... that people lesion to it today. I will be showing what caused the teenagers and artist to turn music. What do you think caused teenagers and artist to turn to drugs? Chuck berry was a singer, composer, and a guitarist. He was known as one of the first most important performers of rock and roll music. His real name was Charles Edward Anderson Berry ... . He was born on October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri. When chuck first started to be interested with the guitar was during his teenage years. Berry first hit single was "Maybellence", which was also the first to have three number ones i...

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... he was booked to play at Wrigley Field in order to meet the demand for live appearances. He later appeared in the movie, "Don't Knock the Rock," which also starred Chuck Berry and Bill Haley. As usual Richard stole the show with his unique style and sheer energy. "Little Richard is a great originator. He was right there at the start, a thrilling ... performer." "You can't keep still when you hear the great Little Richard. He's the wildest act in rock "n roll- These 2 quotes by Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly say it all. Little Richard was the first true rock star and was the inspiration for...

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... their struggles, revolt, and acceptance in the U.S; surprising because of the stereotype that rap is a "black" genre. Speaking of which, both genres were created in the United States. Chuck Berry, said to be the pioneer of rock, made music not for one race, but for everyone to listen to; with both white and African-American audiences. Rap, similarly, had ... ...

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... totally devoted to Rock and Roll. American bandstand. Hosted by Dick Clark, he helped many artists gain fame, talented or not. American Bandstand helped provide exposure to such artists as Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, and Chubby Checkers. In 1958 twenty million fans were watching American Bandstand, and by the end of the year it was being carried on ... ...

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... was also a largely pivotal figure in the continuance of American black music. He intently reformed the music of his forefathers and elders of Rob Johnson, Muddy Waters, Charlie Christian, and Chuck Berry, into electrifying future soul and balladry. Hendrix's music also influenced a successive generation and laid the foundation for black funksters such as James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Miles Davis ... ...

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... was also a largely pivotal figure in the continuance of American black music. He intently reformed the music of his forefathers and elders of Rob Johnson, Muddy Waters, Charlie Christian, and Chuck Berry, into electrifying future soul and balladry. Hendrix's music also influenced a successive generation and laid the foundation for black funksters such as James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Miles Davis ... ...

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... Disco in the 70's, to Punk and Glamour in the 80's, no American institution has ever undergone such radical transformation in such a short time. Women's suffrage was not until 1920. Chuck Berry started it; Elvis Presley put a face on it. In the 1950's, Rock n' Roll was born. It emerged from rhythm and blues, a kind of music similar to jazz. This kind ... ...

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... Sullivan Show. The british Invasion was influenced by American recordings of British Pop Music. This period confirmed rock music internantionally .The baetles combined the guitar based rock and roll of Chuck berry and buddy holly with the artistry of the tin pan alley style.(Encarta) The animals were another major band ,they blended blues and r&b music. The rolling Stones blended aspects ... ...

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... and who the mythical musicians of the rock music were? Let's flashback to 50's when rock music started to be showed off. Rock and roll had been first played by Chuck Berry in 1955. Berry was a black man. Even though a resistance against black musicians by the white people, the music industry soon understood that there was a huge place for black musicians ... ...

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... its racial controversy. When Rock and Roll was the biggest trend not everyone could enjoy it due to the racial problems. Since rock was invented by an African American named Chuck Berry, white people at that time disheartened the music and it could never really spread throughout the world. At the beginning rock would be played in very few radio stations ... ...

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... a kid looking up to me, life ain't nothin' but bitches and money" appalled many listeners with its profoundness and explicitness. In response to the controversy risen by Rap, KRS frontman Chuck D once memorably described rap music as "black people's CNN" - the only medium in which black voices could tell the truth in a white-dominated country". As Rap's controversial subjects and lyrics ... ...

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... , just as rock has flourished with its change, so has its listening counterpart in society. The first sounds of rock and roll were heard in the 1950's when a man named Chuck Berry gave rock and roll its style and persona. This prototype sound had been evolved from previous era's folk music. His impact on society was rather interesting since he was ... ...

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... . (When I say "Elvis" I refer not only to the singer/songwriter but I"m also trying to find a general term for all the names that contributed to the birth of Rock and Roll -> Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc ). All of a sudden, people (especially young people) started buying records and then they started going to concerts; this making them wanting desperately to get their ... ...

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... 20th century, with millions of families experiencing for the first time opportunities for home ownership and higher education. In retrospect the progress of the Fifties created a very amazing popular culture. Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in an experimental rocket plane. From that point forward everyone living in the Fifties yearned to go faster. They had big powerful high octane engines ... ...

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... challenge the social norms and to have their own voice and opinions. Rock music began to get stronger and stronger through the years due to artists such as Jerry Lewis, Chuck Berry, and Elvis Presley. Rock and roll was at its apex however in the late 50's early 60's when The Beatles came to America. The Beatles revolutionized rock and roll ... ...

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... was blacks' music at the time. This could have been a main reason for why it was first a shocking type of music to parents and conservatisms. Stars like Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry in the 50's used the blues and incorporated a faster beat and aggression which changed it from blues to the art known as rock (Wick 43). Teenagers across America first ... ...

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... is a good example of a song interpreter. You can feel what he is feeling in his music. In some parts of the song he is actually talking instead of singing. The horn sections have a call and responce going on between them. Every instrument has a active texture to it. All instruments in the band are playing. It begins with a big introduction that stops ... ...

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... someone thrown dynamite onto the stage during his performance, then after the show he tells everyone that he didn't pay attention to it, all he want is to blown the horn. In the early 60's his illness holds him a little, but he continue what he always done with his own style. Even in 1963 Armstrong scored a huge international hit with his ... ...

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