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Rebecca Ruffin in 1936, he started abusing alcohol and drugs. Charlie and Rebecca Ruffin had two children before divorcing in 1939. In 1942, Parker re married Geraldine Scott. His nicknames were bird and yardbird because he was free like a bird. People also called him Charlie Chan, Yardbird, Sparrow, Bird. Influence on music Charlie Parker’s big influence on jazz is that with Dizzy Gillespie they both invented the musical style called bop or bebop. He developed a new style of jazz called bebop

included The Yardbirds, Blind Faith, and The Blues breakers and most notably Cream. Eric Clapton seemingly could not sit still within one group for very long. He was learning from many different stylistic approaches to blues in his younger years and also later, from being in many blues bands such as The Yardbirds, Derek And The Dominos, Cream and John Mayall And The Blues Breakers. The earlier years can be seen as the time before the rise of bands such as The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds it was the

Led Zeppelin Rocks: Protestors Roar Each new music genre introduces the counterculture or opposition of previous generation’s values. Led Zeppelin sparked the beginning of the heavy metal culture-- the counterculture to psychedelic rock. The anti-war movement was also prevalent in this counterculture. Led Zeppelin and the Vietnam War influenced the new, darker, generation of rock: heavy metal. May Day Thousands of protestors congregated in Washington D.C. on May 3rd, 1971. After two days of protest

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

UK number one albums that are still prevalent to this date, Zep is arguably the best and most influential band in history. Led Zeppelin formed as a super group in 1968. Assembled by an English man named Jimmy Page, who was in a band called The Yardbirds. The band split because of differing future goals between the members. On his search for new band mates, Page found John Paul Jones, a bassist, Then Robert

Rolling Stones I Can’t Get No Satisfaction “Satisfaction” was written and recorded in a random way that was completely out of the ordinary. Rolling Stones guitarist, Keith Richards, woke up from being fast asleep. He reached for his portable cassette recorder to record the riff that wouldn’t get out of his mind- 1-2, 1-2-3, 1-2-3-4-5. He says he heard it in a dream. Keith kept repeating it into the recorder until he fell asleep. Some might say that he was “riffling while passing out.” When Keith

The vanguard of the British Invasion was indisputably the Beatles. On 1st February 1964, the band claimed the unprecedented feat of hitting number one on the Billboard chart with “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released in the UK in 1963, this was the Beatles’ first record to use multitrack recording. The structure of the song follows an extended version of the AABA form (AABABA) with A comprising of twelve bars. It has a distinctive sound underlined by strong

which unsurprisingly, he also left. He had no other choice then to work as a laborer on construction sites in order to make ends meet. Later, he joined the Yardbirds and recorded his first songs with them, but because of their pop-oriented style, he was not pleased, and left them also. There were many other bands he joined after the Yardbirds, but he was never content with them. Therefore he decided to begin a solo

Alexandra Stambaugh Monmouth University Professor Wurzbach MU 217 01 American Music is a melting pot of different cultures, emotions, experiences, and therefore genres. It is incredible to see how as music evolves and changes with the time, so does The United States. We are a mixed bag as a country, accepting all different cultures and backgrounds. This has led to many breakthroughs and innovations in music throughout history. We are all influenced by our experiences in life and this is

Mersey-beat was born. Mersey beat was rock but with history behind it. From this came bands like the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Yardbirds, The Animals, and many others. The Rolling stones became the sensation throughout England. They’re first record became one of the most successful singles of the era. The yard birds were the most experimental of them all. Out of the Yardbirds came three of the best guitarists in history: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimi Page. The second generation of