music. If ever a musical style defined a decade‚ Disco was the definition of the 1970s. Although its popularity was relatively short-lived‚ the genre hosted a great deal of songs and artists that people are still dancing to today and had a large influence on the fashions of the decade‚ too.This style of music became so popular that well respected artists like Rod Stewart and Diana Ross jumped on the bandwagon by adding Disco elements to their new music or creating their own disco albums. Unfortunately
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Madonna Case Analysis Introduction The following case study covers the foundation of Madonna’s business success and her continued global popularity over the past 20 years. Madonna has influenced people all over the world. Her quest for Superstardom is evident in her wide range of endeavors such as her records‚ concerts‚ movies‚ books‚ and charity events. She has the skill to market herself as a product while maintaining an edge‚ yet it is her experiences and sense of the world‚ art‚ fashion
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White artist took music that was Rock and Roll‚ made by black artists‚ and combined it with country music‚ which came to be known as Rockabilly music. The most know Rockabilly artist was Elvis Presley. Billboard‚ the main music news resource and the creator of the “Top 100 Hot Songs List”‚ confirmed that Elvis had the most songs on the list for a rock artist‚ 208 and had the 3rd overall about of songs around all artists. Moreover he also has 126 Billboard cheated albums and held 61 weeks at the
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Music is all around us. We all grew up listening to some type of music. No one can really determine when music began or which cultures had music first. There are stories of its origins that go back to ancient times. "Popular music is music produced for and sold to a broad audience."(1) The types of popular music we are going to look at are jazz‚ country-and-western music‚ rhythm-and-blues music (R&B)‚ rock music‚ and rap‚ also know as hip-hop.(1) First‚ we will look at jazz. Jazz is a type of music
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skirts and energetic dancing! The most popular style of music in the 60’s was ‘roots rock’. Roots rock combined elements of folk music‚ blues‚ country and rock ’n’ roll. There were many popular artists like the Beatles‚ the Rolling Stones‚ The Who‚ Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. What was it like in the 70’s? How did it develop; and into what? In the 70’s‚ people listened to many different kinds of music. There was mostly soft rock‚ and the pumping beat of disco music‚ but later in
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Rosie and the originals where a female group who rose to the top with their mega hit “Angel baby”. With such fame they helped paved the road for other female groups. Rosie and the originals may have not have a lot of fame compared to their counter parts of that era such as The Chordette’s‚ however they left an impact on the music industry. Rosie and the originals have an interesting story but before anything let’s talk about their origins. The main member which is Rosie. Rosie who is really named
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There are many similarities between the modern country and rock music genres that make them sound the same even though they have some noticeable differences. Through these differences it is still noticeable how closely related the two genres are‚ yet these differences clearly define them as separate styles. Even though modern country and rock music can sound different‚ they are similar because both originate from the same genres‚ generally use the same instruments‚ and have similar playing styles
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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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