Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Rock Around the Clock." What song better sums up an innocent time of malteds, saddle shoes and sock hops? When a show called ...

Rock music is generally traced back to the 1950s, but classic rock had its breakthrough in the '70s and '80s. While Elvis Presley is often called the King of Rock and Roll, rock music was actually ...

Even though they’re around three decades too late to have lived through it themselves, The Last Dinner Party’s favorite decade of sound is the ’70s. The British indie rockers, whose sound, music, and ...

There were some really shocking moments in rock and metal during the '70s, '80s and '90s. There are certainly some pretty shocking things that still happen in our world today. But when you look at ...

The transition from one decade to the next is significant in more ways than just the flipping of a calendar page. For musicians, it can represent a sonic, aesthetic and ideological changing of the ...

Big hair, big egos and big appetites. That about sums up the rock 'n' roll of the 1980s, when groups such as Poison, Foreigner and Twisted Sister were energetic enough to whip their hair around while ...

When it comes to rock 'n' roll, many layers make up the workings of the music. From its earliest days when country and R&B converged for a new, wilder hybrid to its evolution over the decades, ...

Joan Jett was one of the biggest rock ‘n’ rollers of the ’80s. She procured several hit songs, awards, and had a steadfast fan base that rivaled some of the biggest bands of the decade. Her 1982 No. 1 ...

Billy Idol was punk in the '70s, a pop star in the '80s and now his rock-n-roll excess is the subject of a Hulu documentary called "Billy Idol Should Be Dead." It begins streaming on Mar. 26.

Some rock stars did more than top charts – they rewired your heart. The '70s and '80s gave us women who turned stages into electricity and style into a calling card. You remember the posters, the ...

"Rock Around the Clock" was the first time rock 'n' roll had ever been featured in a major Hollywood soundtrack. Glenn Ford was the tough teacher who has to keep the hoods in line. Sidney Poitier, ...