Rock and roll

f music, Rock & Roll, flourished throughout households in the 1950’s and 1960’s. This particular style of music appealed to teenagers at that specific time frame, however, Rock & Roll was quite distasteful to parents as it was believed to be a negative impact on adolescents. Jody Pennington and J. Ronald Oakley’s “Don't Knock the Rock: Race, Business, and Society in the Rise of Rock and Roll” depict the rise and fall of Rock & Roll and its social changes within the decade spiritually, physically…

Shake and Roll music is one of a kind in the way that is likely the first musical classification framed solely around youth society. The bases of which created from soul music, jazz and different impacts, and spearheaded by specialists, for example, Bill Hailey and…

There have been many scandals in the history of rock and roll. One that always comes to mind is the tragedy of the Altamont Speedway Free Festival in California on December 6, 1969. Many thought it would be the next Woodstock and in some ways it was. Approximately 300,000 fans attended and there were many acts scheduled such as Jefferson Airplane, Santana, and CSNY, with the Rolling Stones as the final act. Grateful Dead was scheduled to play, but cancelled just prior to stage time because of…

In order to understand the influence of jazz on rock and roll it is first important to understand the differences between jazz and rock and roll. Jazz is the several types of slave music combined together. Slaves sang jazz music to pass time on the plantations ("Jazz vs Rock"). Rock and roll has a standard three chord sequence. Rock and roll is a spin off of jazz, blues, and country music. ("Jazz vs Rock"). Both jazz and rock and roll have originated from blues but there are differences…

Today in class we viewed an episode from the series of The History of Rock n Roll by Bud Friedgen called Good Rockin’ Tonight. In this film, we watched the short era of the upcoming of rock n roll with all its controversy, crazy fans, and dances. The film starts with a clip of Chuck Berry, the king of Rock, playing Roll Over Beethoven. Chuck Berry once told Carl Perkins that what they were doing with music id what the political leaders were trying to accomplish up in Washington. At the time,…

“Rock and Roll Unplugged” "I know the evil feeling that you feel when you sing it. I know the lostposition that you get into in the beat. Well, if you talk to the average teenager of today and you ask them what it is about rock and roll music that they like, the first thing they'll say, is 'The beat, the beat, the beat!'"-Reverend Jimmy Snow, c. 1957. In the article “Rock and Roll Unplugged” it explains to us the major influence African music has had on the American culture throughout the…

topics like sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll over long periods of times, and yet, they continue to be topics of controversy today. In order to apprehend the topics being argued, we have to take into consideration that times were different back then. In a society that grew up with religion-based ideals, it was difficult to even mention these topics without getting attacked and disregarded. Sex was, and still is a taboo, drugs weren’t as prevalent as they are now, and rock ’n’ roll was absolutely…

College Academy at Southridge, our clubs are student lead giving students the chance to show leadership skills and create community service projects for our clubs. In junior year, I created a club called the Rock ‘N’ Roll Club. In the club, the members appreciate the historic genre of rock and roll as well as enhance our skills in instruments and vocals. I created this club to give students at my school a chance to have an opportunity to try their hand at playing instruments they never get the…

The Beatles were one of the most popular and influential rock and roll groups of all time. This iconic band blazed new trails for popular music through their relentless imaginative and experimental songs that caught attention on an international scale. The Beatles gained the hearts of millions in 1963, the start of Beatlemania, and continued to captivate their fans for the next seven years. Their total domination over the music industry remains unrivaled to this day due to their ability to…

Emma Philbin Paper #1: Appropriation 2-7-16 Rock History In the 1940s and the 1950s, the music of African American people was the supporting block for the rise of Rock and Roll music. During this time period, racial integration began happening as African Americans began moving from the South to the Northen cities, and within this we began to see cultural integration. However society still greatly held African Americans and whites segregated; and as a result music was greatly segregated as…