Thankfully he was rescued from the sinking ship — the Andrea Doria, on which 43 others lost their lives — and brought to shore in New York, where his songwriting partner, Jerry Leiber, awaited him ...

If songs like “Jailhouse Rock” and “Hound Dog” hold a special place in your heart then warm up those hips and head down to historic Main Street Garden Grove this Sunday for a huge surprise. Mike ...

Music historian Wynne (Something in the Water) scrupulously documents how Elvis’s 1956 hit song “Hound Dog” helped catapult rock ’n’ roll “into the American cultural mainstream.” Written for and ...

Big Mama Thornton should be a household name, but she’s never quite gotten her due. Her achievements have often been overshadowed by the icons of a genre she helped to create: rock ’n’ roll. But ...