Elvis Aaron Presleya (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954, working with Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, who wanted to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience.
I Want to Hold Your Hand People enjoying the music of today, whether it be on an Ipod, in their car, or even at work, tend not to know the origin of which popular music came from. Perhaps they didn’t know that much of the music that Elvis made derived from early blues artists, such as Muddy Waters, and “Big Mama” Willie Mae Thornton, who originally sang the song “Hound Dog” (wikipedia). Yet, the most influential of all music origins, came from a small island off the west coast of Europe. That country was England, and the musical influx that erupted, was known as “The British Invasion”. The term “British Invasion”, is much easier to define as a cultural term, than a musical one.
Rock’n’roll did not just emerge out of nowhere; it has roots just like any other musical genre. In the late1940’s, upbeat Chicago style blues began to fuse with R&B rhythms. This fusion of styles created something completely new. Some of the earliest rock artist didn’t write there own songs, they would recreate old blues style songs and there unique touch to it. The term rock’n’roll actually came to be a few decades before the new wave of music in a Trixie smith song “my baby rocks me with one steady roll.” At the time the term was slang for dancing and “roll” was used as a synonym for sex.
Many of the songs on the album even reached Top 40 status. The impressive musical talent on the first recording included vocals from several very famous rock stars. Later it was adapted to a stage play and then to movie screen in 1973. The true strength of the movie relies on Webber's music, Tim Rice's provocative lyrics, amazingly difficult vocal solos, and the intentionally minimalist themed costumes and set design. This musical or rock opera follows the last week of the life of Jesus Christ and Judas.
Therefore, when you listen to all of the lyrics of every song on this album, one could say, Revolver is one of the very first psychedelic LPs – not only because of its numerous shifts in mood and production texture, but in the way it manipulates sounds (double tracking vocals) and the amplification and electronics to create new sounds on drums, the sitar, and guitars as well as other instruments. The timing of the release of Revolver, by the Beatles was significant. They were trying to mark the changes of the latter 60’s when the enthusiasm of youth and the permissiveness of sex, led to a darker and more cynical viewpoint on life. The Beatles were trying to state the changes of the times in 1966. They, themselves were changing from the typical rock style to a more unique and variable type of band.
Psychedelic Rock Psychedelic rock is a type of rock and roll music that is inspired by experience when taking drugs. It emerged in the 1960s within the folk rock and blues rock groups. It pushed the boundaries on the way of recording but also with the instruments used. Non-western instruments were often used such as sitars and ragas. This specific genre reached high popularity levels.
Remembering the Coop Alice Cooper, probably the greatest hard rocker of this century. He and his band has been the influence of many other greatly known music artists such as Rob Zombie, Marylyn Manson, Twisted Sister, Ozzy Osbourne and Kiss. He grew up under the name of Vincent Furnier until he official changed his name to his stage name sometime in the late 1960s. His most favorite band of all time is The Yardbirds. What made his band so appealing was inventing a more violent sense on rock music which he called shock rock.
I noticed that it a pattern seemed to appear. I saw s folk style music be adopted by a british artist Lonnie Donegan which he turned into his own genre called skiffle. Skiffile became very popular in europe and his music swept the nation in the late 1950s. This music was the inspiration to an up and coming band which became known as the world famous Beatles. They took skiffle and turned it into rock and roll.
A very strange form of protest in the 1960s was the use of protesting through music. A good song that falls under this category is "Eve of Destruction." It is a song that was written by P. F. Sloan in 1965 to protest. Several other artists have recorded it; however the best known recording of this song was by Barry McGuire. This recording was released by Dunhill Records and it was made between the days of July 12 and July 15, 1965.
For example Chuck Berry (1926-) and Little Richard (1932-) transformed urban blues into what we know as rock ‘n' roll; rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) began his career in a rhythm and blues band; and Stevie Wonder (1951-) and Marvin Gaye (1940-1984), transformed the sound of Motown into soul music. As time goes on we can see that the social mobility of African Americans in society continues to progress with an undeniable possibility of never