While these were trailblazing musicians whose pyrotechnics inspired millions of teenage kids to pick up an instrument, they're only part of the story. Much of the groundwork for the guitar heroes ...

Male Black singers from the 50s, in particular ... Challenges and Triumphs of Black Musicians in the 1950s The fame and influence of artists like Little Richard didn’t come overnight, and ...

Rock music first grew out of the rock’n’roll movement of the 1940s and 50s, which itself was inspired ... During this period, musicians were moving away from the acoustic guitar and picking ...