... is based on the same harmonies as Western music, especially the tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords. The series of chords known as the 12-bar blues is based on these three chords and has figured prominently in certain styles, especially Rock & Roll, Soul Music, and Southern Rock. Other common harmonic ... The Beatles were the band behind changing the name of Rock & Roll to just Rock. British bands, lead by The Beatles initiated a return to the blues orientation of Rock & Roll, although in an ever louder and more electric version. During the 1960's many other styles of music arose fr...

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... During the 1950's, the relationship between whites and blacks was weak, but the music was going strong. There was diversity in music with performers singing blues, country, and classical music, although the greater portions of the performers were black. Since racial barriers already existed, this created a problem for the ... . The lyrics also changed from black slang to language that was more acceptable to white audiences. During this time of the mixture of blues and country, black musicians such as Little Richard and Fats Domino began to capture white audiences with their own new recor...

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... In its purest form, Rock & Roll has three chords, a strong, insistent back beat, and a catchy melody. Early rock & roll drew from a variety of sources, primarily blues, R&B, and country, but also gospel, traditional pop, jazz, and folk. Soft rock emerged in the early '70s, partially as a reaction to the extreme sounds of the late ' ... Stones and The Kinks to the sweet pop of Gerry and the Pacemakers and Herman's Hermits - each group was heavily influenced by American rock & roll, blues, and R&B. The term space rock was originally coined back in the '70s to describe the cosmic flights of...

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... the cold war conflicts ended. Rock and roll began in the United States; the music was influenced by other cultures and musical traditions like gospel music, blues, country- and western, and folk music. The term rock music was known to the music style after the 1959. R&B was mostly influenced by African ... of music that they hear. I think that people would be interested in finding out what made the people like rock and roll, jazz, and the blues. In the 1950s, World War Two in people started have babies the population was growing. Americans started buying car; the people income went from ...

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... was the lead singer of the band the Belmonts. He was one of the the few rockers in his generation to evidence serious artistic growth (Unterberger). He moved into Country Blues, and Dylan material with sensitivity ,but drug problems slowed his progress until the late 60s. He made a comeback as a folk-rock singer with his song Abraham ,martin and John. Dion ... 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 Chicago blues to there int...

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... America. The first sign of Rock'n' Roll had to be in the early fifties where it was proposed as an art form (Wicke 1). Rock music was derived from rhythm and blues, which primarily 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 accepted Presley as one of them' and quickly made the mus...

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... cultures. Through years of development we now have a very defined sound that is now known as "Rock and Roll." Some roots and influences of the music are such genres as blues, rhythm, bluegrass, "boogie-woogie', gospel, jazz, and rockabilly. As well all know, the music came from the people of the time as well. Let's start with the early fifties. This ... fifties. it gave them a reason to dance and go crazy. It led the way to new clothes and hairstyles among the young ones. Rockabilly. The mixture of such sounds as blues and country. A very good example of rock and roll in it's early stag...

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... years and how the change in Rock and Roll reflected on the society in those years. Rock n" Roll was originated in the United States in the 1950's when rhythm and blues was combined with country music and some elements of jazz. The lyrics were simple and catchy, themed around love, loss of love and teenage rebellion. African-American singers were the ... Starr on drums. Following the Beatles, the Rolling Stones were the second most significant British band that became popular in the United States. These British bands instigated a return to the blues orientation of Rock 'n' Roll, although...

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... you please, the pop culture is the same. Pop in Latin countries has a quite different definition. Pop is considered a combination of rock and rap in a more pleasant-sounding style. Unlike blues that gives people a sad atmosphere or rock that gives an angry mood, People in the Americas view pop as a joyful and positive style of music. Hispanic pop singers include Ricky ... had a trend going on for a long time is rock. Rock and Roll covered from 1954 to about 1964. Rock and Roll is a type of dance music that blends rhythms of blues, folk and country. The only reason why Rock and Roll only...

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... in "62 ("Oxford Town") and the Cuban missile crisis ("Hard Rain A-Gonna Fall"). Dylan's second album, The Freewheelin" Bob Dylan, was supposed to include the song "Talkin" John Birch Society Blues", but Columbia Records would not include the cut, fearing an adverse reaction from the right-wing group (McWilliams 106). When the CBS television network would not permit Dylan to sing ... ...

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... rock and roll. Most of his early medium and up-tempo songs like "Good Rocking Tonight", "Heartbreak Hotel" and "All Shook Up" use either the shuffle beat of rhythm and blues, or a souped-up two-beat rhythm which could be reflected from songs like "That's All Right" and "Mystery Train". But these songs were still different from those Tin Pan Alley ... ...

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... , in-your-face rock from the Summer of Love died away to be replaced by mellower, softer rock, although the Vietnam conflict was still rising. Artists like the Eagles, Moody Blues, Chicago, and Joni Mitchell echoed the call to "Take it Easy,"" the solution to the rising political tides submerging America (Hirshey: 80). It was thought to be a good theory to ... ...

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... , Jim Morrison, Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie). Æ'x Bob Dylan refuses to perform on the Ed Sullivan Show in February after producers tell him he cannot sing "Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues." 1965 Æ'x In June, radio stations across the country banned the Rolling Stones hit "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" because they believe the lyrics are too sexually suggestive. 1957 Æ'x Producers of the ... ...

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... (Kulawiec). The last verse is the sad conclusion of the epic. The speed of the music slows down and again it is about people dying. The "Woman who sang the blues," was Janis Joplin and when McLean asks her for some happy news and she just smiled and turned away, that meant that she was, in his mind, one of the ... ...

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... a group and the greatest thing that ever happened to Rock and Roll had died (Beatles Worldsite). The Beatles played a key role in the evolution of rock music from its more blues/R&B roots into what it is today. The Beatles were an important group in the history of rock music for the following reasons: they were the first rock group to be ... ...

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