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only came to a close in 1942 as World War II charged the economy with increased demands for those industries that had useful products for the war effort. Race relations were not smooth in this era either, and New York saw race riots in 1943, just one year before the young African American, Miles Davis moved to the city. Talent never guarantees success, but for a black man before the Civil Rights Movement, success could prove doubly elusive. Especially when outside influences make it even harder.…

second husband Keith Zubchevich in 2005. A year after she parted ways with her first husband, Richard O’Dell. The couple shares a daughter, Ashby Grace, 9. She is step-mother to Tyler and Carson. Though they were together for more than decades, things didn’t work between them. The couple is no longer together as a source has confirmed to US Weekly. Career and Progression O'Dell starred off her career as an anchor and reporter for the WPDE-TV. Few years later, she joined WCBD TV as a morning…

Music has been around for as many as 55,000 years. The egyptians, ancient greeks, romans and african slaves all had different forms of music. Much like today, we have several different types of music, country, rock, soft rock, gospel, jazz, pop, R&B but one the most controversial genres would be Hip-Hop and Rap along with urban black pop. Today, music is still pivotal. Music can personify people, give voice expressions to those who otherwise may not be heard. At the Super Bowl 50 halftime show…

twelve years old when he began playing the guitar. After performing a few local gigs, he found his life changing. In 1965, Taylor admitted himself into a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts. There he started fine-tuning his songwriting abilities. It wasn’t until five years later when his career soared with the success of his second album, Sweet James (1970), which contains one of his most famous songs, “Fire and Rain.” Over the next few decades, Taylor’s seventeen albums led him to five…

eventually was signed onto Capitol Records. Brooks is the biggest-selling solo recording artist in American music history. He is the only artist to have four albums achieve Diamond status, each of them have sales with an excess of ten million units. Thus far in his career, Garth has received two Grammys, six Emmy nominations, sixteen American Music Awards, eighteen…

they can become great leaders. All praisable leadership is built upon many exceptional qualities in one person, such as determination, humility, and honesty. Rosa Park’s attitude of determination made her an admirable leader. When she was forty two years old she took her seat on the bus like any other person but she did not realize that day she would change the future for African Americans forever. In an interview she states “ I felt I had a right to be treated as any other passenger.” After…

Carrie Underwood: American Idol Legacy Could you imagine singing around close to 100 people? Carrie started her career at a very young age. Just when Carrie was three years old she was already singing at local churches around her. Later on she started singing in talent shows. During Carrie’s young teenage years she learned how to play the guitar, and piano. Throughout Carrie Underwood’s life, she has been very successful with the help of her family. Carrie Underwood's successes at a young age…

developed and introduced a new idea in selling albums. Starting from the 1970s, with the DIY revolution, to the 1990s, featuring digital recording, prices and accessibility to digital music became cheaper and easier to use. Thus, electronic distribution was the first to revolutionize. Internet sales thrived as compact disks became less of a desire for people to travel to buy; the sales of physical CDs declined around two-thirds of its peaked years. Rather, retail offices would package and…

inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1984 and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. He received a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1987, and collected awards and honorary doctorates from the University of Mississippi, Yale University and Berklee College of Music. In 1988 he recorded a track with Irish rockers U2, "When Love Comes to Town," for their album Rattle and Hum. The hit record and associated concert film introduced King to a whole new generation of music…

1. Why has it been difficult to research the earliest popular music? Answer- It has been difficult to research the earliest popular music because, many centuries ago, music was unclear and poorly documented. Additionally, it wasn’t even until the sixteenth century that people became literate enough to document music. However, most literate people of the time were clergy men and students of universities run by the church, so as a result, the vast majority of recorded music was religious.…