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    True King of Rock NRoll A few years after World War 2‚ the music genre Rock NRoll was created. It originated from Rhythm and Blues and Country. In the early 1950’s there was three musicians that joined the world of Rock NRoll. Their names were Little Richard‚ Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley. They each had their own style of Rock NRoll. But some individuals couldn’t decide who the true king of Rock NRoll was. In my opinion‚ Elvis Presley was the true king of Rock NRoll because‚ of his

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    Beatles: Impact On Rock NRoll               Perhaps music can be considered to be one of the most universal things in the world. Notably‚ music since the 1960s have been greatly shaped by one of the most monumental music figures in the history of the world‚ The Beatles. Before the Beatles became a prominent figure in music‚ the most popular genres of music were all forms of jazz. The Beatles alone were the main influence in bringing rock nroll in the music spotlight and still continue to do

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    The social and political context of the 1950’s is crucial to any understanding of the birth of rock n roll. "Rock was formed out of the social‚ economic and political context of post-war America". The social context was on the bases of the post war baby boom‚ which counted for the birth of 77 million babies between the years 1946-1964. By the year 1964 forty percent of America’s population was under twenty years of age. For the first time both middle and working class youths were acquiring an

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    A Reflection of Rock NRoll‚ 1955-75 Rock NRoll‚ 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 nroll defined a generation. A musical movement that paved the way for popular culture‚ for the free love generation

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    The outbreak of Rock and Roll in the 1950s and 1960s sent most traditional Americans into a state of cultural shock. Discussions of Rock and Roll loomed over family conversations as they tried to distinguish whether or not its extreme popularity attributed to transformed family values. The rise of the Freedom Movement erupted many different dynamics‚ however‚ the only thing that remained unchanged was the segregated American society. The paradoxical nature of the 1950s and early 60’s was evident

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    Music has been with us for thousands of years. From the dinosaur age‚ to the the 1500 aristocracy age‚ to modern day music‚ it has lived with us for a very long time. If people were asked what their favorite music was‚ some might say pop‚ or jazz‚ or even classic. Now if they were to be asked in the 1950s‚ half of them would say rock n roll. In fact‚ to this day people still like to jam out on rock n roll. Rock n Roll was viewed in many point back then‚ and possibly a lot more. Some thought of it

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    How did rock and roll music change popular culture in the post-war years? Since its rise to popularity in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950srock and roll music has played an enormous role in influencing several different genres of music in this modern day and age. The makings of a new‚ fresh‚ and exciting kind of music came to be as a result of the strong combination of two very important things: technology and popular culture. With the unorthodox juxtaposition of different

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    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 country’s

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    Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rocknroll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s‚[1][2] primarily from a combination of African American blues‚ country‚ jazz‚[3] and gospel music.[4] Though elements of rock and roll can be heard in country records of the 1930s‚[3] and in blues records from the 1920s‚[5] rock and roll did not acquire its name until the 1950s.[6][7] The term "rock and roll" now has at least

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    RockNRoll Negotiator Part II MGT/557 March 31‚ 2014 Abstract The objective of this report is for Learning Team C to split in groups to legally represent the companies and the record label for discussions. The companies which will be there are Agent-Town‚ Agent Ville‚ and Agentopoly. Learning Team C will explain the pre-negotiation‚formal-negotiation‚ and the contract phase for the multiparty discussion. The goal of the team is to offer methods on both sides

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