Roll of Thunder

Music in the 90s had been a huge impact on lives in the United States. Although in April there were some songs that we have not heard in 17 years, they were popular back then. “All My Life,” is one of the songs that were popular in the month of April. “All My Life” by K-Ci and JoJo, almost didn’t make it onto their album Love Always. JoJo told MTV the he penned the song about his daughter but offered it to and unnamed artist (Fuoco). “All My Life” was popular from April 4 toApril 24. From April…

Why Write Stories in a Song Stories have been told in songs and still found because it gives people something to relate to. Only the smartest artist do this to create a bond with their audience which allows a song becomes popular. People want to feel emotions in a song that relate their own life. Drake, a renown artist does this and has a big effect on people's lifestyles as well because he designates the idea of partying and money as good. Stories within country music has been…

American rock band - Puddle Of Mudd, that released four albums and made a healthy six million record sales, has unveiled their UK tour dates for 2016. Puddle of Mudd, with lead singer Wesley Scantlin, has established firmly its reputation in the rock 'n' roll world. According to Viagogo, Puddle Of Mudd has been amongst the US's most impressive live acts with hit songs like "'Blurry," and "She Hates Me." The American post-grunge band lead vocalist - Scantlin, stated "The last time we were on…

From thriving music stage as New York, a young boy has moved to Los Angeles. Owning a perfect music training background that gave him an opportunity to become a member of the Teddy Bears band. And "To Know Him is To Love Him", a first song was written by that teenager, reached the No.1 hit song on the Billboard chart in 1958 (O'Hare 48). He is Phil Spector, a talent producer, songwriter, and a musician. In years later, Spector had a huge influence to the record producers, artists, and musician.…

The influence of blues music on early rock and roll is undeniable, and can be easily identified. Rock and roll certainly drew upon blues music for a number of its elements; underlying themes, instrumentation, and vocal style to name a few. Let us therefore compare Elvis Presley's early rock and roll song "Blue Moon of Kentucky" to Son House's "Walkin' Blues" to demonstrate this influence. Elvis Presely's early forays into music writing were marked by a number of influences, many of which were…

Comparing artists and their music has gone on since music first began. Each person thinks their favorite artist’s album is the best, while the other argues that his is the best. Just like any other entertainment category, it is very hard to convince the other person that you are right, even though the evidence is shouting out at them. Which is better? Two popular artists on each end of the spectrum of popularity with one artist’s album being on the Billboard 200 chart at number 1 and the other…

1960’s Music In the 1960s, people believed that this was the beginning of a golden age, but the golden age never happened instead the nation was falling apart. John F. Kennedy became president in 1961, but in 1964 he was shot and killed, most people felt their hopes were killed. The 1960s was defined by the Civil Rights, the government stayed out of the Civil Rights until 1964. People were starting to drop out of political life, and they were called hippies. African Americans and other racial…

Eighties Music compared to Today’s Music is something that many people take great pleasure in listening to. Music has evolved from the beginning with faintly recorded music to the music recognise today. These changes in music have been massive but have occurred very gradually without us noticing. The changes from eighties era music to how it has evolved and developed into what we recognised it today through changes in the age it’s targeted at, the language and phrases used to how music has…

Rolling Stone, “The Beatles’ first night in Hamburg, Aug. 17, 1960, was 20 years ago, to the day, since the Germans launched their first attack on Liverpool [England], when Nazi planes dropped bombs on the docks at Toxteth, Aug. 17, 1940. Rock and roll music was taken to Hamburg by the children of the survivors, to be heard in turn by children who’d outlived the Allies’ revenge blitz of 1943. Scorned by adult society as a force for evil and the work of the devil, black rhythm music out of…

Throughout history, rock and roll has always been a male dominated genre consistently focusing on the male listener. From the beginning of this enormously popular genre, Women waited patiently to find a way and to be accepted into this “man’s world.” As years past this continued to be an issue for women as they tried to knock down those doors and even today one can argue that women continue to fight for that spot that they rightfully deserve. However, over the course of this time there have…