AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish born brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock and are considered pioneers of heavy metal‚ they have always classified their music as "rock and roll" AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album‚ High Voltage‚ in 1975. Membership remained stable until bassist Mark Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1977. In 1979‚ the band recorded their highly
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In the beginning of Rock ‘n’ Roll it was common for white musicians to cover songs that were originally produced and recorded by African American musicians. To cover a song means to reproduce the song by a different artist‚ other then the original. For example‚ Hound Dog was 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
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Born Stephanie Lynn Nicks‚ Stevie‚ as she’s known has become famous in the world of rock n’ roll music not only as the lead singer of Fleetwood Mac‚ but as solo artist as well. To some there is a great deal of mystery that revolves around her‚ but I beg to differ. The only one would have to do is listen to her extensive catalogue of songs‚ that majority of them penned by her‚ which explains in great detail the certain stages of her life and the life of those closest to her. If her genre of music
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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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However‚ the Great Depression forever changed how people lived for over 40 years. One of the main things it prompted was penny pinchers. The Great Depression put at least 12 million people out of work‚ and put nearly 60% of Americans into poverty. When the stock market crashed‚ many people could not get the money out of there banks‚ it put most people into great debt. Because people back in that time period had to save all the money they could. As they grew up and had kids they passed that nature
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Have you ever wondered how trains and railroads changed life in America? History argues over the impact of railroads. History claims that the contribution of railroads was crucial in American development. Others‚ such as Robert Fogel‚ maintain that the impact of railroad transportation was not as crucial in the development in America (Early American Railroads). The issue may be a controversial one‚ but the fact remains that train transportation‚ the building of trains‚ and the development of the
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“In America people of all nations are combined into a new race‚ whose hard work will one day change this amazing nation!” America changed the immigrants and immigration also changed America. Many things have occurred to change America and its newcomers from new customs being formed‚ to advances of living being changed‚ and new discoveries being made. The articles Plymouth Plantation‚ The Tempest‚ and Coming of Age In The Dawnland from 1491 are all great instances of change in America and its immigration
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Immigration has changed not only in America‚ but the lives of those who settled here as well. Immigration has been in America for so long‚ changing many lives‚ such as the ones whom have settled here for an immense amount of time. Although‚ many don’t know the story behind those who have been affected and how citizens of the United States have been impacted furthermore. Immigration has changed America and the lives of those who settled here. Immigrants have impacted the economy and language in many
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America is a great country. America’s industrialization is to thanks for that. American Industrialization helped boosted America to the top by furthering the production and development of machinery. People also had the same effect on the Industrialization. People also had the same effect on the Industrialization. Without such a boom in industrialization in the past‚ America wouldn’t be a high power in the world. In the late years of 1750-1850‚ students and successful scholars in the fields of history
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A Reflection of Rock N’ Roll‚ 1955-75 Rock N’ Roll‚ has been the sexy music sugar fix for many a teenager over the years and has been the embodiment of cool ever since its inception in the late 1950s. With a striking chord from the fingers of a smooth guitarist‚ and with a menacing maniac backbeat‚ complimented by a thunderous bass line‚ topped over with a screaming singer-rock n’ roll defined a generation. A musical movement that paved the way for popular culture‚ for the free love generation
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