You have been given a direct order to rock the f**k out. Rock out like you were just given the last rock n roll album on earth and the minutes are counting down to flames. Rock out like you just won both showcase showdowns. Rock out like the streets are empty except for you‚ your bicycle‚ and your headphones. Rock out like your lips were just placed onto a break dancing muse with legs that go all the way up. Rock out like publisher’s clearing house is ringing at your front door. Rock out
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When a song is as heavily covered as Fats Domino’s “Ain’t That A Shame” from his album Rock and Rollin with Fats Domino you know that there is something special about it. With recording artists such as Pat Boone‚ Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons‚ and even the 1970s rock group‚ Cheap Trick recording the song many people know at least one version. However the original version has a special something about it that helps it stand out from the many covers. The song has an enticing hook‚ interesting
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Folk rock is a musical style that combines elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest form‚ the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the United Kingdom around the mid-1960s. This type of music was started by the Los Angeles band The Byrds‚ who began playing traditional folk music and Bob Dylan-penned material with rock instrumentation‚ in a style heavily influenced by The Beatles and other British bands. The term "folk rock" was itself first coined by the United
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If someone asked a stranger on the street to name their all-time favorite Christmas movie‚ there are many that would come to mind. The list would possibly include “Frosty the Snowman”‚ “The Grinch”‚ “Rudolph”‚ and more than likely “White Christmas”. Although it is actually considered a musical because of the songs and dance that help to bring this all together. It is based on the ever popular song by Irving Berlin that was released in 1941‚ only a few week after the Pearl Harbor attacks. Originally
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How can a deaf person sing? One might ask this question about Johnnie Ray but yet he did it all. He wrote songs‚ sang them‚ and even saw some become big hits across the country. He was deaf‚ but he still chose a music career and succeeded. Johnnie Ray had to overcome many obstacles to become a successful musician. But how did he do it? John Alvin Ray was born on January 10‚ 1927 in Hopewell‚ Oregon. (known as Salem today) He grew up on a farmhouse with an older sister named Elma. He loved music
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Sammy Davis Jr. was a singer‚ actor‚ dancer‚ and comedian. He is noted for his impersonations of actors‚ musicians and other celebrities. At the age of 3‚ Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father and Will Mastin as the Will Mastin Trio‚ which toured nationally. After military service‚ Davis returned to the trio. Davis became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro’s (in West Hollywood) after the 1951 Academy Awards. With the trio‚ he became a recording artist
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Willie Nelson was a singer whose albums have caught the imagination of the world for more than thirty years in the Heartland. We also‚ “learn about his childhood spent picking cotton; his stormy marriages; his impoverished early years as a fledgling songwriter; his wild experiences with drugs‚ booze‚ and women; his long rise to superstardom; and his shared musical and personal experiences with performers like Waylon Jennings‚ Julio Iglesias‚ Kris Kristofferson‚ Johnny Cash‚ Ray Charles‚ Loretta Lynn
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Detroit‚ located near the Great Lakes‚ was the biggest city of heavy industry in the 1950s and 1960s. The Big Three automobile companies such as Ford‚ GM and Chrysler‚ had their manufacturing plants in Detroit at that time. People called this city as Motown‚ a compound word of Motor Town. Berry Gordy Jr. came back to Detroit after the Korean War in 1953 and he run a jazz record store with his friends. He was absorbed in blues and bebop and used to write songs as his hobby. Since he was a versatile
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Tyrese Gibson is a famous R&B singer and actor who is very known around the United States. He was born in California in the year of 1978; Tyrese Gibson sharpened his musical abilities by performing in local talent shows around Los Angeles. At the point when Gibson was 17‚ he started modeling for Guess and Tommy Hilfiger and he eventually received a recording contract from RCA Records. His self-titled introduction collection won him a Grammy selection and sold more than a million duplicates. He released
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Don’t Change the World Once upon a time‚ there was a king who ruled a prosperous country. One day‚ he went for a trip to some distant areas of his country. When he was back to his palace‚ he complained that his feet were very painful‚ because it was the first time that he went for such a long trip‚ and the road that he went through was very rough and stony. He then ordered his people to cover every road of the entire country with leather.Definitely‚ this would need thousands of cows’ skin‚ and
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