The changes in rock and roll music reflected the mood of the population in the United States during the Vietnam War. Rock and roll became very important while the war was going on. There were many anti-war protestors‚ and they wrote the music for the Vietnam Era. This music gave people sanity. It gave sanity especially to the people who were fighting in the war. The Vietnam War was a long and painful war‚ and in the end‚ North Vietnam won the war. The Vietnam War started on November 1st‚ 1955. This
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*Subject to change* Rock ‘N’ Roll History Rock and roll has been an integral part of American culture since the 1950s. Throughout the decades‚ Rock and Roll has contributed to the vast array of sounds and musical styles in the pantheon of musical genres. Rock and roll has also influenced the creation of other musical subgenres‚ including alternative‚ metal‚ hardcore‚ punk‚ and grunge. Inspired by the emergence of blues and jazz‚ and the popularization of country‚ rock ‘n’ roll strived to imprint
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Originating in America Rock and Roll was fast‚ rhythmic and a blend of black rhythm and blues with white western country music which made the audiences love it. Rock and Roll arrived onto Australian shores in 1955 with Rock and Roll legend Bill Haley’s hit record ‘Rock Around The Clock’‚ young teenage Australians loved Rock and Roll as they would usually gather around in dance halls dressed in the latest fashion and would perform popular dances such as the Jitterbug dance and the Boogie-Woogie teenagers
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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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Little Richard’s Influence on Rock and Roll Rock and roll music emerged as a part of American teen culture during the notably conservative time period in the country’s history which shortly followed the traumatic events of World War II. Being that the genre’s target audience was white teenagers‚ many Americans- already overwhelmed and on-edge due to the anti-communist movement inspired by the Cold War- were apprehensive about the influence that this up-and-coming style of music might have on their
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ROCK N’ ROLL Rock n’ Roll was a significant part of American History. It was a genre of popular music that was derived in the year of the late 1940s and the early 1950s. Rock n’ Roll consisted of Blues‚ Country and Gospel music. The name Rock n’ Roll did not obtain its name until the year of 1950s. Piano or saxophone were considered the lead instrument in the earliest rock and roll such as the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ however‚ these were later on replaced by guitars in the middle to the
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When I think of term rock and roll‚ I remember watching MTV and seeing Axel Rose scream into the microphone with his whinny voice the lyrics of “Paradise City” while dancing across the stage in his ridiculous outfits. My father would nostalgically reminisce of the epic guitar solos of the Eagles‚ Don Felder. My father being a teenager during the height of the rock music era afforded him certain opportunities to see the big hair bands perform live during their prime. When I was still a boy‚ he would
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Origins of Rock and Roll Research Project World Music in the Global Village 345-101-MQ sec. 00029 22/04/13 The musical ethnography being studied is the origins of Rock and Roll. Rock and Roll evolved from blues in America and started in the 1920’s but only became popular in the 1950’s. Rock mainly uses a fast paste beat of drums‚ electric guitar‚ bass guitar and acoustic guitar. Some famous Rock musicians such as Elvis Presley were in the early stages of when Rock was popular
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of rock and roll. On January 8‚ 1935 in Tupelo‚ Mississippi‚ a sensational star was born. Elvis Presley was raised by humble parents‚ but had very little money. He was also raised to have faith in god. Despite the financial troubles during his childhood he grew up having a sense of his own independent creativity. His music formed a mix of country‚ Gospel and R&B‚ furthermore he eventually grew into the “king of Rock and roll.” One of the reasons he was‚ and still is the king of rock and roll is because
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1940 and 1950. It was quite radical in fact; this is the decade that began rock and roll‚ the civil rights movement‚ better family living. In the forties and fifties were looked at more as a state of mind‚ a way of living rather than just another decade or time era in history. It was more peaceful during them times; the economy was doing better than it had been before. Teenagers were having more fun than ever. Rock n’ roll was making head way with them. White teenagers were learning that blacks were
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