Adolph Rickenbacker, who immigrated to the U.S. from Switzerland as a child, invented the electric guitar in the 1930s, the instrument that inspired the rock 'n' roll phenomenon.

The History of Guitar Smashing in Rock ‘n’ Roll. Philip Trapp. Philip Trapp Published: May 1, 2023. ... Assuredly though, it's an activity that has represented rock 'n' roll for almost 70 years.

Boasting one of early rock 'and'n' roll’s essential riffs, a haunting low-end melody swimming in echo, it peaked at No. 6 in 1958, and Eddy followed through with two more Top 10 singles ...

Interest in Tharpe has grown in recent years. Back in 2011, BBC4 screened a documentary, Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock N’ Roll. She was finally inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of ...

Rock ’n’ roll’s racial, gender, sexual, generational and cultural politics. In the spring of 1954, when the nation’s top record was Perry Como’s “Wanted” and the top album was the soundtrack from the ...

Eddy's reverberating electric sound helped put the twang in early rock 'n' roll and influenced George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen and countless other musicians.