It was February 7‚ 1964 when four British gentlemen stepped from a plane onto American soil. Americans’ ears will be changed forever. These four gentlemen are better known as The Beatles‚ and they were quite possibly the most popular British band of all time both in UK soil and American. The Beatles paved the way for other British musicians in the American music industry. The following list will show you which artists from the UK are most popular here in America. One thing to remember the music
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The Woodstock Festival was a three-day concert held at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in the town of Bethel (outside of White Lake‚ New York) in August 15-18‚ 1969. The Woodstock Music Festival was a monumental music event that brought many Americans together in order to display the fact that we as a civilization could come together in an environment of complete love and serenity. Through this research‚ I hope to learn how the famous Woodstock concert has impacted both how we live and how we view music
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"All my loving I will send to you. All my loving‚ darling I’ll be true." who doesn’t or at least isn’t familiar with these lyrics? All My Loving was composed by Paul McCartney‚ member of one of the most influential rock bands of all times‚ The Beatles." During the week of April 4‚ 1964‚ the Beatles held the first five slots on the Billboard Singles chart. They went on to sell more than a billion records and a compilation of the Beatles Number One hits‚ hit Number One in 35 countries and went on to
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Aaron Maine spoke with RIFF Magazine to discuss his upcoming tour‚ his latest album and finding inspiration Arthur Russell may very well be the greatest musician no one has ever heard and in spite of never formerly releasing an album‚ Russell was equally one of the most hardworking. In fact‚ we are past his untimely death in 1994 and are still listening to “new” reworkings of his music till this very day. “There’s something undeniably special charming and brilliant about [Russell]... What an
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Another of Reich’s groundbreaking pieces in experimental music was a work entitled ‘Come Out’ in 1966. This work continued exploring the technique of phasing from ‘It’s Gonna Rain’‚ again exploring the acoustics of speech to create musical ideas. ‘Come out’ was produced from an interview from a young man named Daniel Hamm who was arrested during the Harlem riots in 1964. The opening of the piece features original material from the interview detailing how Hamm and several others were taken into police
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Henry "Harry" T. Burleigh (1866-1949) Go down Moses Henry ‘’Harry’’ T Burleigh an African American Composer‚ Arranger & Baritone‚ devoted his life to music and to the service of God. Mr. Burleigh a world-famous composer‚ arranger and soloist‚ wrote Go down Moses‚ a negro spiritual The melody to Go Down Moses has a sad nature‚ it reveals feelings of darkness‚ almost as if you will never live to see the day of freedom. It is a dramatic production‚ unforgettable after listening all the way to the
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Book name: Lucky Six Getting the Message. Author: Rating: Why I like this book: I like this book because it is full of action and it’s a mysterious kind of book. When I first started reading this book I always liked thinking who would have been plotting this idea and it was kind of hard trying to find out who was helping them as in the book‚ there is only a name saying Guest not any other name and the person would only reply when it was night where Guest was sending it to. Lucky Six are a group
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Elizabeth Witt Coughran; 9am NPR Report 9/18/12 Dave Matthews: ‘A Unique Sort of Love Affair’ In an interview that aired on NPR’s All Things Considered on September 8th‚ 2012‚ Guy Raz spoke with the widely known Dave Matthews. Some of the topics discussed in the interview included news and details about his band’s new album being released‚ as well as the things that have influenced their music‚ and the relationships between all of the band mates. In this short but in-depth interview
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Sweet Child O’Mine: How Rock Music Shapes the Identity of American Youth The question I will be researching is “How Rock Music Shapes the identity of American youth.” This question stems from curiosity and personal interest in music psychology. I chose this topic because music plays a large part in my everyday life and I am interested in researching the social impact it has on the identity of the youth. Contrary to what others may say‚ I believe that this topic is very important. Understanding what
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It may be surprising to learn that the first rap song to bring the genre to a wide mainstream audience wasn’t even originally a rap song. By every definition‚ “Walk This Way”‚ written in 1975 by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry‚ was your classic rock song. With air-guitar-worthy guitar riffs and cocky‚ brash vocal delivery of thinly veiled‚ extremely sexual lyrics‚ it was the track that set Aerosmith on the road to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame (Run-DMC and Aerosmith‚ 2007). A decade later
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