Rock music

American stereotypes of the 1950s and 1960s. Rock n’roll, big hair and skirts, and the clean-cut American family were typical, and rock superstars populated the airwaves. One of the early pioneers of American rock n’roll was Elvis Presley, a young, innovative crooner whose hip-thrusts jumpstarted an industry. This new industry so popular that it became the basis of a new American musical, Bye Bye Birdie, written by Michael Stewart with lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse. This…

Mac Toby Mac is a Christian artist and producer of music. His name goes with many genres of Contemporary Christian music of the modern times. Christian music has changed through the last few years, and Toby Mac has gone through the changes as time moves forward. The reason for choosing Toby Mac is due to the total influence a person has and the impact he has had on the world. Not as just a Christian artist and singer, but he changes the way music sticks in people’s minds and hearts. Toby Mac…

The Beatles were a pop/rock band active from the early 60’s to around 1970. They contributed so much to rock and pop music and have been awarded multiple grammys and prestigious awards over their short span of only around ten years. However their legacy still remains. Formation of the band In the 50s guitarist and singer John Lennon formed a band known as “the Quarrymen” In 1957 “the Quarrymen” added guitarist: Paul McCartney, to the roster. Not much later George Harrison (a friend of Paul…

been created, different types of music and the way of dressing have changed. Definitely one of the most important changes that not only U.S. had have, is in the 1960s where the people off all ages wanted a change. At the same time the Vietnam War was happening, also in that decade the Civil Rights Movement made people to be more equal. The counterculture of the late 1960s was a great youth movement for the society. Everything changed from clothing styles to the music of the hippie culture. And…

“Rock the Casbah” came out in June 11, 1982 by the English punk rock band The Clash. “Rock the Casbah” is the third single on The Clash's fifth album Combat Rock and reached number 8 on the Billboard hot 100 in the U.S. It also reached number 8 on the dance chart. I think that the lyrics, by Joe Strummer, were inspired by a news report of Iranians being flogged for the crime of owning a disco album and create an amusing fantasy where a disco-hating sharif is defied by everyone from the citizens…

dances of the seventies were all about disco music. Disco music features soaring vocals over a steady beat, an eighth note or sixteenth note hi-hat with an open hi-hat on the off-beat, and a syncopated bass line. During the seventies, disco clubs, which were very common, were filled with disco dancers. Common dance moves included “The Hustle,” “The Bump,” “YMCA,” and many others. Detailed description of dance and the music: Disco dance is moving to music with your own style, while usually…

The Rolling Stones are one of the greatest rock bands of all time. The band was formed in England in 1962 and is still together after over fifty years, giving it the record for longevity. Today the band has four core members, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts, who have become huge, recognizable names in pop culture. Throughout their career the band released 29 studio albums and contributed many songs to the top of the music charts of many countries. Jagger and Richards…

Introduction Dolores was one of the most visible females in early-90s alternative rock. In the text Dolores O’Riordan, she was quoted as saying, ¨Anyone who gets famous so quickly and so young, you're bound to be a bit of a casualty in some fashion. You go through life, and then you realise you only live once, and that there are some things you might have lost or given away when you were young, so you go back to find them.¨ Early life Half of her life had presented many challenges. To begin…

Justin Hayward Justin David Hayward is an English songwriter, lead singer and former guitarist in the rock band the Moody Blues. Born in Swindon, Wiltshire, he studied at Shrivenham School in Berkshire, and The Commonweal School in Swindon. Hayward has shown interest in music since his teenage years, taking part in several groups on the age of 15. One of those early bands was called All Things Bright. It was formed for The Hollies and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Career success and personal…

BOB DYLAN One of the most legendary names in the American music industry is no one else but the singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The influence he made in popular music last for more than five decades and still echoed through generations till this very day. Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota and raised in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA. Dylan’s parents Abram Zimmerman and Beatrice “Beatty” Stone were part of a tight local Jewish community. As a…