Chuck Berry

However, both genres brought new songs and influenced each other. Meanwhile, I think Bill Haley or Elvis Presley contributed bring Rock & Roll near to a larger audience despite the fact they were using and taking advantage of black musicians like Chuck Berry or Little Richard. I don’t think any music is exclusive property to anyone, black or White. Music belongs to all people. Also, Elvis Presley was ‘the King of Rock ’n’ Roll’, singing ‘cleaned up’ commercially-friendly cover versions of Blues…

What A Purr-fect Idea! Why Halle Berry’s ‘Catwoman’ Needs A Proper Reboot Halle Berry is no stranger to the superhero genre. Since 2000, she has played Storm in Marvel’s #XMen films. However, people may (or may not) remember her short stint in a DC film. Yep, Berry played a role in a DC film while serving as a Marvel hero. What was this film exactly? Well, it was Pitof’s 2004 film, #Catwoman. The film became a massive box office failure. While it is not exactly the world’s worst film it ranked…

“It was all so easy and it was all so damn fun….it wasn’t easy and it was not fun (Shem, p.143).” After graduating from medical school, students advance on into the medical field with an aspiration of the field itself being similar to what was described to them in medical school. Some students say that their years in medical school were easy, but soon came to the realization that what they’ve believed to be the best approaches in treatment are challenged as they enter their medical training.…

The Blues and the British Boom Many of the most popular and best-selling musicians of the twentieth century were part of a movement called the British Invasion. The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones, most notably, are all household names to those with any interest in popular music since the 1960s. Past the initial Invasion, artists such as Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd also had immense success after traveling across the pond to perform in the United States. Even with the…

Racism is a huge problem in America, people like me are being treated with no respect and being yelled at with words that are racist like beaner, berry picker, which I personally don’t find racist that much, Chile sh*tter and other words that are very, very racist. This still hasn’t stopped till this day forward. In other words, every time I go out with my mom or family I always get stared at with dirty looks, not just me but my family too sometimes, and I find it…

standard guitar, drums, and bass. Their “bad boy” image allowed them to get away with singing about offensive topics such as sex and drugs. The Stones had a raw and heavy sound to their music that reflected their musical inspirations such as Chuck Berry, whereas The Beatles had a softer sound that reflected their admiration for…

Tropicalia and Heavy Metal The Tropicalia movement ignited Brazil leading to the fusion of traditional Brazilian culture with outside influences and to new and exciting ideas in poetry, music and art. Tropicalia came as an anti-establishment movement in Brazil that began the era of cultural opposition through the influence these artistic and musical influences. Heavy metal music was a primary influence of this cultural change that came from the influence of Western culture. The movement has made…

1985 of a heart attack. He is often overlooked when people discuss the Rolling Stones now a days. He’s often referred to now as “The Forgotten Stone” because he was mostly behind the scenes. June 7th 1963 the band releases their first single, a Chuck Berry cover, "Come On." The single reached #21 on the UK singles chart. They also change there name to “The Rolling Stones”. They released their second single in Autumn of 1963 another cover this one by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, "I Wanna Be…

The British perspective understands rock ‘n’ roll is U.S. derived music, a hybrid of the whites and blacks that emerged in the 1950s to be a commercial force in the early 1960s. The original sounds of Little Richard and Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Bill Haley lost their appeals as the new decade commenced. The Beatles in the UK emerged in 1962 and attracted terms like pop and beat. As the group popularity grew and as they became sophisticated especially after Bob Dylan amplified…

John’s music was influenced by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly (United States History). Lennon’s most moving song was his song Imagine that he wrote in one sitting with his wife Yoko Ono (Ulster). The recording of this song can be spotted in the documentary called Gimme Some Truth: The Making…