... after-hours saloon brawl. This was her signal that she needed to move on with her life and get out of her Aunts house where she was abused. (1) She was ready to move out of adolescence and experience what life had to offer for her. The music that Mahalia and Fred listened to as ... John would often stop by randomly to visit Mahalia and he turned toward Mahalia as a role model. Living with his Aunt Carrie, John got kicked out of the house over a disagreement and moved in with Mahalia was said that her home was his home. An opportunity knocked on Mahalia's door when he was offered a ... h...

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... ". With the Civil War came the freedom of slaves in America. During this time a new style of singing and playing acoustic guitar become popular. Named Delta Blues, after the "Mississippi Delta" region where the majority of blacks in America lived on plantations, it was some of the first blues to ever be recorded. "Pioneers such as Charley Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, and Mississippi Fred McDowell helped ... to create a unique and powerful sound that is still popular today." (Lee) Widely recognized as the "Father of Rock and Roll", Blues music is one of America's great contributions...

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... mortgaged their farm, to buy Jerry Lee his first piano which was a Stark upright. Soon Jerry Lee discovered a new type of music; his own! "I'll tell ya, I started playing piano--I learned to play in two weeks." He started frequenting Haney's Big House with his cousin Jimmy Lee Swaggart. Haney's was a meeting place for blacks. They gathered there for parties. Jerry Lee's uncle ... , Lee Calhoun, owned the place so Jerry Lee and his cousin would hide behind the bar and watch the plantation workers dancing around to the blues. Haney's was the place that made Jerry Lee an outstanding perform...

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... songs entitled, "Don't Be Cruel," "Love Me Tender," and "All Shook UP." Between 1956 and 1958, Presley dominated the best-seller charts. One of his most renowned appearances was on the Ed Sullivan Show. He was paid $50,000.00 for three appearances.(4, p3) Also, Elvis got into the "movie ... Sergeant. After serving in the army for many years in Germany, Elvis returned to the United States in 1960. In April of that year, he starred in his first post-army movie, "GI Blues." In May, Frank Sinatra ran a show entitled, "Welcome Home Elvis." Even though he was gone for about two years, ... "Ch...

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