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I grew up listening to country music since my mother loved it so much. It was her favorite thing to listen to when we would go on long road trips with my father and younger brother throughout the years. Unfortunately, since I listened to it so much, I starting disliking it when I became a teenager. I started believing that country music was only for “older” people. I also thought it was boring and wasn’t the “cool type of music” teenagers are supposed to listen to. I eventually grew out of that stage

My Buddy- Holly Buddy Holley had gotten a contract with Decca Records after sending a sample of four Acetate discs to Nashville, which were previously recorded at the Nesman Studio in Wichita Falls. At the time, it was Buddy, Sonny Curtis and Don Guess who first went to Nashville to record. All of the guys who traveled in this music crowd were excited to see their peers actually recording in a big Nashville studio. Jerry Allison was still in high school and stayed in Lubbock while his colleagues

Country vs. Pop: Which One Is On Top? Country and Pop music are both popular genres, but which one is better? This decision is tough to make since there are various similarities of to why both are great genres of music. There is also a variety of factors to show the differences between these two genres as well. Research has shown light to the conclusion of to which genre exceeds the other. The things that both genres can be judged on is how they came to be, their fanbase, and the top hits. The

The first song I will be introducing you to will be September by Daughty. A little bit of a background on the song an artist a little bit. September was released on the " Leave This Town" Album in 2009. The artist Chris Daughty a.k.a ( Daughtry) . Was a contestant on the fifth season of American Idol in 2006. His career sky rocketing after America Idol. Chris daughtry has multiple hits signgles. The reason I chose the song September for The Good Old Days album is the memories from my first boyfriend

Elvis was born January 8,1935 in Tupelo Mississippi, he was suppose to be a twin, but his brother Jesse Garon was stillborn. He was raised by a loving, working class family, they had little money and moved frequently, he was devoted to his parents especially his mom and was raised to have a strong faith in God. As a kid Elvis Presley attended the Assembly of God Church with his parents, where gospel music became an important influence in his life. On his eleventh birthday he received his first guitar

Country music to be proud out: UK is enriching their music industry Music industry is improving and meeting more than the expectations of the people. There are more people who listen to wide variety of genre and this would make them free to choose what kind of music they will listen unto. UK is a place of bright light with creative and talented people living on it. There are so many people who create their own songs in order to earn and to be proud of their crafts. Our music leads us to something

Johnny Cash may have grown up working on a cotton farm, but he had big dreams. Johnny Cash was born on February 26, 1932 in a small town called Dyess, just outside of Kingsland, Arkansas (“Johnny Cash” 1). Growing up in a small town may have been one of the major factors that kept Cash humble in his later years. Cash grew up in poverty with his mom, Carrie, his dad, Ray, and his seven brothers and sisters (“Johnny” 1). Because Cash was raised this way, he did not care about the money that was

Johnny Cash describes himself as a poor, hardworking American who works in a coal mine, just trying to live his life while barely scraping by. Mining coal is likely one of the only opportunities he was presented with, given the culture, location, and socioeconomic status he was born into. “I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine, I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine.” This line makes it clear that he believes he was destined for the mines from the moment he was born. This is further

George Strait Research Paper George Strait, better known as the King of Country Music, has been in the country music industry for almost forty years (Hazighurst 12). He has become one of the most widespread country music singers to this day. He began a long time ago and is still currently going steady today. Strait has more than sixty number one hits, more than anyone else in history does. George Strait has opened the eyes for country music and has paved the pathway for other country singers today

“My conjecture, then, is that country music functions in part to reinforce in low-openness individuals the idea that life’s most powerful, meaningful experiences are precisely those to which conservative personalities living conventional lives are most likely to have access.” This excerpt is from an essay titled Country Music, Openness to Experience, and the Psychology of the Culture War, in which the author, Will Wilkinson, is arguing that country music is made solely for conservative ears. Reading