Felicia Vega
May 10, 2015
MUS 210
Final
The Birth of Rock & Roll
The 1950s for the music industry is a best known for the birth of rock & roll. During this time period the United States was just recovering from times of drastic change, the great depression and war. It was only destined that such a legendary genre of music would emerge. Rock and roll first emerged primarily of combinations most familiar with African Americans, such as blues, boogie woogie, jazz, jump blues and gospel. Typical instruments found in early rock and roll consisted of the electric guitar, double bass, bass guitar, and optional piano or saxophone. There were later many different types of rock music that emerged after the first wave in the 1950s, but rock and roll has made its biggest impact of all rock culture in the music industry.
With early influence of African musical tradition and European instrumentation as well as black and white residents living in close proximity, radio stations emerged the two different cultures. The known influence of the African American culture originally, faded due to the fact the listeners where predominately white causing white artist to create rock and roll. …show more content…
Based in New Orleans, Domino scored numerous rhythm and blues hits, and delivered hits songs mostly from the piano. Chuck Berry was also a big success in the 1950s with his first hit, “Maybellene,” which was a remake of an old country tune. Little Richard was known to be the most flamboyant performer of them all. One that almost everyone should be familiar with is “Tutti Frutti,” and by watching his performance you could clearly see his high level of energy. Little Richard was also the first of his kind to portray himself as a “wild man” which was attractive to certain audience but hindered his success to going
May 10, 2015
MUS 210
Final
The Birth of Rock & Roll
The 1950s for the music industry is a best known for the birth of rock & roll. During this time period the United States was just recovering from times of drastic change, the great depression and war. It was only destined that such a legendary genre of music would emerge. Rock and roll first emerged primarily of combinations most familiar with African Americans, such as blues, boogie woogie, jazz, jump blues and gospel. Typical instruments found in early rock and roll consisted of the electric guitar, double bass, bass guitar, and optional piano or saxophone. There were later many different types of rock music that emerged after the first wave in the 1950s, but rock and roll has made its biggest impact of all rock culture in the music industry.
With early influence of African musical tradition and European instrumentation as well as black and white residents living in close proximity, radio stations emerged the two different cultures. The known influence of the African American culture originally, faded due to the fact the listeners where predominately white causing white artist to create rock and roll. …show more content…
Based in New Orleans, Domino scored numerous rhythm and blues hits, and delivered hits songs mostly from the piano. Chuck Berry was also a big success in the 1950s with his first hit, “Maybellene,” which was a remake of an old country tune. Little Richard was known to be the most flamboyant performer of them all. One that almost everyone should be familiar with is “Tutti Frutti,” and by watching his performance you could clearly see his high level of energy. Little Richard was also the first of his kind to portray himself as a “wild man” which was attractive to certain audience but hindered his success to going