King's adorning music has inspired three generations of proficient blues and rock guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, Otis Rush, Robert Cray, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Albert always kept his tone innovative and intensive; raw with passion. He was a master of string bending sounds that produced awe-inspiring and astonishing music.He didn't become prominent until after signing with stax records in 1955. The blues-man, Albert, one of the first bluesmen who crossed over into the world of soulful music, signing with Stax Records and recording such classic songs as “Born Under a Bad Sign” and “Crosscut Saw.” During the mid 80s, King announced his retirement because of
His first recording was with a group called “A Cast of Thousands”. Needless to say his guitar playing stood out. He started playing a lot of gigs when he entered high school. First, he played with a new group that his brother Jimmie started called Texas Storm. It wasn’t long after he stopped playing with them that he started his own group called Blackbird.
Starr played key roles in the Beatles' films and appeared in numerous others. After the band's break-up in 1970, he released "It Don't Come Easy", "Photograph" and "Back Off Boogaloo", followed by the 1973 top ten album Ringo. He narrated the first two seasons of the children's television series Thomas & Friends. Since 1989, he has successfully toured with twelve variations of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. In 2011 Rolling Stone readers named Starr the fifth-greatest drummer of all time.
Motown and Soul artists of the 1960’s Motown was established by the former boxer and automobile worker Berry Gordy and the help of his friend songwriter Smokey Robinson, in January 1959 on Detroit, Michigan. After a few years Motown owned by African-American became a cultural icon by selling singles and hits more than any other record company. Motown sound were a mix of African-American church music, pop and jazz with songs full of joyous, sadness, romantic, mad and growing music. The first original Motown records label was TAMLA and the first recording was “Come to ME” by Marv Johnson on January 1959 on TAMLA 101. The second Motown label is “Bad Girl” by The Miracles in September 1959.
Berry Gordy was an American record producer and songwriter. His claim to fame was the establishment of the renowned Motown record label and its affiliates. Motown became one of the most eminent music companies in the history of the U.S. Berry Gordy was born on 28th November 1929 in Detroit, Michigan and was the seventh child in a middle class family of Berry Gordy Sr. Berry’s siblings were all educated citizens however Berry wanted to become very rich very quickly so decided to drop out of school and become a professional boxer. He got interested in music by writing songs and soon opened the 3D Record Mart which was a store that featured jazz music. Unfortunately this venture was not successful.
AFAM 2000. 01. Dr. Thaddeo K. Babiiah 24 June 2010 A Man’s World Soul music was very popular in the 1970’s. It was the one thing that everyone, black and white, could agree on. Everyone got together and enjoyed themselves listening to funk and soul music.
Early on I had started collecting Bix and then early Armstrong, Oliver, Clarence Williams and such groups and to some extent Morton records. They weren't easy to find but I had most of the Red Hot Peppers, many of which were re-issued on the Bluebird label. In early 1941 David heard that Jelly Roll was in Los Angeles and we made an effort to find where he was staying. A few weeks later we got his address in the Central Avenue district of Los Angeles, at the house of Dink Johnson, also a piano player, who was, I believe, Jelly's brother-in-law. After all those years of hearing about him and searching out his music, finding him that Saturday morning at Dink's house was a great treat.
Devin Davis Music 54—Rock History Writing Assignment #1 Ronald Dotson West Valley College “Born to Run” "Born to Run" leads in with an epic and iconic drum roll into blending of a saxophone run and keyboards. The band wastes no time getting to the lyrics brought to life by Springsteen’s husky voice, drawing you into the story he has planned for you within the next four and half minutes. The song has a strong four-four beat, two alternation verses—with different lyrics—and one legendary instrumental verse. The bones of the song come down to the instruments used like tools to create a journey for the listener. Springsteen’s guitar and the E. Street Band’s drums, bass, two guitars, two keyboards, and Clarence Clemons’ tenor sax lead the
The album today is considered by many to be one of the most powerful debut albums ever. The songs “Hey Joe,” “Purple Haze,” “The Wind Cries Mary,” “Foxy Lady,” and “Red House” are now classics. The Jimi Hendrix Experience made their live debut in January of 1967 at the Evereaux in France. Hendrix’s live performance was breathtaking. He stunned audiences by playing his guitar behind his back, behind his head, between his legs and with his teeth.
The Beginning of Rock N’ Roll Rock n’ Roll began in the in the United States in the late 1940’s to early 1950’s. African Americans Began with Rhythm and Blues, Jazz and Gospel in the 1940’s. In the late 1940s, Rhythm and Blues was played by small groups of four or five musicians usually a bass, drums, one or two Saxophones, and possibly a rhythm guitar or a piano. There were a lot of musicians that were there from the beginning. William M. Moore was born in Houston, Texas on June 13, 1918.