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Eighties Music Compared To Today’s Music is something that many people take great pleasure in listening to. Music has evolved from the beginning with faintly recorded music to the music recognise today. These changes in music have been massive but have occurred very gradually without us noticing. The changes from eighties era music to how it has evolved and developed into what we recognised it today through changes in the age it’s targeted at, the language and phrases used to how music has…

the 20th century had a massive impact on the Australian music industry and in fact worldwide rock and roll. In 1973 rock and roll was change by two brothers, they created a phenomenal legacy a legendary Australian rock band. The produced a whopper 200 million worldwide album sales and alone in the USA published 71.5 million, together the Scottish brothers that originated create a history rock and roll book. Prior to the formation of the legendary Australian rock band ACDC, Australia was being…

some R&B styles of music with styles such as call and response. One particular style that was developed because of gospel music and R&B was doo-wop. Doo-wop was developed in the 1940s, but was still around in the 1950s. R&B styles also led to rock and roll. Doo-Wop was a little different from the other R&B styles because it did not use the same blues style…

Early Life: Bruno Mars’ real name is Peter Gene Hernandez. He was born on October 8, 1985. His family was very musical. His dad whose name was also, Peter Hernandez was a Latino (Puerto Rican) drummer and his mom, Bernadette San Pedro Bayot, she sang and is from Philippines. His aunt and uncles from both sides played instruments and sang. As he was growing up, his family preformed a Las Vegas style show with throwback songs and celebrity impersonations in Waikiki, Hawaii. Bruno was always…

The early 1900s was a time of both social and musical prosperity for not only African Americans, but also women. The blues genre was introduced to the rural south in the 1920s, allowing many African American women the opportunity, through classic blues, to sing about their personal lifestyles, affecting the nation around them. Ma Rainey, along with many others, was able to earn a reputation as a professional singer both on stage and in business, which sparked a revolution for women all over. The…

Hound Dog, is the very song most people fell in love with years ago and continues to be remembered as America’s number one song. Willie Mae Thornton, better known as “Big Mama”, is perhaps best recognized as the woman who primarily sang hound dog on August 13, 1952. After hound dog came out to the public, it was not long unit it rose to the top of many charts spending 14 weeks as the number one song. Thornton’s version of hound dog was so popular it iniatated multiples covers before Elvis…

The blues has been one of the oldest and most influential genres of music and its scope of difference has spurred widespread differential scopes. Because of this, music has been able to reach out to zones it was unexpected, taking different forms and incorporating different aspects to make each piece of work produced a masterpiece worth memorable for generations. This essay will look into some of the famous artists of the twentieth century who composed songs that were considered a foundation for…

In Linthead Stomp: The Creation of Country Music in the Piedmont South, Patrick Huber attempts to reexamine and recontextualize the perceived authenticity of early country sound recordings. The prevailing view of these recordings is that of a pure representation of rural or mountain music and culture of the poor white southerner. The concept that these early vernacular records are actually the outcome of exposure to other ethic groups, as well as to popular and mainstream recordings, is not…

The 1960’s were pretty much made up of three major components, sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. Music was one of the only ways for people to cope with everything else happening during the time, such as the Vietnam War. One of the biggest musicians to shape that time period was Jimi Hendrix. His songs brought together love, peace, rebellion, power and many other attributes to express his talents. While most of his songs were important, I think his version of “All Along the Watchtower” had the biggest…

Elvis Presley revolutionized Rock & Roll, and his influence still echoes to this day. Elvis was rock & rolls first real star. He had a significant impact on American culture, and his hip swinging threw America into a trance in the 1950’s. Elvis although idolized, gave his listeners symbolic release to expression. His influence on African American music was not only symbolic but surprising. His love life and role in movies is constantly overlooked, yet it played a significant role in the rise and…