Elvis Presley

Music There are many types of genres of music! A few are classical, pop, rock, country and reggae. Through out all types of music, there are over 97 million songs. From the 1500’s up to now there have been many artists and bands to be famous from singing. In the 1500’s, some popular composers were, Thomas Tallis, Josquin Des Prez, William Byrd, and many more! Thomas Tallis was most known for his piece called “ If Ye Love Me”. This song is about if you love God then you will keep his…

Rock music and movies influenced the younger generation’s clothing style, with trying to copy famous people’s clothing styles, like Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando. Work was a big influence on 50’s fashion and how people dress. With teenagers not being in the depression, and not having to share their earnings to help the family, they bought new clothing and whatever they wished. White collar…

award like this ruined. I acceptance time so Swift could give her speech. Elvis Presley gyrated in the Ed Sullivan Show in 1956 (Rosenberg 2015). Because Elvis had used body gyrations during performances on other shows like the Milton Berle Show, Sullivan had decided he did not want him on his show. These performances were considered provocative and very unsuitable for audiences. Sullivan had to have a change of heart after Elvis performed on the Steve Allen Show, which was televised during the…

Johnny R Cash was born on February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas. Or mainly known as “The Man In Black”. Johnny Cash was very famous for what he loved to do. Growing up for the Cash’s wasn’t very easy. However, his mother kept their spirits high with her singing. J.R. got his talent from being around his musical family. Many times his mother and sister sung in the cotton fields to pass the time. Being one of seven sibling’s, at the age of three him and his family moved to Dyess, Arkansas.…

Elvis was the most successful artist of the mid-1950s rock ‘n’ roll explosion; he was an impoverished teen from the Deep South, who came up with in the church with influences from country, blues, R&B, and the popular music of the day (Brackett, 2014). “That’s All Right, Mama” (Crudup, 1954) was the first recording Elvis did with Sam Phillips who was the owner of Sun Records (Brackett, 2014). The song has blended…

It has been proven true that experience is such an essential key in to determining if an artist can be heralded as an icon. More often than not, artists or groups normally come and go after a successful track and it definitely takes sheer talent, and pizzazz for someone to stick on fame a bit longer. Aside from the intangible stuff, well-respected and established artists should also have a look that doesn't seem to tarnish no matter how many years have passed and the innate charisma being exuded…

Radio and television/film certainly had a huge impact on the rise of rock and roll. Perhaps if technology hadn’t advance different music styles would still remain regional. As the radio era had allowed cultural diffusion since each region had a slightly different variety of music than the next. When radio stations started broadcasting nationally, it influenced the rise of different styles of music. Instead of only being exposed to the type of music near them; people could now hear variations of…

Emerging from the southern states of the USA, country music was one of the earliest genres in modern American history. The birthplace of country, or early folk music, was in Bristol, Tennessee. This developing style is a mix of folk music from the British Isles, church hymns, and African American blues. By the early 1900s, the recording industry was booming and brought about many new talents. In 1927, Ralph Peer of Victor Records noticed that most musicians had to travel to New York to make…

Music has the power to change lives. It allows people the freedom to express themselves in ways that is normally not possible and thus making people more themselves which in turn changes a culture. There comes a time in every generation where a pop star icon emergis. A true pop icon will be someone who is very influential to the music industry and to the culture. This individual will also be someone who has the potential to go down in history as one of the greatest. Among the list of influential…

Throughout time Gospel music has evolved tremendously. In the past there was not a wide variety of Gospel music to choose from but now there are a numerous amount of choices for everyone to enjoy. For example, Christian Rap, Adult Contemporary, and Christian Rock are some very popular genres of Christian music. Gospel music has always been a very popular type of music listened to all over the world. Now that there is such a broad amount of chooses, the popularity has just soared. One choice to…