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Thomas A. Dorsey and Gospel Music Gospel songs combined religious lyrics with melodies and rhythms inspired by early blues and jazz. Many churches rejected this new integration of religious conviction and popular song as devil's music that had no place in a house of worship. Thomas A. Dorsey, the "Father of Gospel Music" described gospel, saying, "It's evangelistic, it has a rhythm and carries a message with the feeling and fever that many sacred songs do not have, the gospel is good news

The Evolution of Rap Rap music is undeniably one of the most popular music genres today. What is rap? Rap is really a very old word. You can find the term popping up as early as the 15th and 16th century in Britain. The word rap actually meant to strike or to hit. After a few centuries a slight variation of this definition appeared which meant to speak or talk. In America around the 1960’s it began to pop up in the black community and was used as a slang word to mean that someone was talking or

Rap Was Never the Solution Using rap music produced by African Americans in the United States and rap music produced by the youth in Senegal as case studies, rap music at best, contributed no tangible positive effects on the public’s impression of the African American community in the United States. In contrast, rap music did revolutionize Senegal’s public awareness of its youth and helped demonstrate their essential role in Senegal. Socioeconomically, rap also did not improve the standing of African

While many rappers were able to make money on the new movement the majority of that money did not go into fixing up and nourishing the black community. This is evident in the music videos and song lyrics that brag about spending money on luxurious items, drugs, alcohol, and women instead of things that actually bolster the community. Yes, it is both unrealistic and unfair to put hip-hop on a pedestal and assume that it would completely reform the economy of a community, but its influence was -and

understands the hardships of life. Steven Victor Tallarico, better known as Steven Tyler, was born on March 26, 1948 in Yonkers, New York. He was expelled from Roosevelt for drug use and later graduated from Jose Quintano's School for Young Professionals. Music has always played a large role in Tyler's life as he was the son of a classical musician. Steven Tyler also took a liking to blues and in the 1960s, he was a drummer and singer in a variety of local bands.

The Development of Chinese Popular Music and the Legend Pop Star-Jay Chou Name: Zichao Lan Instructor: Erica Jones Teaching Assistant: Dhiren Panikker Course Title: Popular Music of the World Date: 7/24 /2015 Introduction When talking about China, people from other countries associate China with the Great Wall, the Terracotta Warriors, the Summer Palace, other landmarks. Chinese music is as an important part of Chinese

(Kennedy, Kennedy, & Rutherford-Johnson, 2013, p. 471). He had witnessed the era of World War II (1939-1945), “lived through Hungary’s communist regime (1949-1989)” (Coelho, 2014, p. 1), and currently living in his nineties. He was a “tutor at Bartok’s music school” and Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary during 1958-1963, and a “coach of National

Evolution of the CD After a couple of “failed” attempts of making a device that could be used for mass sharing of music in the late 1800s, an immigrant from Germany had finally come up with an idea that would change everything. Chichester Bell (Alexander Graham Bell's cousin) and Thomas Edison’s idea to record sounds on round cylinders was a good idea except for the sound quality and general effort that was required to make and replicate sound. The Phonograph was one of the earliest attempts at

early presence in the music video revolution of the era. She was a regular at Studio 54. In June 1979, Blondie was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone. Harry's persona, combining cool sexuality with streetwise style, became so closely associated with the group's name that many came to believe "Blondie" was the singer's name. The difference between the individual Harry and the band Blondie was famously highlighted with a "Blondie is a group" button campaign by the band in 1979.[23] In 1981, Harry

York City” (Ogbar, 3) in the 1970s -- the decade prior to my birth -- included the fact of “the Black Power movement and Puerto Rican nationalist activism” (Ogbar, 3) beginning to wane. “The most important direct influence on the creation of hip hop music is the Jamaican