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Rock and Roll

Charts - Official Charts - Gold - Platinum - Music - General - Single

The singer who spent a record-breaking 220 weeks in the charts in the 20th-century

In their own league.

Lauren Hunter
Jun 23, 2026
Elvis Presley - Scotty Moore - Bill Black - 1956

The big success Bill Black made of leaving Elvis Presley’s band in 1958

He made it on his own.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 23, 2026
Christine McVie - Musician - Fleetwood Mac - 2017

The first rock ‘n’ roll musician who hooked Christine McVie and how it shaped her songwriting

A huge influence.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 22, 2026
Bruce Springsteen - 1977 - Tour - E Street Band

The tracks Bruce Springsteen considered the “great American songbook of the 1960s and ’70s”

Classic songs.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 21, 2026
Billy Joel - Musician - 1978

The “sanitised” artists Billy Joel thought the world should forget: “Boring, bullshit guys”

Playing it too safe.

Lauren Hunter
Jun 20, 2026
Nancy Sinatra - Lee Hazlewood - 1968

How did Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood meet?

A reinvention.

Paulina Subia
Jun 20, 2026
Paul Simon - Musician -1980

The legendary 1950s act Paul Simon thought epitomised “American culture”

“Even more powerfully”.

Kelly Murphy
Jun 16, 2026
Patti Smith - 2024 - Richard Thompson

“Light shows and smoke bombs”: The 1970s band Patti Smith called an enemy of rock and roll

The opposite side of rock and roll.

Tim Coffman
Jun 16, 2026
Jack Black - Tenacious D - Musician - Actor - 2023

The worst concert of Jack Black’s life: “That was a disaster”

Learning the hard way.

Callum MacHattie
Jun 16, 2026
Pete Townshend - The Who - 1975

“Slightly androgynous and very sexy”: The frontman Pete Townshend thought could compete with Mick Jagger

One of the best.

Dale Maplethorpe
Jun 16, 2026
Elton John - Musician - 2025

The 2000s singer Elton John immediately fell in love with: “Cut from exactly the same cloth”

One of his musical children.

Tim Coffman
Jun 16, 2026
What was the payola scandal and how did it change music

What was the payola scandal and how did it change music?

In politics, it’s simply called lobbying.

Andrew Clayman
Jun 16, 2026

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