TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Let's continue our week of interviews from our archive with R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll musicians and songwriters. Up next, we have ...

A 1956 hit ranked among the greatest songs of all time helped define early rock and roll and became a lasting classic.

There are few guitar heroes active today with the cachet of Stray Cats frontman Brian Setzer. As a songwriter, singer, big band leader, and especially lead guitarist, his commitment to classic ...

TUPELO – With his reconstructed 1940s Vega guitar in his hands, Dale Rushing's eyes gleam as he talks about rockabilly music and the many Mississippi artists who play or were influenced by it. A ...

Although he and bandmates recorded at the famed Sun Studios in Memphis and he played Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, real fame eluded him in the U.S., though not in Europe. He was later inducted into ...

A Saturday afternoon matinee.....a SATINEE if you will!!! Billy's day parties for the groovers.... We're taking you back to the Glory Days of music with our Disc Jockeys spinning all the biggest and ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Let's continue our week of interviews from our archive with R&B, rockabilly and early rock 'n' roll musicians and songwriters. Up next, we have Carl Perkins, one of ...