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Why Did Alice Cooper Send Flowers to Mary Whitehouse?

Rock and Roll was known as the devil’s music when it first was popularized in the 1950s. Older individuals who believed so shunned the younger generation who created and listened to it. Others went as far as taking action to stop its spread. Mary Whitehouse was one of them, but her efforts had a reverse […]

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Did Alice Cooper Point A Loaded Gun at Elvis Presley?

Elvis Presley had a deep appreciation for firearms. This was something not everyone knew about. He owned a wide range of guns, and this loving relationship with his weapons established an unforgettable initial encounter with Rock and Roll Musician Alice Cooper.  Elvis Presley told Alice Cooper to point a loaded gun to his head so

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Little Richard, while performing in Australia in 1957, saw a fireball flying across the sky and took it to be a sign from God to repent from secular music and his wild lifestyle at the time; he wouldn’t return to secular music until 1962. The fireball that he saw was the launch of Sputnik 1.

Little Richard, rock’n’roll pioneer, dies aged 87 Little Richard, one of the pioneers of the first wave of rock’n’roll, has died. He was 87. Little Richard – a life in pictures View gallery Richard, whose real name was Richard Penniman, was born in Macon, Georgia in December 1932. He had been in poor health for

Little Richard, while performing in Australia in 1957, saw a fireball flying across the sky and took it to be a sign from God to repent from secular music and his wild lifestyle at the time; he wouldn’t return to secular music until 1962. The fireball that he saw was the launch of Sputnik 1. Read More »