Popular Music in America Mr. Townson November 3rd‚ 2013 Tyler Daniels Mr. Townson Popular Music in America November 3rd‚ 2013 Bob Dylan: Rock and Roll Legend Bibliography The 1960s were years of great change. There were changes in everything from public opinion and political views to racism and equality. There was also a major change in one factor of American society that will always be around: music. One major patron to this change in music was Bob Dylan. Some consider him to be one of the
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Chuck Berry’s career is one full of power‚ hope‚ rock and roll‚ sex‚ and despair. All of these attributes go hand in hand with a real musician. Chuck’s early life was rare for most afro American men in the 1940’s. He was middle class; his mother was a principal and his father was a contractor and a deacon for a community church in St. Louis. With this type of upbringing it allowed him to persue music. However‚ with all this it did not prevent him from getting into trouble‚ while he was still in highschool
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As most of us know‚ Elvis Presley’s‚ “Hound Dog” was one of his most famous singles‚ however there are many people that do not know of the original written by Willie Mae‚ “Big Mamma” Thornton. Why did Elvis have more commercial success with his version? Big Mamma Thornton’s version was released just four years before Elvis’ and was number one for seven weeks. Rather than it being recorded as a pop song‚ it was a blues/RnB single. The tonality of this version is dramatically telling of the introduction
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The Rock music era affected society in more negative ways than positive ones. Rock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1950’s. It gained its origins from rhythm and blues‚ jazz and rock and roll. The exact date of the birth of Rock music is difficult to determine .It was said that no one planned the Internet‚ but it was conceived and then it took over the world. The same can be said for Rock music (Dister‚ 19). Few would dispute that rock music owes most of it
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1950’s The 1950’s where so called the birth of popular music. The first half of the decade was run by popular music‚ or classic pop. This more vocal driven music had replaced the earlier big band style. Artists such as Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra where the leaders of this age of traditional pop. Often the most popular musicians that play this genre also played very well on the television and sometimes they would be featured on music special shows‚ or perhaps even have a music variety of their
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start of the gradual change into Rock and Roll music. This change combined with the influences of black gospel music from the thirties and forties allowed the genre to develop. Doo-wop is an acapella of sounds made by a singing group as they provide a harmonic background for the lead singer. This new form of music was one of the very early changes from swing‚ but at this point the genre had not been given a title and was still within the rock and roll genre‚ however this was too general‚ and it
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songs with a strong beat and simple tunes that are easy to remember. Pop music is often simply called pop. rock ’n’ roll a type of music that was popular in the 1950s and combined simple blues structures played on guitars with strong regular beats soul music a type of African-American music that developed in the 1960s‚ combining r & b with pop‚ rock ’n’ roll‚ and gospel styles. Soul music usually has a strong beat and places emphasis on singing. It is often simply called soul
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Driving crowds wild with just the curling of his lip‚ Elvis Presley had led post-war era America into a rock and roll movement that would layer transform American culture forever. Elvis Presley was thought of as the Trojan horse of the new youth culture. He was fresh and new‚ and soon became a pivotal figure in rock history. Elvis had spontaneously changed people’s way of thinking‚ and because of his free spirited mentality we have the music and also‚ the desire for individuality and independence
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He has sold over 100 million records worldwide‚ making him one of the best-selling artists of all time.[4] He won seven Grammy Awards‚[5] a Golden Globe Award‚[6] and an Academy Award for the film Purple Rain.[7] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004‚ the first year of his eligibility.[8] Rolling Stone ranked Prince at number 27 on its
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Big Bands and the splintering into sophisticated bebop and dance-oriented rhythm & blues. Louis Jordan (the jump band) Big Joe Turner / Big Mama Thornton (blues shouters) Text Reading Assignment: pp.– 3 to 20 Weeks 2 & 3: The Dawn of Rock & Roll: The First Renegades of the 1950’s. Crossovers & Covers: popular music in the 1950 ’s and R&B "crossover" hits. Bill Haley and "Rock Around the Clock." Whitewashed cover versions of R&B hits Pat Boone: King of the Covers The emergence of teenagers
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