The early rock-and-roll star and his 1956 hit were a vital influence on the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

The singer – an LA Philharmonic board member – and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, have issued a gentle request on the CNN website. Extract:

Graham Spicer reports from Milan that the Teatro Communale di Bologna has ended its involvement with the Rossini Festival at Pesaro after 30 years. Bologna

Geneviève Tschumi, 28, has beaten a strong field to win the Telemann competition in the composer’s birthplace, Magdeburg.  

Franz Welser-Möst has announced plans for a Tristan and Isolde with Nina Stemme and Gerhard Siegel, along with a revival of Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen, as part

Trombonist Max Isley steps down tonight after 43 and a half years with the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Max met his wife Val in the orchestra, where

The Cincinnati Symphony has got its concertmaster back, reports Jane Gelfand.   Timothy Lees had suffered the kind of injury normally suffered on the sports