Have you ever wondered who Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P (The Big Bopper) were and what there life was like before there death? Buddy Holly, born in Lubbock, Texas, and just 22 when he died, he began singing country music with high school friends before switching to rock and roll. He then was opening (performing) for various performers, including Elvis Presley. By the mid-1950s, Holly and his band had a regular radio show and toured internationally, playing hits like “Peggy Sue,” “Oh, Boy!,” “Maybe Baby” and “Early in the Morning.”…
Chapter One: Sinatra and the Music The biggest impression Frank left on popular music and culture lives on in the heart of the music itself. The influence he had on the world can still be heard on his recordings today. His style of singing carried such meaning and depth that it transcended cultural boundaries. In a poem by Gerald Early, from Mustazza’s collection of essays entitled “Frank Sinatra and Popular Culture”, he recalls going to a freak show as a boy and hearing the wonderful sounds of Sinatra.…
Elvis Presley influenced many young teenagers. Although, the teenagers he mostly influenced were girls, he also influenced many adults who listened to his music. Many parents were not happy with their kids liking Elvis because of the way he would perform. It was a little bit too inappropriate. Even though it was inappropriate, teenagers and adults were so inspired by him that they would start to dress the way he would, do their hair the way he would and even tried to sing like he did.…
The country band Brooks and Dunn consisted of two vocalists, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn. They initially were formed in 1988 in Nashville, TN. Ronnie and Kix were both solo recording artists prior to forming a band together. The band Brooks and Dunn were influenced by many people and many kinds of music and they themselves had a heavy influence on others. Like many country music bands they used influences of Honky-Tonk, Mainstream Rock, and other Rock in their music.…
Willie Nelson joined the airforce in 1950 during the Korean War, but he was medically discharged due to back problems. He dropped out of Baylor University because of his success of his music and started his musical career in the 60’s writing songs for hit artist like Ray Price and Billie Walker. It wasn’t until the 70’s that Willie Nelson became popular. Today you can still see Willie Nelson performing, over the decades he was explored different genres of music like reggae, blues, and jazz. No matter what he writes, he still holds on to his folk honk-tonk…
Rock n’ Roll music has had a major influence on the American culture and it has been an influence to other genres of music. The music has helped bands and the people after WWII and the Vietnam War, it has also changed America entirely. The way that Rock n’ Roll music had an impact on America was that it started a trend. It made people express themselves better by changing the way they dressed, the dance styles, or the way that they acted or what they did that made them stand out in the crowd.…
The Day the Music Died: On 1959, Billie Holiday, Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper died when their plane crashed in Iowa. The event became known as "The Day the Music Died", and was memorialized…
The last time was a decade decades ago and the only thing that has changed is, I've aged. He is a timeless treasure of talent,wit and charisma. When you are a music addict like myself, you appreciate that Buddy Guy is one of the reasons that you have had the pleasure to enjoy the likes of Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn and the many rock, funk and soul artists. His influence is deep and…
In this song, singer/song writer Don Mclean explores how music begins to die in the late 1950s to the1960s as iconic stars stop performing. “The quartet practiced in the park” Quartet refers to the band The Beatles and the park is symbol that represents Candlestick Park which is where The Beatles did their last performance in 1966. This relates to the theme because it shows how one of the most influential bands of all time stopped performing in the 1960s. “The day the music died’ is a metaphor for the day that Buddy Holly died in 1959. Buddy Holly was Don Mclean’s hero at the time and an important musical figure, he marked his death as the day music began to die because he was such an influential figure in the music industry.…
Demonstrated as a head/neck, arm, inline hips, positioned low with a smooth move forward. His musical accolades include being a recipient of the 1984 Grammy lifetime achievement award, Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, a Kennedy Center honoree in 2000,which cited him as “one of the most…
Louis Armstrong used jazz to change the music world and left a lasting effect on the entertainment industry. Armstrong was born in New Orleans to fifteen year old Mary Ann and twenty year old Willie. His whole life, Armstrong identified his birthday as July 4, 1900. It is now know his actual birth date was August 4, 1901. Armstrong’s young parents were not ready for a child…
The United States of America has been one of many great countries to lead the world in technology, politics, and art. Music has existed in various forms such as rhythm and melody since the day human beings could hear and feel. Jazz is a genre of music that was born in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This broad genre of music has roots that pull from pre-existing elements that are traced back to African-American slave culture. Some of those elements include single line melodies, call and response patterns, work songs and gospel influences.…
His brief but influential recording career lasted from 1926 to 1929. Later blues artists such as B. B. King were profoundly influenced by his song style and his use of the guitar. The guitar was used by Jefferson as an extension of his voice rather than simply as an accompaniment. Two of his most inventive and evocative songs,…
India, with such rich culture and music, has had a large influence on American music today. George Harrison, a former member of the Beatles, was one out of the many musicians to take a large liking to Indian music in America. George gave the United States a taste of Indian music through his own music by introducing certain characteristics and styles that we Americans were once unaware of. Those musical characteristics involved things such as melody, rhythm, texture, timbre, dynamic, and form. The melodies in India are divided from a prescribed series of notes known as ragas.…
Rock n’ Roll is a very broad genre with many sub genres that fit under Rock n’ Roll, and similarly to other genres of music, it has evolved over the decades from its origins in the mid 20th century from the dominating blues-rock bands of the 60’s and 70’s, to the very loud and flamboyant hair metal and progressive rock and some experimental rock of the 80’s to the grunge and punk sound of the 90’s and early 2000’s. Leading to a major split in Rock n’ Roll genres, Classic Rock and Contemporary Rock with many differences and similarities between the two. One way in which Classic and Contemporary Rock are similar is the instruments that are used with electric guitars, bass guitars, and drums, with some variation in bands or modified instruments…