Grammy Award for Record of the Year

Walt Disney was a very important figure in starting the entertainment and film industry. He was a television and film producer and was also a showman. He received many awards for all his accomplishments and won thirty-two Academy Awards. He still holds the record for most individual Academy Awards won. He won a Grammy, Emmy and recived three other Emmy nominations. Walt had a strong value for family. Walt was the humorous prankster in his family growing up and his dad would sometimes get…

Lesane Parish Crooks, we all know him as the great Tupac Amaru Shakur. He was born on June 16, 1971 in Harlem New York. He lived with his mother and his sister who was only two years younger than him. His mother, Afeni Shakur who was born as Alice Faye Williams, raised Tupac and his sister on her own. She was a member of the Black Panther Party and was arrested for causing the start of a riot, she battled with drug abuse for a long time and was always in and out of jail. Tupac probably would…

The heavenly sound of guitars and pianos complement the angelic voice of Lori Lieberman as she sings, “Strumming my pain with his fingers.” The breakaway of the piano serenades the listener into a ballad of love. Generation by generation, the stylistics of “Killing Me Softly” has evolved to conform to a variety of genres and audiences. It has made its way through airways with notable artists taking a change of channeling the essence of the song. Although the song originated from a young vocalist…

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…

and total of 34 million albums sold. Winner of 21 Grammy Awards and other 68 nominations as a record producer, singer, songwriter and rapper. Until today, no other hip-hop artist has won more. Plaudits from Lou Reed, Prince, Paul McCartney and many more (Biography.com Editors, 2017). He has been influencing music as an art constantly since his…

4 that same year, two black students were shot and killed by members of the Mississippi State Highway Patrol. A few years before these tragedies back at Lincoln the Ku Klux Klan had burned a 30-foot cross near the college. After responding to these events through his poetry/music by releasing, “The Nigger Factory,” “The…

changes the world’s perspective of music with his incredible talent and charisma (Petersen 1). Presley’s first exposure began weekly at his church singing and playing in front of a large congregation. When he was ten years old, he won second prize for singing at a contest. The following year he received his first guitar as a legacy. When Presley’s family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, he began competing and winning talent shows and his fame grew even stronger. The appreciation and support he had…

Technology through the years has changed the way that music is acquired and enjoyed. In history, music evolved over time and the introduction of instruments began humans’ love affair with music. Recorded music has changed significantly over the last few decades. People express themselves through music. Music can describe or explain who you are as person. Changes in sound have changed society. In history, in 325 C.E. Constantine declared Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire…

In recent years, the ability for individuals and market intermediaries to engage in peer-to-peer file sharing has resulted in processes that allow for the legal distribution of non-physical products such as music. The ability for this expanding distribution model…

child of Vernon and Gladys Presley (Watson 12). Presley’s parents were so poor when they married in 1933 the 17-year-old Vernon had to borrow the three dollars needed to buy a marriage license (Watson 12). On October 3, 1945, ten-year-old Elvis won over the crowd of 200 people. He came in fifth place (Watson 18). For Elvis…