Vince Taylor was born Brian Maurice Holden on 14 July 1939 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England. With few post-war prospects on offer, the family moved to…
Browsing: 1950s Music
The Vipers Skiffle Group, featuring a young singer called Wally Whyton, became the first group to earn a residency at the famous 2i’s coffee bar in London’s…
British group The Viscounts – Gordon Mills, Don Paul and Ronnie Wells – were a trio of variety entertainers in the tradition of The Mudlarks, certainly…
Wanda Jackson started her career as a dare. Her church friends dared her to audition for a local radio station’s talent spot when she was…
Another doo-wop group which was quite popular on the US East Coast but otherwise obscure, The Wanderers began as The Barons in 1952. Lead singer…
It’s astonishing the sheer amount of talent that was beating a path to Sam Phillips’ door in 1956 wanting a contract with Sun Records. Jerry Lee…
Following the break-up of The Crickets, Jennings played bass for Buddy Holly. During a particularly harsh winter in February 1958 while touring with Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big…
For a fleeting moment in the late 1950s, Wee Willie Harris – born Charles William Harris in 1933 – was one of Britain’s hottest homegrown performers in a still-evolving rock ‘n’…
Willie Dixon, one of 14 children, was born on 1 July 1915 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. After stints as a gospel singer and boxer, he settled…
Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma – an uproarious oil town – on 14 July 1912. His father Charley was a Democrat politico and…