1. Rock n Roll
Rock "N" Roll The phenomenon of the mid 1950's known as rock "n" roll was little more than a mixture of white country music and the old "stompin"" blues out of the rural south and Midwest. ... 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. ... Rock "n" roll gradually gave way 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 grou...
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