At Saint Laurent, Hedi Slimane went skinny and rock-n-roll with baby-doll dresses and leather miniskirts.
This was usually my only opportunity to change the radio channel from my father's preferred easy listening station to WOKY, a popular Milwaukee rock-n-roll station.
The whole rock-n-roll picture just had to unfold in due course.
Then, even before Dole hip-hopped over to the rock-'n'-roll museum, I heard on CBC radio about bowling with frozen chickens in Wellington, New Zealand.
After dinner--and the visit from Santa Claus--we would retire to their library, where they would pull out various literary gems and talk about them in a way that even an obtuse rock-'n'-roll-loving youngster could be impressed with.
"To have someone like Ray -- like rock 'n' roll royalty -- embrace what we do, it was great for our confidence, " Doe told CNN in a 2004 interview.
Nor could I find out about the more outlandish, rock 'n' roll-style riders for bizarre dressing room requirements that the maestros and divas put into their contracts.
Since then, Barzelay has released a solo acoustic record (2006's Bitter Honey), recorded Clem Snide's swan song (the still-unreleased Hungry Bird), and made Lose Big, a smart and compact collection of rock 'n' roll conversation-starters.
He was given the nickname the "King of Pop" -- a spin on Elvis Presley's status as "the King of Rock 'n' Roll" -- and few questioned the moniker.
This seven-gallery museum covers rock 'n' roll and soul, from rural roots to modern-day hit makers.
"There are bands out there that I'm confident are going to break through, but I do feel that the greats - those big rock 'n' roll bands that have this great big following and dominate the market - are a factor of yesteryear, sadly, " she says.
He also does something other more mainstream shows of the genre do not - champions new bands and artistes on the current Rock'n'Roll scene, giving them air-time rarely available elsewhere.
Mr. MYERS: Even before Jerry Lee and the dawning of rock 'n' roll, boogie-woogie was shifting away from the piano to electric guitar.
And although they forged a career as one of the best-selling rock bands in history, the only thing rock 'n' roll about them is their music -- no drug overdoses, no sex scandals, no trashing of hotel rooms.
James, the singer-songwriter who normally heads up the rock 'n' roll band My Morning Jacket, launched a five-set examination of higher powers early Wednesday morning in Austin, Texas, and will wrap things up Friday when he appears at the free outdoor show at Auditorium Shores, one of the week's highlights.
The final performance was of the long-running rock 'n' roll variety show That'll Be The Day.
He's a rock critic for the Chicago Sun Times and co-host of the public-radio rock 'n' roll talk show Sound Opinions.
Bacharach's lush pop songs from the 1960s and '70s, with their complex harmonies and rhythms, were very different from the three-chord rock 'n' roll tunes that were popular at the time.
One of the reasons why so much first- and second-generation rock 'n' roll has aged so badly is that most of it was created by young people for consumption by even younger people.
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"We think there's room for another marathon in Manhattan, in the spring, " said Scott Dickey, chief executive of Competitor Group, whose Rock 'n' roll marathon and half-marathon series has grown from six races in 2008 to 33 in cities around the world.
In "Backwards Down the Number Line, " guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon, keyboardist Page McConnell and drummer Jon Fishman sound genuinely thrilled to be playing together again, as they crank out a five-minute rock 'n' roll anthem that's a heartfelt celebration of enduring companionship.
He is, above all else, an incredibly hard-working, talented fan of rock 'n' roll.
With members from France, Tunisia and Corsica, they bring a pan-Mediterranean perspective to their heartfelt rock 'n' roll.
That 4-0 roll included back-to-back extra-inning victories over Clemson in 14 innings and N.
In the great rock 'n' roll tradition, he uses those big, hundred-dollar references to tell his own stories.
Finally, we honor the quiet kid from Jersey -- (laughter) -- who grew up to become the rock 'n' roll laureate of a generation.
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There is a huge open plaza where they have all sorts of entertainment - the whole atmosphere is a lot more rock 'n' roll.
Uniquely mixing vintage Rock'n'Roll, Rockabilly, R'n'B, Doo-Wop and Instrumentals, the show has attracted a big-following across the UK and on-line around the world.
He didn't invent rock 'n' roll, but he helped, mingling in his music black rhythm- -and-blues, white country, gospel, everything.
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