLHOLE.” Here’s the prime example of a rock & roll expert who knows how to juggle originals and cover songs in a way that everything comes out his own in the end. It’s not an easy attribute to perfect, but Marshall Crenshaw sure did. […]
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An Anthology Collects Hits from 1960, plus San Francisco Salsa and CDs from Lance Cowan and Antonio Andrade The 20th Anniversary Billboard Chart 20th July 1960 is the latest in a series of anthologies based on the music industry magazine’s sales rankings for a particular week. Earlier compendiums have included such titles as The JFK […]
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