... is customary to introduce Christian songs in non-religious occasions. The singer, guitarist and composer Sister Rosetta-Tharpe was the first major star of gospel music during the emergence of pop music in the 30's and remained famous during the 40's. She had a following with hundreds of fans (Harvey 2007: 5-9). Socio Cultural Aspects of the Gospel and its Beginnings The female gospel ... extraordinary Christian revival. Passionate sermons were preached in big meetings and Christian services, which were held in the cities of North America. Together with performances organized in black gh...

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... in the lives of Americans and the world. Music began to protest things like war and political issues for example the environment. America was in an uproar and music played a key part. The nineties began the advance of Hip-Hop, Rap and Pop music. In a culture of fast pace "dog eat dog" type attitudes many new music styles came about. People became inspired to branch ... out and create their own kinds of music and dance. Dance clubs and electronic music began to make their way on to ... the scenen. A vast new kind of music called Rap/Hip-Hop made a huge impact ... ...

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... to some where they would rather be, but is it ever recognized where that beat and rhythm come from? Well it's not a very common answer. Music gets its origin from many different places one of which is Europe because that's where many of American's migrated from. But the fact is that because ... 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 to the world. "It was created in the days of slavery in America, when a black person w...

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... was ever allowed to be broadcast." Doctor Maerhofer explained that between the 60's and 70's a few bands started trying certain, more derogative lyrics in their music. Much of the public highly disapproved of this, but there was nothing recording companies could do. "What were they gonna do, spank them? They were ... has become much more liberal and permissive recently as a result of this. Kids don't think twice before singing these songs." Maerhofer explained that the music he hears on the radio now proves just how desperate some artists are for attention and money. "The marketing indus...

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... that rocks roots are in folk, jazz, and pop music. Musicians who first started rock and roll must have had something to base their music on which turned out to be primarily folk, jazz, and pop. They simple changed the pattern and style of that music and started forming rock. Assumption three states that ... little lasting impact on rock and roll, but occasionally will have real impact. Chapter eighteen is the final chapter and discusses Techno-funk/pop, Rap, MTV, Dance music, and the future. Techno-funk was the standard way of defining what was happening. The technology of the time create...

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... that it would not be around for much longer. They kept it alive and the music industry today owes much to the Beatles for making rock and roll the music of today and keeping it alive. The foursome came to America with a music that would be the ever-changing Pop music that we know today. Before the Beatles there was no critics or Rolling Stone ... magazine the Beatles started that aspect of the music industry that we know so well today. If it weren ... 't for the Beatles who knows what music would sound like. The Beatles changed the face ... ...

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... of commercial radio, also occurred during this period. The developments of more affordable and better-quality gramophone discs made recordings more popular than sheet music in sales, and the introduction of amplification and electric recording led to the development of crooning, the intimate vocal style perfected by singer such ... most memorable voice, its most indelible image, and its strongest commercial presence. His unique blending of white country and gospel music, black R&B and gospel, white pop music, his particular brand of charisma and talent, and the resulting success and con...

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... 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 ... Berry received many awards and honors for outstanding performance, and also his talent. He won a Grammy lifetime achievement in 1984. (Don Mc Leese, Pop music critic, Austin American-statesman) Elvis Presley was the first rock star that was internationally known throughout the world. Elvis influenced many America...

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... we checked, prison wasn't co-ed" (2011). But for me it's just a clever way of getting people to dance-anything goes when the music rolls. In contrast, I'd like to talk about a song called Legalize It by Peter Tosh. Peter Tosh was the lead guitarist in Bob Marley's Wailers ... feel. This perfectly suits the lyrics, which are a clear message to the legalization of marijuana, and the freedom and spiritualization of the Rastafarian race. Pop Matters notes that "Tosh believed deeply in his cause; it was part of his spiritual life as a devotee to Rastafari and he fought for ... a vital shout f...

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... his diverse musical influences and blurred and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture"(10, p2). He had a very interesting life that contributed to his magnificent career. The height of his career was throughout ... and Vernon Elvis Presley, both very poor people struggling to raise a family. Elvis was always surrounded by music throughout his childhood years. This music ranged from Church Gospel Groups to pop clubs in Mississippi. His wild and crazy personality contributed to his overall act. Elvis receive...

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... 16, 1958, in Bay City, MI Madonna's career began as another cute blonde singer making electronic dance music in the 80s. Then she began to wield her amazing talent--for business and marketing as well as music--and wound up, along with Michael Jackson, the biggest pop star since Elvis Presley. Her early hits were innocent throwaways ("Everybody," "Holiday"), promoted by titillating videos ... --Warren Beatty, and basketball players Charles Barkley and Dennis Rodman.) Her videos, at the time, were consistently more outrageous than her songs, which remained impeccably crafted and well-sung ...

