Bob Marley

The movie features several hit songs written by Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Ever since the movie premiered, people everywhere have been singing these songs. The first song is “Frozen Heart.” It’s simple and foreshadows dangers of ice. A lot of people tend to forget about this song, but I really enjoy it. The backgrounds and animation are beautiful to watch. Next is “Do You Want to Build A Snowman.” It’s kind of a solo, since Anna is the only one who sings, but Elsa and the king both speak…

According to Howard Sounes, author of Down the Highway, “the new songs on Nashville Skyline were published by a company Bob established independently of Albert Grossman as part of his efforts to disengage himself from Grossman’s control…Big Sky Music was created as a ‘kind of a palliative’ to appease Bob… (Sounes, 239)” It may be that in addition to creating Big Sky Music, Bob may have also attempted to disengage from Grossman by making the distinct creative choice to make Nashville Skyline a…

In 2012 grew a international sensation in the Regional Mexican Music Industry from Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mex. Jose Ariel Camacho Barraza, was a humble young boy with a dream of becoming a star with his friend and his guitar. Although many tried to drop his self esteem by telling him that he was not going to surpass his dream. Yet he managed to changed the views of how all latin music was constructed with the love and support from God, family, and the world who followed him. As a young teenage…

period were The Beatles. They led the charge towards a new dawn with anthems like “All You Need Is Love”, “Revolution”, and “Come Together”. These songs helped to fan the flames of the counterculture movement. Also, folk music artists like Joan Baez and Bob Dylan both contributed to the movement. Baez refused to pay taxes in protest of the Vietnam War and encouraged resistance to the draft at her concerts. Dylan wrote political lyrics. For example, some of his songs were written to remember…

In the movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch is a creature who plans to steal Christmas away from Whoville. The Grinch wants to take the presents, trees, decorations, and tradition away from the town. This then creates conflict throughout the town and Cindy Lou comes into the story and tries to save the Christmas tradition in Whoville. In the beginning of the story, you can see flashbacks and get background information of events from the Grinch’s childhood. He was constantly…

In 1972, Republican President Richard Nixon was running for reelection and United Stated remained divided internally regarding the involvement of the Vietnam War. The political climate was under the gun with the public, therefore the presidential campaign and some of the key advisers used aggressive tactic, turned out to be illegal espionage, to help re-elect the president. This was known has the Watergate scandal ("Watergate Scandal"). On June 17, 1972, five members of Nixon’s Committee…

Known as the “Father of Country”, Jimmy Rodgers has the element of diversity with his craft. From southern folk music and traditional melodies to early jazz, yodeling and African American Blues Jimmy became extremely popular. 1920s- 1930s At this time he was initially working on the railroad with his father who was a railroad section foreman. Once he developed tuberculosis in 1924, his main focus was on his music and stopped railroading. He started at the bottom of the industry playing on…

Bob Dylan, one of American music’s most influential musician. He is considered to be the major poet of the rock and roll era and pre-eminent singer/songwriter of modern times. Dylan has demonstrated to posses the unique ability to affect his listeners with his thoughtful and mature lyrics. Dylan showed interest in music from a young age, he learned the piano and harmonica by the age of 10 and had taught himself to play the guitar. Growing up Bob Dylan developed a strong appreciation for…

Ever since we began thinking about potential History Day topics, we have been intrigued by the Beatles and their influence on pop music. Music has always been a large part of our lives, and that interest in music influenced our decision to pick this topic. We were very interested by the idea that one band could change the music industry so tremendously. We picked this topic because The Beatles changed how music is today. We started our research immediately, and we were able to find a…

The composers in Dead south wear white shirts, suspenders, fedoras and cowboy hats, as well as dirty boots. They have facial hair that would be as prevalent around here. Two look as though they come from Amish background. Shakey Graves, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, and others all meet this style as…