What Is The Difference Between The 1940s And 1950's
1940s and 1950s although there are many disputes on the “ birthplace”. 1951, in Memphis, TN at the Sun Studio, Rocket 88” by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats was recorded, which some say was the first rock and roll song. Of course several other cites have made this claim, including Wildwood, N.J., where Bill Haley and His Comets performed the first song with “rock” in the title (“Rock Around the Clock”)in 1954; Ohio, home of the rock and roll hall of fame and Alan Freed who is commonly referred to as the "father of rock 'n' roll” due to his promotion of the style of music, and his introduction of the phrase "rock and roll", in reference to the musical genre, on mainstream radio in the early 1950s; Detroit, the hometown of Motown Records. There’s
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This is where Rock gets its foundation from, known then as race music. Between 1910- 1970 , America witnesses a migration of more than five million African Americans families from the South to urban cities such as, St. Louis, Memphis, New York City, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, and the West Coast, known as The Great Migration, which meant that blacks and whites were living in close proximity in larger numbers than ever before, therefore heard each other's music and even began to emulate each other's …show more content…
Blues is a genre and musical form originated by African Americans rooted in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century. Its sound merges spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads, characterized by call and response. From porches to speakeasy’s to the first recording of Mamie Smith’s recorded “Crazy Blues” in 1920, this music genre heavily influenced Rock. In the 1930s jazz was among the first music to present African American sounds for a predominantly white audience. Jazz originated amongst African Americans in New Orleans, United States,[1] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in Blues and produced great act as, louis Armstrong and Billie holiday. In 1936 jazz, with rock music's rhythms, electric instruments came together on stage in Kansas city with Joe “big joe” turner and pianist pete johnson. Their 1939 single Roll 'Em Pete, is regarded as an important precursor of rock and
This is where Rock gets its foundation from, known then as race music. Between 1910- 1970 , America witnesses a migration of more than five million African Americans families from the South to urban cities such as, St. Louis, Memphis, New York City, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, and the West Coast, known as The Great Migration, which meant that blacks and whites were living in close proximity in larger numbers than ever before, therefore heard each other's music and even began to emulate each other's …show more content…
Blues is a genre and musical form originated by African Americans rooted in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century. Its sound merges spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads, characterized by call and response. From porches to speakeasy’s to the first recording of Mamie Smith’s recorded “Crazy Blues” in 1920, this music genre heavily influenced Rock. In the 1930s jazz was among the first music to present African American sounds for a predominantly white audience. Jazz originated amongst African Americans in New Orleans, United States,[1] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in Blues and produced great act as, louis Armstrong and Billie holiday. In 1936 jazz, with rock music's rhythms, electric instruments came together on stage in Kansas city with Joe “big joe” turner and pianist pete johnson. Their 1939 single Roll 'Em Pete, is regarded as an important precursor of rock and