June 2, 1956, was the night that the Santa Cruz Police Department decided to ban rock and roll music, after Chuck Higgins’ ...

The first of many bans took place after a West Coast concert filled with 'suggestive, stimulating and tantalizing' dancing.

"Music sucks today," according to pretty much all of my friends who grew up, as I did, in the 1970s. Well, beg to differ.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The legacy of pioneering deejay Alan Freed is still seen and heard in the city where he coined “Rock and Roll” while working in WJW radio in 1951. “Chapter one page one is ...

While the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has routinely received criticism for an alleged bias against metal acts, there’s another sub-genre that seems harshly overlooked: progressive rock. Prog rock first ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2026 induction class, and the lineup is staggering. The inductees, announced during the live broadcast of the "Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Night" episode of ...

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2026 list of nominees, including Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, Wu-Tang Clan and more. The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class included Warren Zevon, Bad ...

From baseball and television to air conditioning and Coca-Cola, the United States has offered the world no shortage of contributions. Few of those contributions, however, can hold a candle to the one ...