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    Rock and Roll on drugs

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    Rock and Roll on Drugs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Excelsior College Author Note This paper is being prepared for The History of Rock And Roll‚ MUS210‚ taught by Dr. Brack May. Abstract Throughout all of history people have been using and experimenting with drugs especially artists and musicians. Numerious musician have reluctantly admitted to or actually proclaimed their use of drugs. The general conscious of these “artists” is that their drug use has unlocked a higher level of creativity. As trendsetters

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    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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    The History of African-American Music through the Centuries African-American music has influenced modern artists and songs quite heavily‚ but the music itself has developed immensely over the years. Every century has seen innovative genres come to life‚ and you’ll see that African American musicians have contributed tremendously in this. 19th century With the prevalence of slavery and the Second Great Awakening of the 1830s‚ African Americans created spirituals and work songs to ease their pains

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    Hotel 13; RocknRoll highschool =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=   Inhoudsopgave Titelbeschrijving 3 Gebeurtenissen 3 Hoofdpersonages: 4 Tijd en Ruimte 5 Hoe is het boek geschreven 5 Mening 5 Verwerkingsopdrachten 6 * 5 vragen 6 ** Auteur van het boek 6 Titelbeschrijving De titel zegt: Hotel 13 RocknRoll Highschool. Het boek heet zo omdat er in het verhaal een toneelstuk wordt opgevoerd. Dat toneelstuk heet RocknRoll Highschool. Gebeurtenissen

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    In the beginning of RocknRoll 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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    I.Invasion of American Popular Music After World War I‚ American popular music -- blues‚ jazz‚ and Tin Pan Alley songs -- swept Britain‚ much as British music invaded the United States in the 1960s. American songs such as "Chicago" and "Manhattan" were consistently among the most popular tunes in Britain in the 1920s. As a result of the invasion of American popular music‚ Britain was influenced by such culture. The Beatles and other British rock groups helped create in the 1960s a milieu that

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    Popular Kinds of Music

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    Popular Kinds of Music The word “Mucis” derives from Greek “mousike” which means art of the Muses. Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. To many people in many cultures‚music is an important part of their way of life. With 20th-century‚rock music‚electronic music and R&B music are become popular for teenagers. Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in 1950s

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    Rock Music Notes

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    Week 5 Notes 1) The rock n roll party was: D: Alan Freed’s radio show in NY 2) All of the following affected the first wave of rock n roll except: B: The press discovered that Pat Boone married his 13 year old second cousin (That was Jerry Lee Lewis) 3) What was the focus of the congressional hearings regarding the payola scandal? C: The gifts received by disc jockeys to play rock n roll songs on their radio programs 4) The group most responsible for the British Invasion was: D: The Beatles

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    music through decades

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    instrument. Nowadays music has become a part of our everyday life which may affects as even before we are born. Music has a different meaning for each one of us. For some it is a way of expressing themselves and for others is a way of living. According to Plato “Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe‚ wings to the mind‚ flight to the imagination‚ and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” which shows that its importance is extensive. The first historical samples of music use as an art

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    The Beatles Influence on Rock-and-Roll Katelyn Geluso MUH 405OL Prof. Gleason November 21‚ 2010 Abstract: The Beatles are one of the most innovative rock bands of all time. They have not only changed the way rock and roll is looked at‚ but also the way that the music is recorded. They have influenced the artists of the 60s and the 70s‚ and also many generations later and to come. Originating from Liverpool‚ England‚ the Beatles‚ or the Fab Four‚ consists of Paul McCartney‚ John Lennon

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