Long the topic of debate as to rock 'and' roll's origins, one Delta blues legend Howlin' Wolf record has been put forward as the genre's first possible cut.

Cleveland’s story as an early torchbearer of rhythm and blues begins in the late 1940s when this new genre of pulsating, ...

At first, rock music signaled teenage rebellion in films like "Blackboard Jungle," but it didn’t take long for studios to ...

Alan Freed was a Cleveland DJ who heard the future—and knew he had to let it sing. He named the genre “Rock & Roll,” bringing music to the masses and integrating artists and audiences on the ...

This also marks the date that Alan Freed aka "Moondog", one of the world’s most celebrated DJ’s, died. Alan Freed was famous for popularising Rock ‘n’ Roll music through his radio show in ...