Dawes Rolls

‘Save Rock and Roll’. I picked the playlist and started listening. I immediately liked their sound. Rock for someone parts and a bit mellowed out for others. I kept listening, but started doing homework at the same time. One song, ‘Miss Missing You’, started, but I wasn’t…

Rock and roll music challenged the old beliefs that the African Americans and their culture were inferior. Moreover, it questioned the idea whether the African Americans should be separated as it seemed illogical. Given this, it can be mentioned that rock and roll brought unity between the two groups. It was seen that both of them attended the rock and roll concerts, which provided a platform for communication and understanding. Most of the American parents strongly opposed rock and roll. One…

Adnan Basic Cracking Through Conformity After WWII, America entered an age of nonconformity, with traditional values and beliefs making way for a new generation to disrupt these norms. This was done primarily through pop culture, with music, literature, and art paving the way. One of the biggest stars of the 1950’s was Elvis Presley. He changed the music, and the way it was sung. He incorporated parts of African-American music into his own, creating a faster tempo in his songs. Quick beats and…

Music in the 90s had been a huge impact on lives in the United States. Although in April there were some songs that we have not heard in 17 years, they were popular back then. “All My Life,” is one of the songs that were popular in the month of April. “All My Life” by K-Ci and JoJo, almost didn’t make it onto their album Love Always. JoJo told MTV the he penned the song about his daughter but offered it to and unnamed artist (Fuoco). “All My Life” was popular from April 4 toApril 24. From April…

Why Write Stories in a Song Stories have been told in songs and still found because it gives people something to relate to. Only the smartest artist do this to create a bond with their audience which allows a song becomes popular. People want to feel emotions in a song that relate their own life. Drake, a renown artist does this and has a big effect on people's lifestyles as well because he designates the idea of partying and money as good. Stories within country music has been…

American rock band - Puddle Of Mudd, that released four albums and made a healthy six million record sales, has unveiled their UK tour dates for 2016. Puddle of Mudd, with lead singer Wesley Scantlin, has established firmly its reputation in the rock 'n' roll world. According to Viagogo, Puddle Of Mudd has been amongst the US's most impressive live acts with hit songs like "'Blurry," and "She Hates Me." The American post-grunge band lead vocalist - Scantlin, stated "The last time we were on…

From thriving music stage as New York, a young boy has moved to Los Angeles. Owning a perfect music training background that gave him an opportunity to become a member of the Teddy Bears band. And "To Know Him is To Love Him", a first song was written by that teenager, reached the No.1 hit song on the Billboard chart in 1958 (O'Hare 48). He is Phil Spector, a talent producer, songwriter, and a musician. In years later, Spector had a huge influence to the record producers, artists, and musician.…

The influence of blues music on early rock and roll is undeniable, and can be easily identified. Rock and roll certainly drew upon blues music for a number of its elements; underlying themes, instrumentation, and vocal style to name a few. Let us therefore compare Elvis Presley's early rock and roll song "Blue Moon of Kentucky" to Son House's "Walkin' Blues" to demonstrate this influence. Elvis Presely's early forays into music writing were marked by a number of influences, many of which were…

Comparing artists and their music has gone on since music first began. Each person thinks their favorite artist’s album is the best, while the other argues that his is the best. Just like any other entertainment category, it is very hard to convince the other person that you are right, even though the evidence is shouting out at them. Which is better? Two popular artists on each end of the spectrum of popularity with one artist’s album being on the Billboard 200 chart at number 1 and the other…

1960’s Music In the 1960s, people believed that this was the beginning of a golden age, but the golden age never happened instead the nation was falling apart. John F. Kennedy became president in 1961, but in 1964 he was shot and killed, most people felt their hopes were killed. The 1960s was defined by the Civil Rights, the government stayed out of the Civil Rights until 1964. People were starting to drop out of political life, and they were called hippies. African Americans and other racial…