Rock music first grew out of the rock’n’roll movement of the 1940s and 50s, which itself was inspired ... which peaked during the late 60s and early 70s. While many other subgenres were ...

The year 1984 was a watershed in pop music. The stars who’d made it big the previous decade had to embrace new instruments and MTV or risk being left behind. By Ben Sisario Don Henley was stuck.