The immense recognition of rock and roll affected an exceptional level of social‚ political and cultural impact on Australian life in the post war period. Not just a musical style‚ rock and roll influenced lifestyles‚ fashion trends‚ dance moves‚ attitudes‚ haircuts‚ forms of language and political views. The influence of rock n roll‚ in the post war period of the 50s and 60s was indeed one of great significance to Americanised culture. Australia was also influenced by this seeing as Australia had
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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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These are my rough unedited class notes representing general ideas and concepts for class lectures. Please ignore the many sentence fragments. The African-American culture of the southern plantation influenced the birth of the blues through the adaptation of their African musical heritage. Based upon a call and response structure‚ one slave worker would call or play a lead and the fellow workers would respond with the same phrase or an embellishment of that phrase. The music involved predictable
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when he called Connie “My sweet little blue-eyed girl‚” making reference to Bob Dylan’s song. The character Ellie Oscar‚ Arnold’s companion‚ makes reference to the rise in importance of the pop-culture. The name Ellie signifies the popular singer Elvis Presley‚ and Oscar a connection to the highest award possible in the pop-culture world. The sexual context of the story suggests the negative criticism of Oates towards the sexual revolution. One of the characters in the story is Pettinger girl‚ whose
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sales” to white performers (p 51). White artists would make changes to black musicians’ music and make it into number 1 hits. An example‚ of this is Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton who first recorded “Hound Dog” (p 52). According to Altschuler‚ Elvis Presley made some changes to the tempo and lyrics “and his version made it to number 1 on the country and R&B charts” (p52). Often independent labels would take black artists’ songs and put white pop singers on the covers or have them sing the songs.
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In a well lit room that was necessary to allow the 72 Goga Black Box camera to adjust focus on a 23-year old Frank Sinatra’s comfortably calm appearance‚ a picture is captured in Bergen‚ County jail. The viewer can see a scrawny Jersey boy with eyes so blue that regardless of the black and white overlay‚ the viewer’s’ own eyes are drawn to his; a gaze so calm there is feeling as if one is standing in front of him waiting for him to move his crooked mouth. The absence of color creates even greater
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Yannic Tschaitschian January 11‚ 2008 Mrs. Shelton 4th Block Honors History Ten Days That Shaped America 1) May 26‚ 1637-The Mystic Massacre of the Pequot War On May 26‚ 1637‚ English settlers under Captain John Mason‚ and Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to a Pequot fort near the Mystic River. The fort only had two entrances‚ and anybody that tried to flee the fort was shot by awaiting enemies. The only Pequots that survived were those who had followed their sachem Sassacus in
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I am very fond of music. When I am free‚ I often listen to my favorite songs from an old cassette recorder. At weekends‚ I usually go to music shops in the downtown areas to buy good CDs. Of the famous pop singers‚ I prefer Frank Sinatra‚ Elvis Presley‚ Madona and Paul MC Cartney. I also spend an hour after dinner watching news and documentary programmes. I particularly enjoy the program "The World Here and There" because it broadens my knowledge of nature and human civilizations. My favourite
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THE BIRTH OF ROCK n’ ROLL - A CASE OF RACIAL CONFLICT The term rock ‘n’ roll has been traced back as far as the 1920s in black music‚ but it became an accepted when disc jockey Alan Freed began used it to describe the character of the rhythm and blues he played on his radio program in the mid-‘50s. The term “Rockin’ and Rollin” were originally used as slang for sex‚ in black pop music. However‚ it went on to become the name for a new‚ salacious musical genre. Innovation in audio technology‚ new
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Vicente Fernandez is a well know Mexican actor‚ producer and singer‚ Vicente is known as the king of ranchera music all over the world. Vicente started singing on the streets when he was a young boy for tips‚ Vicente came from a very poor family‚ he was forced to drop out of fifth grade to support his family. He got little jobs around his home town. He says he would stop cars and offer to sing to them for a few pesos in Guadalajara‚ but has now won seven Latin Grammys and one Grammy. Vicente was
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