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Deke Dickerson charts the birth of Rock & Roll music—as we know it—to the early 1950s, and a little seaside resort town called Wildwood, New Jersey. Long before Elvis stepped inside Sun Studio, Dickerson says it was a criminally underrated musical act called the Treniers who created Rock & Roll. Read on to see how the mix of rhythm & blues, jazz, swing, showbiz savvy, hillbilly, and country, all came together in a rowdy Jersey Shore resort town to create a music revolution.

When we think of country music, we often think of Nashville. However, Athol too has made contributions to the genre including those made by Yodeling Slim Clark and the Red River Rangers. “He was the first homegrown regional famous cowboy singer from...

Driving down Fairfield Avenue recently, I passed a nondescript two-story house that is now carved into apartments. Looking at it now, its hard to bel ...

Bill Haley – dubbed ‘the Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Ray Cleere recalls the life and career of Bill Haley, dubbed ‘The Father of Rock and Roll’, who died 40 years ago on February 9, 1981   For most Europeans, rock and roll began with Bill Haley and particularly with ‘Rock Around the Clock’ which gained success from being selected as the theme song for the film ‘The Blackboard Jungle’. Born William John Clifton Haley, on July 6th, 1925, at Highland Park, a Detroit s...