... music was in a lull. Elvis Presley was a much tamer performer after being enlisted the Army. Lennon was quoted as saying, "Elvis died as soon as he joined the Army". Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis were struggling with legal problems, and Richie Valens, Buddy Holly, and The Big Bopper had died in a plane crash. The stage was now set for the ... crowd, and immediately became stars in America. Their first albums were half original material, half covers. The Covers included many of the groups that John revered as a boy, like Chuck Berry, The Miracles, The Cookies, and The Shirelles. Howeve...

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... 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 and what they ... ...

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... 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 a black ... a new audience. His music also began the era in which many parents of young teens pleaded to their children that the music he played was trash and not artistic. Following Berry was the king of rock and roll himself, Elvis Presley. Though ...

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... love with the style. His two favorite styles of music became the blues and rock and roll which highly influenced his own style of play. His favorite artists were Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Bo Diddley and Eddie Cochran (Piccoli 11-13). Bob Weir was a few years younger than Garcia when they first met. Garcia saw instant talent in his younger counterpart ... . Bob started playing the guitar at 14 and he particularly enjoyed music with vocal harmony. He listened to the Everly Brothers, Joan Baez, and also enjoyed the raunchiness of Chuck Berry (Piccoli 22). While trying to form the Warlocks, ...

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... a means of celebration. It is used, and has been used in virtually every culture since the dawn of time. No matter what the occasion, whether it's a Sunday mass, birthday party, a wedding, a festival, a graduation, as well as a funeral. The previously stated all illustrate the importance of music in our society and culture. Just try celebrating a birthday with out singing "Happy Birthday", or ... the song "Here Comes the Bride" it just wouldn't be the same. Music can literally make or break a special occasion. Just imagine no music at a wedding! People would be sitting around not really...

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... 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 nearly ... ...

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... an Sam Cooke being played on his transistor radio. Wonder was discovered in 1961 by Ronnie White of the Miracles, who also arranged an audition for him in Motown Record. Berry Gory immediately signed Wonder to the label, that led to the birth of "Little Stevie Wonder." Though, the "Little" was dropped in 1964. Wonder was placed in the care of ... ...

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... and combine them to create a style completely his own. "He was a creator in a world of imitators- said one fan. That is why Jerry Lee Lewis will be remembered with Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley, as one of the true fathers of Rock & Roll....

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... 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, Living ... ...

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... 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, Living ... ...

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... 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 of ... ...

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... older siblings as the Jackson 5 in 1963 and began playing local clubs. From the get-go it was obvious Michael was the star. When Gladys Knight recommended the Jacksons to Berry Gordy and they became Motown's newest hit-making machine in the early '70s, it was Michael's precocious wail that electrified the No. 1's "I Want You Back," "ABC," and "I'll Be There ... ...

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... 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 of ... ...

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... 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. Pop ... ...

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... 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 just ... ...

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... genuine love songs, "Leader of the Pack" by the Shangri-Las. Others were simply songs that made no sense what so ever, "Who Put the Bomp" by Gerry Goffin and Berry Mann in 1961. Those songs also reflected the 60's and 70's generation. They reflected the creativity and love that ran free throughout the era. They represent the beginning of a paradigm ... ...

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... , and India Aire. Other styles of music influenced by blacks are: a symphonic work composed by William Grant Still entitled "Afro-American Symphony." Rock-n-roll music (from its beginnings with Chuck Berry, to today's Michael Jackson), Hip-Hop music (with Sean P. Diddy Combs and Mary J. Blige topping the list, and the highly controversial style of Rap. But please keep in mind that ... ...

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... 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 accepted ... ...

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... many countries before the historic dawn. It has been there behind every major decision in history as an emotional gateway for stressful situations and was used for the celebration of a wedding or as a wakeup call, or Revile, amongst troops. Music has flooded through the veins of our country and many other countries too. It is buried so deep within us that ... ...

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... he also has the ability to make characters come to life with his music"(International Dictionary of Ballet). For example, in the third act of The Sleeping Beauty during the wedding celebration, each fairy has their own variation, Tchaikovsky is able to depict the different qualities of each of the different fairies so well in the music that they become almost ... ...

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... as the black spiritualGoin Home? and Dvorak himself acclaims the inspiration of his middle movements to the Song of the Hiawatha. The scherzo was claimed to be inspired by Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. Several other themes besides Dvorak's own resonate throughout the piece as well. There is reference to Beethoven's ninth symphony at the beginning of the third movement for example plus ... ...

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... as the black spiritualGoin Home? and Dvorak himself acclaims the inspiration of his middle movements to the Song of the Hiawatha. The scherzo was claimed to be inspired by Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. Several other themes besides Dvorak's own resonate throughout the piece as well. There is reference to Beethoven's ninth symphony at the beginning of the third movement for example plus ... ...

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... Italy, "the cultural crossroads of the Mediterranean"(Stone 1). Folk music was the raw, and natural music of Italy. It captured "work chants of fishermen and peasants, love songs, courting and wedding tunes, tarantellas (dances of possession), religious and pastoral songs, and lullabies"(3). Italian folk instruments include the accordion, zampogna, which is similar to a bagpipe, flutes, acoustic guitars, violins and fiddles. In ... ...

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... Europe, to the upper classes. The common people only heard polyphonic music if they worshipped in a cathedral or monastic church. Otherwise, they would hear it only if there was some wedding procession. For an event like this the king's musicians would perform a piece specially composed for the occasion. They would make, as one medieval writer called it, "Heavenly noise on both ... ...

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... the tune and the size that you required. Chinese music is known to be very noisy and loud and is usually perform during some celebration such as Chinese New Year, wedding, and some important events. The "dragon dance" can be considered as the representative for our society because whenever there is a happy event, you can find it being performed. It is ... ...

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