... America was greatly influenced by her European contemporaries, namely England and Germany. European composers came here bringing their technical skills, traditions, and ideas. American-born composers generally went to Europe to perfect their craft. Eventually, American-born composers realized they were facing a dilemma: much of the music and art they were producing from the English past was alien to Americans of non ... of the incarcerated blacks the same way as "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos." It restated Malcolm X's assertion that to be black in America was a prison in itself. Rapp...

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... today. I will first summarize The Beatles early years, to give a foundation for their later music. John Lennon, who is considered the founding1 member, was born in Liverpool England on October 9, 1940. As a child he was a trouble-maker and poor at school. However what he lacked in mathematical skill, ... 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. ...

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... kid's manic appreciation for this new genre. Parents didn't know how to react when their children adopted new clothing styles and slang and hung posters of Chuck Berry on their walls. This new crop of performers, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, etc., acted very different on stage than the "artist's- many of the adults had grown up listening ... , though. Many white performers, such as Buddy Holley, Bill Haley, and Jerry Lee Lewis, played as vital of roles in the development of rock music as the black performers like Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and Little Richar...

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... . " I have had to remember that rule several times during my career," states Peggy Lee. Janis Joplin, another well known female artist, was born January 19, 1943 and died October 4, 1970. During that time, she led a triumphant and tumultuous life blessed by an innate talent to convey ... powerful emotion through heart stomping rock-and-roll singing (Joplin 2). Janis Joplin was born in Port Arthur, Texas, where she followed artistic interests drawn by her parents Seth and Dorothy Joplin. Janis began singing in a coffee house. ... sixties female musician is Joni Mitchell. Joni Mitchell is...

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... grew up as deprived insignificant child but would eventually be remembered as an ingenious musician who left his mark on the world. He was born in Seattle on November 27, 1942 and at age sixteen Hendrix bought his first guitar for five dollars. It was a secondhand acoustic ... fame. A frenzy of auditions in London brought in bassist Noel Redding and drummer John "Mitch" Mitchell and the Jimi Hendrix Experience was born. The excitement Hendrix created upon his arrival on the London pop scene was unequaled. This young American black man who played aggressive rock ... rate of change in th...

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... grew up as deprived insignificant child but would eventually be remembered as an ingenious musician who left his mark on the world. He was born in Seattle on November 27, 1942 and at age sixteen Hendrix bought his first guitar for five dollars. It was a secondhand acoustic ... fame. A frenzy of auditions in London brought in bassist Noel Redding and drummer John "Mitch" Mitchell and the Jimi Hendrix Experience was born. The excitement Hendrix created upon his arrival on the London pop scene was unequaled. This young American black man who played aggressive rock ... rate of change in th...

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... 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 music attracted teenagers. Disk jockey Alan Freed ... was probably the last gasp of Rock n' Roll. But Punk appeal was so anti everything it put itself out when it became popular culture. In the late 80's, MTV was born and corporations seized full control of Rock n' Ro...

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... in 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 ... skills. 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, Je...

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... are you doing?" and we said, "We don't know." "Well back up," he said "try to find a place to start and do it again."" That night in Memphis, rockabilly was born, in Sun Records. Now this was July 5, 1954. Some of the other "Sun Artists" as some called them were: Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, Johnny Cash, and Roy ... 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 195...

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... and shock audiences. Nobody ever saw behavior like his in the 50's. He was the first to perform on stage and then set his piano on fire."" Jerry Lee was born on September 29th, 1935 at Turtle Lake on The Calhoun Plantation. He grew up on his parent's farm in the small town Ferriday, Louisiana. Jerry Lee is the second son ... time 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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... , 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 ... . They were basically added to provide the artist with more than one way to produce a distinct sound. However, Bruce Springsteen still provided society with genuine power rock music. His song, Born in the U.S.A., brought about a wave of patr...

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... successfully sued in court, and won damages for songs they have written that were unfairly made into Rock and Roll songs without their knowledge or permission. Two such cases are Chuck Berry's, "Sweet Little Sixteen", and Howlin' Wolf's, "Killing Floor"." (Lee) Music was a very important to the slaves to keep them going and "music continues to play an important role in ... and segregation, some how a beautiful sound of entertainment evolved. With the help of the African culturally influenced beats form drums, rhythms, and themes of songs a great and powerful style was born which was ado...

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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 ... and almost infinite much stronger. In 1985 one of the biggest stadium concerts was held in England to help raise founds for this very important AIDS foundation. "Live AID" was born. It hosted some of the biggest na...

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... of All Time." When looking at Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Artists," their top ten, in ascending order, includes: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Little Richard, Aretha Franklin, and Ray Charles. Sadly, Aretha Franklin is the only female artist who made the top ten, which conveys the idea that ... ...

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... a whole new clientele. Wheatley's six-month-old Last Vestige site, for example, draws about 10 email requests a day, nearly half from outside the U.S., including Japan, Canada and Europe. Ditto for Chuck Haley, the mind behind the Flower Stop site. While the Colorado Springs florist concedes his online effort can't compete with big advertising-rich floral sites, he is still bully on ... ...

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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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... , both Black and White. Nearly three-quarters of rap music is sold not to Black, but White teens. What values, if any, are the worlds teenagers deriving from this music? Jeremy Leland stated in 1993, "the real problems are outside the music, not within." This statement can be backed up by looking outside America, to Mongolia, where "MTV is available on ... ...

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... Child, 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 ... ...

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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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... I was very theatrical and they said, 'You're Gaga'.(Gaga) Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta or 'Lady Gaga' as she would eventually be known was born on March 28, 1986 in Manhattan and raised in New York. At 19, she dropped out of New York University to pursue a career in music. ... Bad Romance", "Telephone" etc. It is very important to realize why Lady Gaga is not only popular but also very relevant today. She was born in a very affluent family and led a very financially comfortable life, but she had to deal with a bullying, depression and insecurity for a very long time ... from t...

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... the modern orchestra" as Felix Weingartner called him. Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is probably the most cherished classical music figure. This child prodigy was born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. The son of an esteemed composer and violinist, Mozart literally began his music career at the astonishing age of ... was the supreme architect of music; His genius found expression in the structural type of the sonata and the symphony. Joseph Haydn Joseph Haydn born in 1732 in the village in lower Austria of Rohrau was a son of a wheelwright. He was nicknamed the father of classical style, ...

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Frederic Chopin was a musician born in 1810 in Poland. When he was young he showed an aptitude for music. He moved to France to make a living composing and playing. ... great composer because of his family's support and musical background, his compositions, and his love for music. Frederic Chopin was born into a loving, supportive family. On either "March first- or "February twenty-second,"" 1810 Frederic Chopin was born to parents, Nicolas and Justyna.2,3 Nicolas was a teacher and was commissioned to tutor Count Skarbek's children. It was at ... the Count's estate in Zelazova Vola Poland w...

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