Petula Clark was not just the biggest female solo star in England, she may have been one of the biggest female stars in the world. Clark’s upbeat Pop seemed to translate to every country and once they heard her music they embraced it as their own. She was certainly accessible, and maybe too much so as she didn’t really fit into the rebellious sounds around her. Maybe it was that fact and that her music is not played often today in relation to her past albums sold that have made a lot of people (including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) so easily forget Petula Clark.

A somewhat successful British Progressive Rock band that was best known for its twin keyboard attack, Spooky Tooth was able to gain a following on both sides of the Atlantic. Though they did put out a few albums the band really didn’t stay together long enough to have a more significant impact and the bulk of their members achieved success elsewhere.

Although Charlie Rich was best known for his hits in the early 70’s when he was a “Countrypolitan” superstar, a closer look at Charlie Rich’s career saw an artist who was a true Country artist who blended other genres like Soul, Jazz and Rockabilly effortlessly in some of his lesser known work. Despite the mass success he enjoyed, Rich became pigeonholed to that success and seemed disinterested in creating original material by the decade’s end. A true rebel, the “Silver Fox” was massively successful, though had he wanted to he would have achieved even greater fame.

Possibly the Doo Wop group with the most “Rock and Roll” credibility, Danny and the Juniors performed Doo Wop with a fast danceable pace that might be the definition of late 50’s Rock and Roll. They scored a couple big hits and a few minor hits, but it seems indefinable to have a late 1950’s compilation album without one of their hits on it.