... . " 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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... 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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... , 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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... 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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... 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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... , 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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... 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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... but to grow up, work hard at the lowest jobs all his life, and hope somehow, somewhere manage to stay healthy and get a little out of life."(P.1 Collier) He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 4, 1901 to Mayanne and William Armstrong. Louie was raised by his grandmother Josephine Armstrong as an infant because his father abandoned him and his ... with Luis, and became a father figure, whose discipline Louis was willing to except. "Until this time, he had more or less acquiesced to the life into which he had been born, a world of pimps, thieves, hookers, and gamblers, of random ...

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... . Among them "Gugliemo Tell" ("William Tell") Overture, The Lone Ranger Theme, and the Opera "ll' Barbiere di Siviglia" ("The Barber of Seville"). Rossini was born in Pesaro, Italy in 1792, into a family of musicians. His father was a trumpet player and his mother a singer. When Rossini was 6 his father was ... a wealthy man in Passy, France in 1868. The next piece was "Concerto in B-flat Major, op.4 no.6." by G.F. Handel. George Friederich Handel was born in Halle, Prussia (Germany) in 1685. In 1703 he intended to study law, but at the age of eight, he was appointed as a violinist-compo...

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... . It is hard to place an exact date and assign a specific person the honor of being the first conductor. However, an Italian-born, French-educated Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) is generally designated as being the first important conductor in the history of music. He was ... orchestra is conducted. The conductor is a communicator of musical ideas, with the responsibility of serving the music. In all, a conductor must be a born leader who understands the responsibilities of leadership and is never deluded with a sense of absolute power. Black conductors have a very short history compared...

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... remained the same. They used music for economic gain in nightclubs, corner halls, publishing, and recording. One of the greatest African American female blues singers was Bessie Smith. She was born on April 15, 1894 or 1898. The exact date is unknown. Her father William was a preacher, who died when Bessie was very young. This left her mother to raise seven ... a main source of family entertainment, and the creation of jazz music. New Orleans, Louisiana became the first great jazz center. One of the greatest female, African American jazz singers was born in New Orleans, a few years befo...

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... , and I do not think I will ever know everything when it comes to music, but I will try to offer my interpretation of this thing called Jazz. Jazz is an art form born in the United States of America. Jazz is the heartbeat for a nation in transition; Jazz is the fuel that keeps society going. According to author Leonard Feather " Jazz was the ... in which a group of people, the American Negroes, largely shut off from the white world, developed cultural patterns of their own" (Feather, 8). This statement reinforces the fact that jazz was born out of the racism that was prevalent in the Uni...

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... remained the same. They used music for economic gain in nightclubs, corner halls, publishing, and recording. One of the greatest African American female blues singers was Bessie Smith. She was born on April 15, 1894 or 1898. The exact date is unknown. Her father William was a preacher, who died when Bessie was very young. This left her mother to raise seven ... a main source of family entertainment, and the creation of jazz music. New Orleans, Louisiana became the first great jazz center. One of the greatest female, African American jazz singers was born in New Orleans, a few years befo...

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Jean Baptize Lully was a French composer, Instrumentalist and a dancer who worked for the most part of his life in Louis XIV's court in France. He was born in Italy in 1632 to a millers' family. He was known as the expert of French Baroque style. It was in 1661 when he became a subject to the France government and ... he disavowed any influence of Italian music in the French music of that era. In Italy, he was born in Florence, and the base of his musical training and general education are not yet certain. He said that he got his early music lessons from some Franciscan friar who ... ...

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... enrichment in Hua Chiew Hospital were trained to regularly practice music related activities throughout their pregnancies (Wilkins 1). They were exposed to specific types of music and after the babies were born, 87.5 percent of the infants recognized the music, and of course, their mothers' voices. Not only does this highlight the importance of prenatal exposure, but it also shows how even ... to first be able to feel rhythm in their bodies before ever successfully interpreting it in their minds" (Levinowitz 2). This happens naturally in the womb and after a baby is born and is rocked b...

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... , continued to compose through his bad hearing.1 Ludwig van Beethoven lived through tremendous hardship, and at his peak, composed some of the greatest music ever created. Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December 16th, 1770 in Bonn, Germany and lived a life of musical brilliance until his death on March 26th, 1827.2 Beethoven has composed music that has been performed on stages ... , some would say that Beethoven's presence was so consuming because of his personality. Beethoven was widely known to be a furious, and frustrated person. He even described himself as, "Though born with a fier...

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... that they were able to think systematically about how things that affected them personally. These hardships the two composers faced were really social issues that were widely shared by others born in a similar time and social location to them (Mills 6). This ability to connect personal experiences with broader issues is what allowed Marley to create a sub-culture and improve internal peace ... that people viewed as friendly, warm, and compassionate. All the sociological units I discussed are extremely time and space oriented, which leads me to conclude that, if both men had been born in...

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... has retained every bit of its popularity, but is arguably one of the best known symphonies of all time (3 Peter). Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer born in 1840 and died in 1893 (5 Wiki). He was born into a well off family and he had a brother, Modest, whom he was very close with throughout his life. He was a smart child having had learned ... ...

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