When it comes to rockabilly pioneers, everyone remembers the male stars: Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and, of course, Elvis. But women held their own too, including Brenda Lee and the less known ...

LAS VEGAS — Comb and electric razor at the ready, Martin Corona stood over his customer, poised to create a version of his specialty retro-cool hairstyle. The rockabilly cut. “I’ll take the regular ...

They’ve overcome crippling grief, relationship breakdowns and a lost identity after motherhood but rockabilly helped these women find their happiness again. Decades on, people around the world are ...

Born July 20, 1935, Sleepy Labeef grew up on a melon farm across the Arkansas state line, but headed for Texas as soon as he turned 18 in 1953. “I’d heard a lot of good things about Texas, and I just ...

ROCKABILLY is among the hottest of the vintage clothing styles out there. The trend takes its ethos from the rebel rock idols of the 1950s, and expresses itself in a variety of 50s dresses, cat-eye ...

The Blanco Sessions, by Janis Martin. In 1956, RCA signed “the female Elvis,” 15-year-old rockabilly pioneer Janis Martin. But a secret marriage and a pregnancy soon led the label to drop her. In 2007 ...

KANNAPOLIS — The third annual Rockabilly Resurrection brought rockabilly music and dances, a pre-1973 car show and a pin-up contest to Kannapolis VFW Post 8989 on Saturday. Rockabilly music became ...

Imagine an elegant singer who stepped out of a ’40s pinup and a guitar-slinger who stepped out of a ’50s rumble playing a mix of sweet R&B and vintage rockabilly. That’s what you get from the Chicago ...