New band of the day: The Strypes (No 1,396)
If they were any more faithful to 1962, the Strypes would be marvelling at Brazil having just won a second World Cup, and wondering if Harold Macmillan could stay on as p...
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Chuck Berry, Hall of Famer and American Music Master winner, is...
Chuck Berry, the first inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the 17th honoree of the Rock Hall's American Music Masters award, is worried.
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Chuck Berry: Rock Hall set to salute musical pioneer in American Music Masters celebration
This is a promotional copy of "Maybellene," Chuck Berry's first single for Chess Records.
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Merle Haggard added to list of American Music Masters concert artists ...
Country legend Merle Haggard has been added to the list of performers who will pay homage to 2012 American Music Masters honoree Chuck Berry at a concert on Saturday, Oct...
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Herb Reed
Last of the original line-up of the chart-topping 1950s vocal quintet the PlattersWith such international hits as Only You and The Great Pretender, the Platters were the ...
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The best No 1 records: T Rex – Get It On
1971: At the start of a new decade, one record pointed to one possible future for pop music - one in which the past would be endlessly re-exhumedGet It On was as much a s...
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Old music: Chuck Berry – My Ding-a-Ling
Scoff all you like at the song – but have you ever featured on a No 1 hit? No? Pipe down thenHere's a quiz question: which Chuck Berry single was the only one to go...
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Live Video: JD McPherson at SXSW
Don’t call JD McPherson “retro.” Though the Oklahoma native rocks a mean 50′s styled rhythm & blues, on his official label debut (out next Tuesday...
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Red Holloway
Saxophonist who adapted to the passing fashions in blues and jazzIn a long performing career, the saxophonist Red Holloway, who has died aged 84, criss-crossed musical ge...
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The Only Way You Can Get Relief Is To Get A Shot Of Diddley
Apropos of nothing but to get the police off the streets by nine o'clock, here's sixty-six minutes of The Originator, Bo Diddley, seen here with friends Jerome Gr...
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Etta James: 'I was like a punker … I'd spit in a minute' – a classic interview from the vaults
In our latest visit to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism – we bring you an interview with the late Etta James, by Cli...
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Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll
As this column ends, I thought it appropriate to talk about rock's profound sense of beginning – its power and possibility, its surging promiseThis column began fiv...
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Bob Weston obituary
Lead guitarist with Fleetwood Mac in the early 1970sThe long-lasting pop band Fleetwood Mac is also one of the most controversial, its several changes of style and perso...
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Bob Brookmeyer
Swinging jazz trombonist and prolific, classically influenced composerThe appeal of most jazz movies has rarely spread beyond the cognoscenti, but Bert Stern's captivatin...
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The 8 Ball 12.12.11: The Top 32 Novelty Songs, #16-#9
From Steve Martin's "King Tut" and William Shatner's "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" to Chuck Berry's "My Ding-A-Ling," Ray Stevens' "The Streak" and more, 411's 411's Wy...
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