Roll Call

Hayley Wilgers History of Rock and Roll March 25, 20 Pop Rock, well known in early days as well as today, precisely means popular. Many believe the term “Pop Rock” to be more of a commercial term, and would describe it as a lighter version of “Rock” in itself. After the British Invasion, people started to use it to oppose the original “Rock” term. It is an upbeat type of music and is very well known by fans of Elvis, The Bee Gees, and The Police. Rock and Roll was one major music category, and…

They used a style of Rock and Blues to create a style that was new to the public, it was known as the mixture of “Chicago blue and rock n’ roll” (Doyle) and that they always stayed true to this sound, “stayed true to their filthy, blues-based sound” (Williams). The band itself, did not really play together, they each had their own style. With each person relating to another artist, or style…

business: writers and publishers. About a hundred years ago, Tin Pan Alley got its start in New York City. Because of the many song writers plunking out their song ideas on rows of pianos sounded like a bunch of people banging tin cans, the locals began to call this Tin Pan Alley. 2. Who was Les Paul? What material(s) did he use to construct the first Solid-Body Electric Guitar? What does “overdubbing” mean? • Les Paul was a guitarist and inventor. His innovations in electronics and…

impressed me was the song by John Lennon «Imagine". Lennon’s solo work as well as all the work of the Beatles in total is an invaluable cultural heritage of the 20th century. The Beatles’ songs in due time became a symbol of change. Listening to rock and roll, people are no longer afraid of the state. Rock became a symbol of freedom and independence from Big Brother. The Beatles became an apologist of this idea and the movement for equality and peace in the 1960s. After the collapse of the…

Early in their career, they recorded covers of "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Rock And Roll Music" The great artist’s sway can be heard even on much later recordings heard on later recordings such as "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" and "Come Together." In fact, when John Lennon composed “Come Together,” Lennon was a such a colossal fan, he was quoted as saying, “If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ’Chuck Berry.” Meanwhile, in 1964, while…

version is that Big Mama recorded the song “Hound Dog” as a blues song. Whereas Elvis version is considered to be Rock N Roll. Another difference between the two different recordings of Hound Dog is that both artist decided to start of the song differently. In Big Mama Thornton’s version she decides to start the song off like in a typical blues way. Which is with a non-rhythmic or call and response with the guitar before starting into the first stanza. While Elvis Presley version of the song…

The Impact of Phil Spector in Music Industry. In 1951, a young boy moved from the thriving musical city of New York to Los Angeles after his father died. Having a perfect musical training background gave him an opportunity to become a member of the Teddy Bears. This young boy wrote "To Know Him is To Love Him" when he was a teenager. His song reached the No.1 hit song on the Billboard chart in 1958 (O'Hare 48). His name is Phil Spector, a talented producer, songwriter, and musician. In later…

of the general masses of people”. It varies from film to music to television to books. Things like sports, theater, politics, slang and clothes were also parts of pop culture. Although the term “Pop Culture” was officially used often, that’s what we call it back then. Pop Culture was the beginning of trends in many decades. Many people had saw pop culture as having money as well to pursue these wants in advancing in their hobby in pop culture. People looked upon it to see what was thought to…

with ARB Productions to host the 1st Annual Niagara Falls Elvis Festival on Friday May 19th, through Sunday May 21st, 2017 at the Greg Frewin Theatre in Niagara Falls, ON. Due to the overwhelming interest and continued demand for the King of Rock'n Roll --Elvis Presley-- the Niagara Falls Elvis Festival plans to make a big inaugural splash this year by hosting an official preliminary round for the 2017 Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest held at Graceland in Memphis,…

to become more familiar and well-known among white America. Digging deeply into Elvis background indeed provides a better understanding into the complexities of the southern society that he had been through along with the types of music – rock ‘n’ roll and the rhythms and blues – he associated with. Tan magazines once published an article “What You Don’t Know about Elvis Presley” that justified two reasons the singer had deep absorbed in black style and music. He grew up in Mississippi, which…