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    Rock N Roll

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    Parth Sanghavi Rock n Roll and its celebrities influenced fans which led to a change in American culture during 1950 and 1970. Rock n Roll or often called as “Rock & Roll” or “RocknRoll” is genre of very popular music that originated in the United States of America in the middle of the twentieth century. It is a combination of many African-American genres like as blues‚ jump blues‚ jazz‚ and gospel music‚[3] together with Western swing and country music. It is characterized by electronically

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    All Shook Up: How RockNRoll Changed America by Glenn C. Altschuler states that rocknroll music influenced post American culture through race‚ sexuality and generational conflict. In order for blacks to profit during the rocknroll era performers and promoters “bleached the music‚ and promoted white rockn’ rollers” (p 35). American culture was sexualized by rocknroll music and it influenced men and women’s values. Americans were also convinced that rocknroll music reinforced

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    Rock N Roll

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    Rock nRoll. Have you heard of it? Well‚ it came from the decade of the nine-teen fifties. That is not the only popular event in the decade. The nine-teen fifties had many other important and interesting events that occurred. That is why the nine-teen fifties are the greatest decade of the twentieth century. It is not just because the cool events occurred‚ but the affect it has on life today. The greatest decade of the twentieth century was the nine-teen fifties because it was the start of abolishing

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    Psychedelic rock is absolutely still rocknroll because it encompasses the free-spirited ideals of early rock greats. While under the influence of psychedelic drugs‚ artists felt as if they had entered a higher sphere of awareness. Here‚ they felt free to break out of molds and precedents which is what rocknroll was really all about. Artists also experimented with new recording techniques and effects‚ and incorporated non-Western sources such as the instruments of Indian music. A few things

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    Australian Rock N Roll

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    The immense recognition of rock and roll affected an exceptional level of social‚ political and cultural impact on Australian life in the post war period. Not just a musical style‚ rock and roll influenced lifestyles‚ fashion trends‚ dance moves‚ attitudes‚ haircuts‚ forms of language and political views. The influence of rock n roll‚ in the post war period of the 50s and 60s was indeed one of great significance to Americanised culture. Australia was also influenced by this seeing as Australia had

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    “The Beginning of RocknRoll” During early January of 2000‚ Murray Horwitz‚ vice president for National Public Radio’s cultural programming‚ and producer Elizabeth Blair wanted to conduct a survey for their listeners. The NPR staff produced the works for the ballot and requested their listeners to cast a vote for “The 100 most important American works of the 20th century.” The audience was asked for suggestions of songs ranging from symphonies to pop melodies. The ballots started rolling in‚

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    Rock N Roll History

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    relationship between both life and art is rarely denied‚ and much like history is bound to repeat itself. In chronicling rock n roll’s roots‚ inception‚ and fruition from the birth of the industry in the 1920s through its pinnacle of the 1960s. The interdependency between the music and statuses of social‚ economic‚ and political environments were always closely associated. From rock n roll’s meagre country and blues roots of the segregated south in the Mississippi Delta‚ it found its creative spark.

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    Rock N Roll Genres

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    Rock’-n’-roll is always changing and evolving into specific sub-genres. Sub-genres break down a general genre of music into a more specific and sophisticated type of that category. For example‚ rock has many different branches‚ including soft rock‚ southern rock‚ and hard rock. Rock in general typically has a lead electric guitar with a vigorous 4/4 beat produced by the drums. Yet‚ in the sub-genre of southern rock‚ a southern country rhythm is combined with a touch of rock and roll. Hard rock separates

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    Rock N Roll Research Paper

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    The premise of this work is that rocknroll matters‚ and that it means what it says. It seems that rocknroll music has seldom been given its due as an art form‚ that it is somehow relegated to a category of less "mature" or "serious" artistic pursuits by the media and the intellectual community. Some critics use the generic term "Pop" to refer to any popular music‚ including all contemporary rock musicians‚ as if the fact of rockn’ roll’s immense commercial success implies that it cannot

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    True King of Rock NRoll A few years after World War 2‚ the music genre Rock NRoll was created. It originated from Rhythm and Blues and Country. In the early 1950’s there was three musicians that joined the world of Rock NRoll. Their names were Little Richard‚ Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley. They each had their own style of Rock NRoll. But some individuals couldn’t decide who the true king of Rock NRoll was. In my opinion‚ Elvis Presley was the true king of Rock NRoll because‚ of his

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