Dave Burgess, legendary leader of The Champs and a key figure behind the hit “Tequila,” has passed away at 90, leaving behind a lasting legacy in early rock and roll ...

(CNN)-- Ventures lead guitarist Bob Bogle, whose fretwork on such instrumental hits such as "Walk -- Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O" influenced countless bands, died Sunday in Vancouver, Washington. He ...

Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Peter Gunn” helped put the twang in early rock ’n’ roll and influenced George ...

In the April 2011 issue of SPIN, we caught up with Explosions in the Sky, the Texas-based band who’ve taken wordless music to unexpected heights. But they’re hardly the first to rock with their traps ...

Joe Houston, the hard-charging R&B tenor saxophonist whose explosive early-1950s instrumentals not only anticipated but directly fueled the rise of rock & roll, died at a Long Beach assisted living ...