Vintage Rock

VINTAGE ROCK celebrates a time when music changed the world - 45s, youth culture and the odd thrusting pelvis. Vintage Rock chronicles all the stellar artists and music, the enduring legacy of those early pioneers - and why it’s still the best way to live. Spanning the dawn of the 50s to early Beatles (pre Eastern mysticism!), Vintage Rock covers a time of Mods and Rockers, crinoline skirts and blue jeans, rock star movies and screaming-girl concerts. This special magazine rejoices in the music and verve of Elvis, The Shadows, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent and a host more, and speaks to a contemporary audience that relishes the vitality and flair of the era.

Vintage Rock

Welcome

Fab Four’s US invasion documented on Disney+

The Man In Bronze – Johnny Cash statue honour

SIR CLIFF ANNOUNCES 2025 LIVE TOUR DATES

CHARLES BLACKWELL • 20 MAY 1940 – 14 AUGUST 2024

ROCK AND ROLL HALL CELEBRATES PIONEERS

Marty Wilde • The British rock’n’roll icon is still a creative force as both a performer and songwriter. Here, he reveals all about his latest projects, why rockabilly needs to change, and chasing dreams.

Buddy’s orchestral reissue gets a fresh lick of paint

MAURICE WILLIAMS • 26 APRIL 1938 – 6 AUGUST 2024

EVENTS

The Bullets • As the London trio unleash their fifth studio album of fiery rockabilly, Brett Waters and Gary Griffin tell Vintage Rock about reaching for their creative peak, staying thirsty as songwriters – and playing Gorky Park

Soul Royalty • A sublime singer and visionary poet, Sam Cooke bridged divides to shake the world. With help from his daughter Carla Cooke and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Vintage Rock marks the 60th anniversary of his untimely passing by celebrating a rock’n’soul legacy which continues to inspire today.

Miami spice

Takin’ care of business

The revolution will be televised

Right place, right time • Sixty-five years after Bill Haley left Decca, where he changed the world with Rock Around The Clock and Shake, Rattle And Roll, we put our glad rags on and invite you to join us as we revisit his finest moments on the label with help from his son Bill Haley Jr who keeps his father’s musical legacy alive today

Girls, nursery rhymes and instrumentals

Surprise twist in the tale…

SOMEBODY UP THERE DIGS ME LOUIS JORDAN • As rock’n’roll soared, the influential jump blues pioneer needed a hit. Could he reverse his fortunes with a Quincy Jones-produced LP that reimagined his smashes in the raucous new style? Either way, the result was a last burst of brilliance.

THE UNRULY TALE OF CALDONIA

FITTING THE BILL

TOP TEN WEEK ENDING 20 NOVEMBER 1958 • Cliff’s rockin’ debut, Elvis movie magic and the Everlys go gold again!

If we can dream… ELVIS at 90 • On 8 January 2025, as incredible as it sounds, Elvis Presley would have turned 90. Here, Vintage Rock reflects on how his remarkable life and career might have panned out had he not prematurely passed in 1977.

ROCK ON, ELVIS

TRYING TO GET TO YOU

Experience: EDDIE COCHRAN • Eddie Cochran’s tragic early death at 21 robbed us of a versatile, still-developing talent. But despite his tender years, he left several classic tracks of lasting influence and inspired a generation. In the first of a new series on legacy artists, we survey his career…

KEY SONGS • From movie songs to Billboard hits, Eddie Cochran produced a compact yet peerless catalogue of rock’n’roll

KEY ALBUMS • His Liberty debut, a posthumous Top 10, Eddie’s bluesier fare, Bear Family’s all-encompassing boxset and more

EDDIE ON FILM • Drive-in classics

ESSENTIAL READING • Cherished memories

IN THE STUDIO • Harmonising with Hank,...