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Songwriters have long leant on the giants of classical music for inspiration: A Whiter Shade of Pale – among the bestselling ...

A founding father of rock ’n’ roll, he would lose his life barely a year later, when the plane carrying members of the Winter ...

Rick Derringer, a wide-ranging musician who sang the garage-rock anthem “Hang On Sloopy,” wrote the 1970s hit “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,” produced parody songs for “Weird Al ...

The band scored one more Top 10 hit with a cover of the R&B staple “Fever,” and a cover of Ritchie Valens’ “Come On, Let’s Go” reached the Top 40.

The band scored one more Top 10 hit with a cover of the R&B staple "Fever," and a cover of Ritchie Valens' "Come On, Let's Go" reached the Top 40.

Valens had three hits: “La Bamba,” “Donna” and “Come On, Let’s Go.” Turning a Mexican folk song into a joyful rocker that is instantly recognizable, even decades later, is ...