Four young Englishmen added a word to the worlds vocabulary in the 1960s. A word that became synonymous with the 1960s‚ especially with the music of that time that word was of course the Beatles the Beatles became the most famous popular music group of the twentieth century and have held the loyalty of many fans into the present century The Beatles were popular in Liverpool England and in Hamburg Germany before they came to America on tour and became world famous Liverpool and Hamburg loved the four
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I can’t tell what values or concepts influenced the Beatles base on the book I read from the fans’-eye view‚ but anyway it doesn’t really matter in my case. The music and the composers‚ singers‚ musicians are the ones that influences the Beatles. But the question is « who influenced the band that itself influenced and still is influenting pretty much everybody in the music industry? » Well‚ thanks to my father and a certain web site (in my credits)‚ I have answers for you! First‚ it is important
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The writer of the letter is Bob Dylan. He is a folk rock singer-songwriter whose career began in the early 1960s with songs that spoke social issues like war and civil rights. He was born in 1941 in Minnesota‚ where he grew up‚ and attended the University of Minnesota. In 1960‚ he dropped out in order to pursue a singing career‚ and moved to New York. People loved him thanks to his poetic lyrics about everyday life that the ordinary “folks” could relate to. He was known for reinventing himself
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On February 7th‚ 1964‚ Great Britain was known for a lot of things: tea‚ spiffy tailoring‚ the Queen. “Exciting musical exports‚” however‚ was not high on the list. Everything changed 50 years ago today when four young British musicians landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and detonated a cultural explosion. I refer‚ of course‚ to the thrilling arrival in America of that one-of-a-kind band that we have all come to know and love‚ this great band that transformed American music
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In every great musical‚ there is a showtune that defines it. Where would Dorothy be without Somewhere Over the Rainbow? Similarly‚ for every decade of show there is an occurring theme. Showtunes can be recognized by decade through a multitude of things‚ including; vocal sound‚ instruments used‚ and tone. Many things in showtunes have changed throughout the course of time while some have stayed the same. Each decade does have very important aspects‚ and here is why; In the 1960’s‚ showtunes
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In the 1950’s‚ Rock and Roll took over the airwaves for a multitude of reasons. The youth of the generation was one of the largest groups of youth due to the Baby Boom after World War I‚ they were avid listeners to the radio‚ and could afford to purchase music due to the prosperity of the period. The sounds of Rock and Roll were a culmination of black rhythm and blues joined with white popular music‚ country and western‚ as well as‚ jazz (Dominick‚ 2013). One of the most famous singers of the
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The reason rock and roll is the way it is is because Elvis evolutionized this genre of music. Elvis Presley’s life‚ family‚ career‚ and why he is the best rock and roll singer is a very interesting story itself. Some may say that Elvis never really sang rock and roll and that he was more of a country singer. I’m not going to write this paper to try and prove anything‚ except that Elvis changed the world with his music and that is the reason he should be considered the best. Without Elvis rock
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The article explained some of the Beatles journey to success‚ and they weren’t immediately successful. Neither were most other British bands like the Rolling Stones. However‚ it didn’t take very long of them working hard for their songs to become hits in Britain and the US‚ with their songs being on the Top 40 Hits list multiple times. An obvious historical reason for this is because their music was new and exciting in a time of turmoil. Major events were going on like the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ the
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The first Hispanic rock star‚ Richard Steven Valenzuela aka Ritchie Valens was born May 13‚ 1941 near Los Angeles California. At an early age Valens developed a love for music; being able to play several instruments. While exposed to the rhythm and blues music though his father‚ Valens vowed to devoted most of his time to the guitar and would slowly strive to aspire his dreams of being an artist. By the age of 16 Valens joined his first band The Silhouette‚ an integrated group who played local high-school
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Born in England 1947‚ Brian May is the lead guitarist and singer for the late 1900s band Queen. He started to love music at a young age of 12 and played the piano and ukulele. His love for music started to burst when he got his first guitar on his seventeenth birthday. Shortly after‚ him and his father started to create a new one from scratch. The guitar was known as the Red Special‚ and Brian would use this guitar with a sixpence coin used as a pick. Him and his friends from college‚ Roger Taylor
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