Rockabilly

Johnny Horton’s real name was John LaGale Horton. Horton was most well-known for making music in multiple types of genres like Country Boogie, Rockabilly, Honky Tonk, and Traditional Country. Throughout Horton’s childhood, his family moved from California to Texas. His mother taught him how to play the guitar at the age of 11. He moved to Alaska in 1949 which is when he became a fisherman. During his time in Alaska as a child is when he created the song, titiled, “North to Alaska”. The next year

saw Elvis Presley preform and began to feature a rockabilly style to his bluesy songs. He moved to Nashville to begin recording and then formed his own band called The Crickets. The Crickets are most known for, what we recognize now as rock, with the typical lineup of two guitars, bass, and drums. Holly was also known as one of the first artists to incorporate studio techniques like double tracking on his recordings. Not only did Holly have a rockabilly sound but also he wanted to incorporate soul and

A Perspective of Rock and Roll’s Impact on Society “Rock and roll keeps you in a constant state of juvenile delinquency,” stated Eddie Spaghetti; this quote captures the essence of rock n roll. It speaks it 's truth about the influence on attitudes towards authority and implies how society reacted to the new revolution created by Rock ‘n roll, transforming the world into what it has become today. The music affected how people used recreational drugs, having unmarried sex, and threatened the traditional

rock-and-roll artist performing on stage and started shaking his leg. Elvis Presley’s rhythm and singing voice were unique among other artists. He had this rural flavor that had changed overnight for him. According to the NPR podcast of “ Carl Perkins: Rockabilly Pioneer”, the way Elvis Presley sang “Blue Suede Shoes” had a full Rock and Roll vibe to it. It was fast, strong, and rarely had breaks in between. His toughness and energy was far different from Perkin’s original even though, it didn’t replace

saxophone. Rock and Roll was a much more rough genre. It is very “in your face” and stayed away from the sexual tones. Their tempo was upbeat and made for great dancing and parties. In the beginning there was the term Rockabilly which was a musical blend of R&B and country western. Rockabilly musical characteristics indulge the electric guitar, uprightness with drums. Their social ideas included lyrics with sexual overtones disguised or removed. Many key artists of this time are Elvis Presley, Bill Haley

(Your). The music styles that the greasers were most notorious for was rock and roll and rockabilly. “Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre it blends the sound of Western musical styles such as country with that of rhythm and blues, leading to what is considered "classic" rock and roll” (Rockabilly). The most well-known artists that have produced rock and roll music are Elvis Presley, Little

The leaders of this genre were all white teenagers from poor southern backgrounds. The most iconic artist of Rockabilly was Elvis Presley who moved from house to house, several times throughout his childhood. Other famous Rockabilly artists included Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, and Jerry Lee Lewis. They all grew up poor and managed to combine the two most popular forms of southern music, blues and country. In

Music Notes: Midterm One Introduction Studying Rock: * Fan mentality: reject other forms of music * Gold Records: 500,000 copies * Platinum Records: 1 million copies Themes: * Social, political, and cultural issues * Issues of race, class, and gender * The development of the music business * The development of technology The Popularity Arc: * Mainstream popularity is the ‘peak’ * Genres tend to develop underground and aren’t written about historically during

guitar, bass, steel guitar, and drums. It became widespread among poor whites in Texas and Oklahoma. Honky tonk had its roots in western swing and ranchera music of Mexico (Dooley). Rockabilly was most common in the 1950s among country fans. 1956 was called the ‘Year of Rockabilly’ in country music. Rockabilly was a mixture of ‘hillbilly’ and rock-and-roll (“Music in the 1930s”). During the era, Elvis Presley converted over to country music and played a huge role in the music industry. ‘Barn

“African Americans invented Rock and Roll, without their musical contributions we would not have the genre.” As an eager, attentive History 105 student I have had to opportunity to learn a great deal about the origins of the genre of Rock and Roll. The origin, even though many historians have attempted to determine exactly where it came from, is still unknown. Rock and Roll is a blend of Gospel, Jazz, Blues, Hillbilly, Rhythm and Blues and many more types of music. Throughout this essay I will try