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Water” was the first single off the album and spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart reaching a peak position of 19th (Billboard, 2017). The album was nominated for a Grammy for best rock album. The music video for “Don’t Drink the Water” was nominated for MTV Music Video Awards for both Best Rock Video and Best Cinematography; however,…

“Make America Great Again.” That is the slogan a man ran on as he somehow captured the attention and the vote of millions of American citizens. That false hope convinced the country that somehow the progression the country had made in the past eight years was not great and that we had to “take back America.” Through all the debates, interviews, conventions and campaign rallies this slogan reached so many and no one thought to ever question it. No one ever thought to ever ask the question of not…

influenced the world, through culture, american ideas, and music. There are different countries that America has influenced including China and Mexico. China has taken in Mcdonalds into part of their lifestyle and Gap Clothing in their style with music. Africa has made a good influence on the U.S by bringing their cooking, music, and art styles with them. Mexico has obtained American food like Oreos, American cars, and American music. One country that has been influenced by America is China. One…

exploration on one of the greatest rock bands in American history, Guns N’ Roses, as well as the so called “Reigning Queen of Country Music”, Carrie Underwood (Schiff, 2014). The particular song I have chosen is “Paradise City,” and with this song being recorded originally in 1987 by Guns N’ Roses, Underwood decided to perform her own version in 2014 at the Country Music Association Festival. The purpose of this paper is to explore particular artists and their musical styles, as well as…

cleared of civil issues. American women have endured a long history of having constitutional rights denied to them. Specifically, In You’ve Got the Wrong Song: Nashville and Country Music Feminism, writer Claire Miye Stanford delves into the issues that the feminist movement with its relationship with country music. Country music has historically been profoundly anti-feminist, and Stanford cites Tammy Wynette for advising women to, “Stand by your man,” regardless of however abusive “the man” may…

artist Jennifer Hudson. Jennifer Hudson is a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Academy Award-winning actor, and best-selling author. In 2007 she received the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for her performance in “Dreamgirls”. The title song from the album was “I Remember Me” which was co-written with Ryan Tedder who is also a Grammy Award-winning recording artist. Along with co-writing this song with Jennifer Hudson, Ryan Tedder wrote the music and produced the track for this song. Ryan…

Relationship Dynamics of the World’s Most Famous Music Couple: Shawn (Jay-Z) and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter David J. Dzumba PSYC 2600: Interpersonal Behavior University of North Texas Relationship Dynamics of the World’s Most Famous Music Couple: Shawn (Jay-Z) and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter Abstract There are many famous couples in the music industry, but none as successful as Beyoncé and Jay-Z . They have been together 15 years, married nine of those years, have three children, and earned $107.5…

because they are all something that I listen to regularly and they demonstrate a variety of styles in music. Patsy Cline was an iconic female country singer that won awards at the Deejay Convention, won Billboard’s “Most Promising Country & Western Female Artist,” and Music Vendor’s “Greatest Achievement in Records” all just for “Walking After Midnight” (Jones, 1994, p. 159). “Walkin’ After Midnight” music was written by Alan Block and the lyrics were written by Don Hecht ("Walkin' After…

every part of her early life,the many awards she has earned to her life now. The beginning of Franklin’s childhood is March 25, 1942. He is the daughter of a very skilled Baptist preacher ,C. L. Franklin. Aretha first moved to Detroit, Motor City, known for its many blues stars, in 1948. She was just six when she went to Detroit. Here she recorded her first album. Then moving to New York…

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…