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They have developed into something that no one ever dreamed they would be while leaving a gigantic mark on society. Rock and roll was one of the biggest changes that happened to the musical theatre industry. Not only was this cultural change a huge impact for society but also in musicals resulting in a huge change of what the content of musicals were and will be in the future. Rock and roll began in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s and this is when it first left a lasting impression on the public

Rock ‘n’ Roll started out as a combination of white hillbilly music and black rhythm and blues with an incorporation of new instruments such as the “solid-body guitar”. Rock combined both African-American communities and White communities socially and musically. With recorded music being established long before Rock ‘n’ Roll, it flourished with the radio and was created around the same time as other modern technologies. Some of Rock’s effects included the integration of completely different music

“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

“Little” Richard Wayne Penniman, one of the first rock musicians, once said, "The blues had an illegitimate baby and we named it rock 'n ' roll". Rock and Roll initially began setting its roots around 1950, with a strong connection to audiences who were under an oppressing thumb at the time. If African American music is unique, it is largely due to the foundation of blues, a form of music that emerged in the early 20th century. Establishing the sounds of African American culture, these styles inspired

The Greatest Rock Band of all Time - The Beatles, Rolling Stones, or Led Zeppelin? The Beatles’ John Lennon once said, “A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality,” little did he know that his own dream would in fact become reality. Classic Rock has always been a well known music genre among multiple generations, yet everything has to start somewhere. The 1960s was a crucial era for the development of classic rock, for some of the most well known musicians

Rock ‘n’ Roll began and evolved around the late 1940’s and 1950’s time frame. There were many groups that participated in the creation and origin of Rock ‘n’ Roll, however the two primary groups were rhythm and blues and country music. “The origins of rock ‘n’ roll are often described in a way that could be represented by an algebraic formula: r&b + c&w = r&r” (Garofalo & Waksman, 2016, p. 56). While the formula is rather simplistic, it ignores the many groups of individuals, social and cultural

MU1133 The History of Rock and Roll Instructor: Dr. Barry E. Kopetz Heavy Metal is a genre of music that is defined by Dictonary.com as an “aggressive and heavily amplified rock music, commonly performed by groups that wear spectacular or bizarre costumes”. Another definition listed is; “a type of rock music characterized by a strong beat and amplified instrumental effects, sometimes with violent, or nihilistic lyrics” By definition we see heavy metal is an aggressive style of rock music that often

1 - Describe the rock cycle and identify the three different types of rocks produced on earth by origin.     The rock cycle describes the formation, the breakdown and the reformation of a rock. The three different types of rocks are sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous; although all rocks are created by minerals, each rock has a different formation, breakdown, and reformation which splits the rocks into the three different types of rocks. These rocks have numerous elements in common, but are created

The metamorphic rock I chose to research is Gneiss which is foliated.The protolith for this rock is schist and granite. It can be identified by its streaks, bands, and lenses. This rock is known for its strength, and hardness,it is also rough to the touch, the color varies, from dark and light bands. Gneiss rocks is a very diverse group that includes igneous rocks and metamorphosed sedimentary rocks.This rock is formed by regional metamorphism takes place when the materials and substances are deep

stereotypes of glam rock have always been made fun of due to the flamboyancy of the attire, makeup and concepts. Essentially, people thought it was everything rock shouldn’t be. However, once the masses were able to see through the bravado, they understood that bands such as Motley Crue, Skid Row and Twisted Sister could actually write stadium-crushing rock songs that were equally as potent as the songs their more ‘masculine’ counterparts like AC/DC and Motorhead produced. Nowadays, glam rock has grown out