Of all the performers of the 60's, Hendrix was the most influential in the world of music. His technically superior ability as a guitarist far exceeded the extravagant showmanship for which he was mostly known. Hendrix influence still remains today in the playing of every guitarist. He was also a largely pivotal figure in the continuance of American black music. He intently reformed the music of his forefathers and elders of Rob Johnson, Muddy Waters, Charlie Christian, and Chuck Berry, into electrifying future soul and balladry.
Ray Charles was what you can say the Michael Jordan of music. You could move anyone that was listening to his music. He was like the co-founder of soul music. He caught the eye and ear if both the black and white culture. Everyone from all type of colors came to listen to him sing.
It is one of the best lyrical songs Lil Wayne has ever put together. Any album he puts together goes platinum solely on his use of metaphors. Lil Wayne is one of the few lyrical geniuses in the rap game that can move people with his verses. “Hustler Musik” and “Shooter” were also songs that I loved that reached the top of the charts. I loved his lyrics in every song throughout this album and so did the critics calling it best album of the year after it reached number one on the Billboards.
When he released his first hit, "I Can't Live Without My Radio," in 1985 when he was just 17 years old, LL came out to be a hard-hitting, streetwise b-boy with spare beats and ballistic rhymes (Internet Source). But he soon quickly developed a smoother R&B style and began putting out what is known as lover's rap by putting out his hit single "I Need Love." LL dropped out of high school and recorded his debut album, Radio. When it was released in 1985, Radio was a major hit. From momentum of "I Can't Live Without My Radio" and "Rock the Bells," the album went platinum in 1986.
Josh Fowler Perry Per5 Elvis was a musical sensation of his era. Everyone knew who he was and till this day many people remember him as being the King of Rock and Roll. He paved the way for many future stars of rock and roll. Elvis change the music as we know it. But what made Elvis so popular?
Roland Carter, one of the world’s greatest composer and CEO of MAR-VEL, made a great impact on African American music. Mr. Carter is known as a distinguished composer, conductor, pianist and most of all an educator. Carter is the Ruth S. Holmberg Professor of American Music in the Department of Music at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In recognition of his stature, he has served on National Endowments for the Arts’ Heritage, Access and Choral Panels and received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Shaw University. For his outstanding contributions to American Music, Carter was given honorary membership in the nation’s largest music fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and elected to the charter class of Signature Sinfonians.
They deliver a powerful group of soulful, melodic tunes that will leave you with a contagious sense of optimism for the future and welcomed reminiscence for American rock ‘n’ roll. Shout It Out is a collection of finely crafted, R&B-flavored pop-rock, a homage to the music that inspired HANSON when they started out. The album produced and written exclusively by the band is augmented with special guests: Funk Brothers bassist Bob Babbitt, who played on some of Motown’s greatest hits, and horn arranger Jerry Hey, who worked with Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Earth, Wind and Fire and many more.
Louis Armstrong was the first important soloist to emerge in jazz, and he became the most influential musician in the music's history. As a trumpet virtuoso, his playing, beginning with the 1920s studio recordings made with his Hot Five and Hot Seven ensembles, charted a future for jazz in highly imaginative, emotionally charged improvisation. For this, he is revered by jazz fans. But Armstrong also became an enduring figure in popular music, due to his distinctively phrased bass singing and engaging personality, which were on display in a series of vocal recordings and film roles. Armstrong had a difficult childhood.
Cedar Walton & Eastern Rebellion “Bolivia” Composers:Cedar Walton lyric composers:Cedar Walton performers:Cedar Walton George Coleman Sam Jones Billy Higgins Instrument:Tenor sexophone, trumpet , piano, drums,bass Dates:1975 One of the most valued of all hard bop accompanists, Cedar Walton is a versatile pianist whose funky touch and cogent melodic sense have graced the recordings of many of jazz's greatest players. He is also one of the music's more underrated composers; although he has always been a first-rate interpreter of standards, Walton wrote a number of excellent tunes ("Mosaic," "Ugetsu," and "Bolivia," to name a few) that found their way into Art Blakey's book during the pianist's early-'60s stint with the Jazz Messengers. In addition to his many quantifiable accomplishments, Walton is less well known as the first pianist to record, in April 1959 with John Coltrane, the tenorist's daunting "Giant Steps" -- unlike the unfortunate Tommy Flanagan a month later, Walton wasn't required to solo, though he does comp magnificently. Walton was first taught piano by his mother. After attending the University of Denver, he moved to New York in 1955, ostensibly to play music.
In 2007 Time Magazine called Rick Rubin one of the 100 most influential people in the world. This legendary record producer has shaped the sound of countless hit artists. Just to name a few: Run-D.M.C., The Beastie Boys, Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, Metallica, and Slayer. As one can tell, part of what makes Rubin great is his ability to work whichever genre he chooses. Rubin was born and raised on Long Island, NY.