Doo-wop

What Is Bob Marley Remembered: Bob Marley was reggae’s foremost practitioner and emissary, embodying its spirit and spreading its gospel to all corners of the globe. His extraordinary body of work embraces the stylistic spectrum of modern Jamaican music - from ska to rocksteady to reggae - while carrying the music to another level as a social force with universal appeal. Few others changed the musical and cultural landscape as profoundly as he. As Robert Palmer wrote in a tribute to Marley upon his

seamstress skills at Cass Technical High School. She worked at Hudson Department Store as a teenager until she graduated in January of 1962. In 1959, at the age of 15, Ross was asked to join The Primettes. “The Primettes” were the sister group of the doo-wop band “The Primes”, later named “The Temptations”. In 1960, the group was signed to Lu Pine Records and released the Ross-led 'Tears of Sorrow' before winning a singing contest in Winnipeg,

It was a Tuesday morning in the Information Technology class at State College. An older student was doing his best to ignore the loud, obscene disruption occurring next to him, the result of two younger students ignoring the lesson at hand. Finally, he gave in and spoke up against their sanctimonious display, and was quickly bullied and threatened with violence in front of the entire class. Both aggressors exemplified and embodied every aspect of the hip-hop culture: Ebonics spewing out of their

Reggae music was a big part of Jamaican culture. Many artists practiced the style of reggae and some of the artists like Bob Marley influenced and showed people internationally all about this music. It originated around the time that Jamaica was being attacked by European countries like Spain and native people being taken into slavery. Bob Marley was born after the time of slave trading but whites still effected the native people and this is how he got his inspiration for his music. a) The music

Motown was, and still is an iconic place that has helped shape music and civil rights in Detroit Michigan in the 1950s. Berry Gordy was born in 1929, and founded his music company in 1959. He was married in 1953, had a family, and started working at Lincoln-Mercury assembly line in 1955, while working he would compose songs. "Through family connections, Gordy encountered singer Jackie Wilson's manager; he ended up co-writing the Wilson hit "Reet Petite," which came out in 1957. Gordy also wrote Wilson's

followed by an acoustic guitar. This may be done to put an emphasis on the words he is saying. At 0:20, the melody of the song speeds up, with the guitar and drums keeping the rhythm. At 0:37, the audience hears “Bom bom bom”. This is reminiscent of Doo-Wop. The song shifts to the chorus and has a rhyme pattern of ABB. Background vocals emerge, creating harmony. After the chorus, the song speaks about a race Tommy is partaking. The prize was a thousand dollars, and as mentioned earlier, he was doing

Prompt: Do you agree with Akoto Atta that hip-hop music degrades women, OR do you disagree? Imagine your mother swinging her hips to Lauren Hill's tune Doo Wop on a bright Sunday morning and suddenly seeing her jolly and ecstatic smile shatter on the floor when Pandora changes the song to 'Or Nah' by Ty $ign. Disappointingly songs of that nature are being produced more often in this day and age and it affects how women view themselves, as well as how men treat them. I completely disagree with

In 2014, an extremely catchy throwback to the doo-wop days called “All About That Bass” came out. The track was so refreshing when I first heard it. I remember seeing Trainor in the pastel-filled music video with some simple choreography and a message for women to embrace every inch of their body and be confident. Not only did I hear the meaning behind Trainor’s playful lyrics, the extremely catchy song spread like wildfire when it hit the radio topping national charts from over 50 countries internationally

the Billboard on the Hot 100 with her song “Won’t Be Long” off her first pop studio album Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo. With her talent Franklin was able to record in diverse genres such as vocal jazz, blues, standards, rhythm and blues and doo-wop. In 1962, she released two more studio albums: ‘The Electrifying Aretha Franklin’ and ‘The Tender,The Moving,Swinging Aretha Franklin’. Her number-one R&B singles are “Respect” in 1967, “Chain Of Fools” in 1967, “Think” in 1967, and “Share Your Love

Bailey Frigon Litz American Lit December 7, 2016 Motown Records Influence on society Through the creation of Motown records Berry Gordy changed the barrier between white and black americans and their music. Before Gordy come along to change the standards of american culture whites and blacks had different labels and music. Motown Records is the first record label to successfully market black artists to the white mainstream audience. (Dahl 12-15) Berry Gordy was the first African American to own