Every day at 5am and 5pm, we spin classic 50s tunes from legendary artists like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, and Chuck Berry, among others.
In the mid and late 1950s, rock and roll surged to the forefront of popular music, rooted in a fusion of African American genres like rhythm and blues and gospel with country and pop, a movement notably championed by disc jockey Alan Freed in Cleveland. Alan is credited with coining the term “rock and roll.”