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OBITUARY CHARLIE GRACIE (14 MAY 1936-16 DECEMBER 2022)

Harry And The Hounds Harry And The Hounds

Frontman Harry Caiger reveals all about his blues and rockabilly influences, plus how the rockin’ scene has bounced back post-Covid

Trevor Payne

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BABY THIS IS Rock ‘n’ Roll

Graham starts new chapters with The Hellraisers and Matchbox – and lives to tell the tale after crawling from the wreck of a bus crash in Holland

Georgina Peach And The Savoys

When they abruptly found themselves without a vocalist, Dutch R&B rockers The Savoys hit the jackpot after discovering a waitress who can sing like Etta James and Aretha Franklin

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WEEK ENDING 29 JAN 1964

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Vinyl LP Reviews

The King Of Rockabilly at Columbia, Charlie Feathers is reissued, Boz Boorer heads back to the future, a one-woman hurricane and some razor-sharp rockin’

Singles & EP Reviews

Big beat classics and Teddy Boy rock’n’roll make a return to vinyl, plus Croatian frathouse garage, wave-riding instrumentals, some swingin’ capers on wax, a rocking tribute to past heroes and a heavy dose of Spanish heat!

CD Album Reviews

Deep dives into boxsets for the King, Del Shannon and psych mod, plus a fitting epitaph to the much-missed Robert Gordon...

SOUNDTRACK Of My Life Pat Capocci

A STOLDTO D A V I D W E S T

ELVIS MAKES HIS TV DEBUT ON THE DORSEY BROTHERS’ STAGE SHOW

28 JANUARY 1956

We’ll Never Find Another You

To mark the 40th anniversary of the passing of one of Britain’s finest ever rock’n’rollers, Vintage Rock joins friends and fans to celebrate the remarkable life and legacy of Billy Fury

Classic album

ROCK & ROLL RUTH BROWN

THE ACE OF BASS

Acclaimed bassist Carol Kaye talks candidly about her life as a studio player working with the likes of Brian Wilson, Phil Spector and other musical giants from the golden age

"AND TONIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN..."

The Ed Sullivan Show, which ran on US TV from 1948 to 1971, was the programme that introduced many of rock’n’roll’s biggest names to the American public. Vintage Rock remembers some of the iconic acts that performed at CBS’s hallowed Studio 50…

Rock ’n’ Roll Heroes

JOHNNY KIDD & THE PIRATES

Diamonds JET HARRIS AND TONY MEEHAN

Featuring not only two former members of The Shadows but two future Led Zeppelin members, Diamonds gave us one of the greatest instrumental singles of the 1960s

2023 THE YEAR AHEAD

We highlight the festivals, live shows and new releases that need to be on your rockin’ radar across the next 12 months, plus some top tips from artists in the know

20 TOP ONE-HIT WONDERS

The 50s was full of brilliant, timeless songs, sometimes by artists who could never quite manage to crack that second smash. Join us as we explore the best of the decade’s one-hit wonders…

BANNED BY THE BEEB

Following the BBC’s recent 100th anniversary, we take a look behind the scenes at discs – often from A-list artists – that ‘Auntie Beeb’ disallowed in the 50s and 60s

“When something is taken away from you, you want it back even more”

After a period of serious illness, recovery and reflection, Bob Butfoy brings Jack Rabbit Slim back into glorious action for 2023 with a new album and a return to the live stage. Here, the frontman looks back, and forwards, at a life in rockin’.