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    emergence and development of music are based on various factors, such as culture, human behavior, and communities’ beliefs and practices. In the United States, rock and roll music depended on specific events during the 1950s and 1960s. Particularly, the culture of the movie, disk jockeying, and radio among the youths influenced the popularity of rock music in the United States. As a result, it is rational to examine how some artists and music used lyrics, instruments, and forms to identify with the teenagers

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    Impact Of The Beatles

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    Beatles the famous English rock band, was formed in Liverpool in 1960. The band had four members. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They became widely known as the greatest and most influential band of the rock era. The rock band influenced on rock music and popular culture, was the remains, immense. In 1964 The Beatles made their first appearance on American TV and they became international stars. They did not only affect the rock and roll UK arts but also the fashion

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    changed, as well as the popularity of rock and roll music, resulted in the development of any new dances. (143)”. Therefore, one could say that dance in the fifties became "raw" and more open-minded, being the perfect rebellion act for adolescents during this period. The new dance that emerged was known as Rock and Roll. This kind of dancing revolutionized dance in general because it created a liberated attitude amongst young

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    Film Analysis: La Bamba

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    We all love rock music but sometimes we like to take a break from listening to it and do something different like watch a movie about it. It could be a biopic, a film about a fictitious band or a movie whose soundtrack just rocks. In any of these scenarios the theme is the same, they are built around the greatest genre of all time. There are hundreds of these movies from the past 5 decades, many of which I did not grow up with but got to experience later in life. So as a child from the late 80s,

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    Rock Music History

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    Rock music has been very popular for years. Now-a-day’s rock has blended in with the other types of popular music like pop, country and rap. However, none of these other types of music seemed to have as big an impact on people that rock did. Rock ‘n roll, basically controlled the most of the twentieth century, with an entire era of children, teens and young adults to follow. But, where did rock come from? What is rock music, what started it? How did parents react? Rock n roll original started along

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    Surprisingly, he had an impact on the Music industry and became know as the “King of Rock and Roll”. Elvis Presley had made his appearance known in an interesting way- playing the music genre of the blues. That had just been the beginning of his career. His music had attracted many people to him, especially the younger generation (teens). Now, Elvis is known for his impact in the music industry, being the “King of Rock and Roll” but little do people know is that he impacted american society too. Elvis was

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    Elvis Research Paper

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    to the area of inventors, scientists, etc. Today, there is a Genius for about every stereotypical category. One of the most popular and distinguished Genius, who was highly famous during the mid 1950s, is none other than the ‘The King of Rock and Roll’, Elvis Aaron Presley. Elvis was born on January 8, 1935 in a “two room shack” with his twin brother, who unfortunately died at birth. Being born into a substandard life was something he despised. He didn’t want others to know he was poor

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    include the electric guitar, electric bass, drums, keyboard, and horns. Musical elements include pitch bending, heavy use of 12-bar blues form, blue notes, and a hiccupping vocal style. Variations of this genre are R&B, doo-wop, and rockabilly. Some rock ‘n’ roll artists are Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley. Song examples are “Johnny B. Goode” and “La

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    nineteen seventies. My sources I will be using is the book called “How the Beatles Destroyed Rock n Roll,’ also I will be using a news paper article (“ Beatles strike serious note in press talk “New york times John O, Tuesday, August 23,1966). Also I will be using (Sources of American styles in the music of the Beatles, Charles Grower Price.) I will show how the world changed with not only rock n roll but how the Beatles changed the world not just with music. With politics, economics, and social

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    Rock ‘n’ roll, an era in which started the expansion of music to what we now know today. Music is such an important part of the world that we live in. Music is everywhere, on TV and radio, in the stores in our car. We use music within our educational systems and also used for therapies dealing with disorders. But where did Rock and Roll come from and what is the story of how it began? The title of the website is the first thing that caught my attention. I am a sort of person that is interested

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