Rock and roll has been evergreen throughout the years, but many artists were responsible for bringing it out of the dark. Read more here.

Pat Boone has rallied some of the biggest names in country music Alabama, Vince Gill, Billy Dean, Pam Tillis, Lee Greenwood, ...

Crooner Pat Boone used to be a staple of the Billboard charts. Now, for the first time in nearly half a century, he's back.

Stephen Thompson of NPR Music reports. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND") PAT BOONE: (Singing) Over love letters in the sand. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: Pat Boone used to be a staple ...

Stephen Thompson of NPR Music reports. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND") PAT BOONE: (Singing) Over love letters in the sand. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: Pat Boone used to be a staple of ...

But while the storybooks talk about a linear line from the dawn of rock and roll to all the great bands that came afterwards, many people forget how much the genre was in danger, and it was all at the ...