After the Beatles arrived on the scene, Frankie Avalon, whose hit “Venus” was the last No. 1 song of the 1950s, watched sadly as fans ditched syrupy pop for rock ‘n’ roll. “I figured that was over,” ...
WAIF’s rock-and-roll-oldies program is itself old, or at least it’s approaching middle age. Time Machine, a weekly two-hour set of 1950s rock and R&B, will mark its 40th anniversary on June 16. The ...