books. 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
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originally by Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton but Elvis Presley largely popularized it‚ through his cover. The song‚ although sung by two different artists‚ shares several similarities‚ such as having a similar lyric pattern and similar instrumental techniques. As for differences‚ when the song is sung by Willie Mae it has more of a blues feeling/rhythm. When Elvis Presley sings the song‚ it has more of a Rock ‘n’ Roll feeling/rhythm. Also when sung by Elvis‚ there is a faster
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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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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
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The USA learned from its predecessor’s mistakes and‚ as its first effort‚ established a public school system‚ based on English language. Consequently‚ the literacy rate rose rapidly‚ and first fictional texts written in the language of the new rulers were published shortly after the change. Already during the 1920s the former elite language was replaced by English‚ soon also practiced as a medium of fiction. In the 1940s‚ some authors writing in English‚ such like Jose Garcia Villa and Carlos Bulosan
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Do you ever wonder why certain places mean so much to certain people? When I think of my bedroom‚ I realize why some people are so crazy about locking their doors and not letting anyone inside it and touch their stuff. My bedroom is the place where I can sit back and relax. It is the only place where I can get away from the world‚ away from the stressing college student life; a place away from work and rude customers‚ that even though no matter how nice you are to them‚ there’s always someone
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Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock ’n’ roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s‚[1][2] primarily from a combination of African American blues‚ country‚ jazz‚[3] and gospel music.[4] Though elements of rock and roll can be heard in country records of the 1930s‚[3] and in blues records from the 1920s‚[5] rock and roll did not acquire its name until the 1950s.[6][7] The term "rock and roll" now has at least
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We know Elvis Presley as the King of Rock and Roll‚ and although he died more than three decades ago many of his songs are still popular today. In fact‚ most of today’s generation views Elvis in a positive light. However‚ in the 1950s when he was first becoming famous he was seen as a rebel who went against social norms. In 1956 Elvis burst onto the scene in the entertainment world. “Elvis exploded on the American entertainment scene from every angle imaginable. In 1956 Elvis seemed to be everywhere—on
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Wayne May Erin Rehberg DANCE APPRECIATION – DANCE 1000-D01 December 4‚ 2014 What Do You Dance? After the Swing Era and World War II‚ American social dancing cooled down in the late 1940s‚ in a shift from dance bands to concerts in night clubs. In Michigan I was a teenager that was used to my parent’s country music and dancing. Throughout the years of me growing up to listening and dancing to country music and some rock music my uncle listened to that was all I was use to until I became 14yrs old
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Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern part of the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Rock and roll is also written as rock & roll or rock’n’roll. It adopted musical styles from African American that included styles such as gospel‚ jump blues‚ jazz‚ boogie woogie‚ and rhythm and blues‚ along with country music. The elements of rock and roll can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s. Nonetheless this
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