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... music came into being very urbanized and electric, and gospel transformed into "doo-wop." Big bands branched off into smaller divisions and changed their sound quite a bit, some into be-bop and some into what is now known as R&B. Still at this time though, artists such as Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, and Perry Como were at the very top of the pop ... charts. Yet, all that white American complacency could not hold back the vitality of Black R&B music, so a whole new sound emerged - Rock and Roll. Rock and Roll was identified by ... contraction of the words "pay" and"Victrola" (LP record p...

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... n" Roll. At the start of this decade, rock groups became more production oriented, mainly because of the sudden explosion of videos. During the 1980s music videos became a popular form of promotion and entertainment. With bands like U2, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Guns n" Roses, and Metallica ... . Rock music no longer continued to be a way to rebel against authority and injustice. It became oriented more around violence and expression of anger. As different styles of music emerged on the market, Rock lost a portion of the audience to rap music, pop music, or hip hop music. R...

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... it was good old-fashioned gospel music. I heard some occasional country music, but mostly gospel. As I grew older I became exposed to many other kinds of music. First it was Contemporary Christian, and then other types like pop, r&b, soul, jazz, classical, hip hop, blues, and rock and roll. Out of all the music I have heard, only two ... to the earth by a low. Beethoven was not universally liked when he was alive. Some thought of him as something of a rebel. His music went against the normal. His music was for the most part hard, fast, and bright. It can really move you. He went for the ...

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... spent twenty three weeks on the top of the country charts, going all the way to number one, and topping out at number three on the pop charts. The fallow up single and probably his most well known single "Great Balls of Fire", also went to the number one spot, and subsequent ... , was not yet final. After the concerts both in Great Britain and in the United States were canceled, and the radio stations effectively boycotted his music. The 1958 single "High School Confidential" proved to he his last rock and roll hit. In the next few years Lewis still continued to record ... both did cra...

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... roll soon turned popular with teenagers who were trying to break out of the mainstream, conservative, American middle class mold. Noticing this trend African American's began to view rock n' roll music as a way to promote racial harmony and social mobility. Altschuler's provides many examples to describe the attempts that white elders made in order to reinforce white supremacy; for example, ... Board of Education of Topeka) African American's civil rights were beginning to not only get noticed but now they are finally getting enforced. Altschuler's focuses next on influence rock n' roll...

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... these. Elvis did t sound fully white, were fore many radio stations we cautious of playing his music due to the "black-white rigidities of a segregated society" (Pratt 376). He used different types of black music to make his own. He was "the only artist to have the same record at number one ... on the pop, country, and rhythm and blues charts" (Schmidt 339). Many black Southerners resented this and all the ... success that he gained by it because he was using music that had originated by black but was unable to be sold on ... tribute to him like B. B. King and James Brown. They believe...

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... these. Elvis did t sound fully white, were fore many radio stations we cautious of playing his music due to the "black-white rigidities of a segregated society" (Pratt 376). He used different types of black music to make his own. He was "the only artist to have the same record at number one ... on the pop, country, and rhythm and blues charts" (Schmidt 339). Many black Southerners resented this and all the ... success that he gained by it because he was using music that had originated by black but was unable to be sold on ... tribute to him like B. B. King and James Brown. They believe...

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... sentimental ballads, rock "n" roll was a liberating revolutionary escape into a kin fog purely physical music(2139). Rock "n" roll revolutionized the music industry. Because it was music in the oral tradition, one or two hearings were enough to learn it, sheet music sales plummeted as record sales soared. Tin Pan Alley was in trouble. To survive Tin Pan ... to new "age rock", an era of subtler, more profound, and more socially conscious "youth music." Among the influences on this new music were the Beatles, an English group strongly influenced by American rock "n" roll and revival of fol...

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... Toulouse-Lautrec was to Paris in the nineties, what freewheeling novelist Scott Fitzgerald was to America in the twenties- (Coffin 1). Fans went crazy for their music because the "group's harmonies were intricate and exhilarating- ("Beatles- 1). The career of The Beatles reflected the attitude of a changing nation. When the name ... 12). John, Paul, and George began in a group called The Quarry Men. The Quarry Men were famous for the music known as skiffle. Skiffle is a type of music played with wash boards and double bases and even though Elvis Presley was the king of rock-n-roll, John...

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... the country experienced. People were once again reminded of the American dream and what it meant to live in a free country. In consequence, pop icons such as Elvis Presley and McDonald's were getting ready to conquer America and the world as well. Raymond Kroc became one of the ... American teenager as a "clean cut, well mannered" boy or girl encouraged many to express their individualism. Many found this new form of expressionism through music. In a new, huge youth market called rock and roll, Elvis Presley would help many young men and women finally transform out of that traditional .....

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... on My Blue Suede Shoes". It entered the billboard charts in 1956 as number three. It was also the first country record to be on both the R&B chart and the Pop Chart (Larkin 4169). Carl Perkins was on his way to the Ed Sullivan and Perry Como television shows in New York when he was involved in a terrible accident that hospitalized ... was unable to promote his albums so the singles he released later on did not do as well as he had hoped they would. According to The Encyclopedia of Popular Music the highest he would get on the charts would be seventy with "Boppin" The Blues" and sixty-se...

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