... 1920's that the worlds first synthesizer was born officially launching an era still very active today in all of our lives, yes, called electronic music. The first instrument was made by a Russian electronics genius named Leon Theremin and he called his synthesizer a "Theremin". The cool thing about ... George Clinton, Abba (and this is Amii Stewert Knock on wood) and so many more all contributed to the disco era which was the first public outrage of electronic music because they all used electronic instruments. A group of Germans got together in 1972 and formed the first purely ... ". I ...

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... love-like situations. Even though he hadn't experienced these, he sang them as if he did. This soul based group brought competition in the music industry. As an attempt to keep up with the pace MGM records released the Osmonds in 1970 considered rivals to the Jackson Five. MGM ... rock-flavoured guitar solo on this track. The video had a West Side Story genre. A single also included in the album was "Thriller" a mannered type of disco funk. Consequently a video followed. The video included a follow up of the making of 'Thriller" which solo the most home video copies to this date. The ac...

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... 1950-1970, popular culture started to influence people all around the world. People of all ages and cultures started to follow the trend. Television and music were the major attractions in the old popular culture. Elvis, Jonnie Cash, The Beetles, and the Rolling Stone. These were the main influential groups ... of people from the fifties to the seventies. Elton John came with his light rock music that captivated the world. In the late seventies, Michael Jackson and his moon walk. In the early eighties, the murder of John Lennon came as ... a shock to the music world, the disco era ende...

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... microphone and starts to sing the hit songs that makes him famous. His high soprano voice shrieks through the heads of some, but for many, his music gleams. As he is singing, his explosive rhythm and wild footwork across the stage tantalizes the audience. His unique, queer style separates him from everyone ... his physical appearance onstage to his personality offstage, Michael Jackson has always been noticed by the media, fans and even those who dislike him and his music. The stage is bright and full of colors that sting the eye suddenly. The smoke from his brilliant entrance begins to ...

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... mortal they really were, and that even with all they had, drugs and tragedy would take them before their time. From the seventies sprung up heroes that would change the music that we listened to and the way we dressed. Heroes such as John Travolta, Barbara Striesand, and the musical group Queen. These people did their part to represent their decade ... and showed the dawn of a new age and style, which differed from those of the sixties and what they represented. They preferred disco over rock, and formed the basis for what was yet to come. From the eighties sprung up new heroes that wou...

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