Special Collections

Rock and Roll

This ten-part series explores the musical styles, influences, and complex creative processes that have allowed rock to endure, from its renegade beginnings in the 1950s to the 1990s. From performers to producers, songwriters to studio engineers, session musicians to disk jockeys, Rock & Roll is an extensively researched and revealing history built on stories from and about the innovators who defined the music that has rocked the nation and the world for 40 years. A co-production between GBH/Boston and BBC, this collection contains interviews created for the series.

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Al Aronowitz
Al Bell
Al Kooper
Beans Bowles
Ben E. King
Bill Medley
Billy Davis
Bobby Eli and Vince Montana
Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell
Carl Gardner
Cholly Atkins
... and 51 more, continuing below.
Claudette Robinson Cosimo Matassa Cynthia Robinson Dave Bartholomew Derek Taylor Dick Dale Dorothy LaBostrie Earl Young the Family Stone Fred Wesley Greg Phillinganes Henri Belolo Hoss Allen Ike Turner Interview Cynthia Robinson and Greg Enrico J. M. Eaton and Roland Janes Jabo Starks Jack Clement Jeff Barry Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Jerry Wexler Joe Tarsia Johnnie Johnson Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff Khalis Bayaan Larkin Arnold
Larry Graham Larry Levine Lloyd Price Logan Westbrooks Maceo Parker Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff Martha Reeves Maxine Powell Nelson George Otis Williams Paul Burlison Phil Chess and Marshall Chess Red Tyler and Earl Palmer Rick Hall Robbie Robertson Rose Stone and Freddie Stone Rufus Thomas Sam Phillips Scotty Moore Scotty Moore and DJ Fontana Sonny Bono Spooner Oldham, David Hood, and Jimmy Johnson Teddy Pendergrass Tom Dowd Tom Moulton