Rock N Roll Changed Music

Music as a whole blends together. One style leads to another, the music becomes more progressive. It evolves to fit the new generation, leaving the old generation behind. From the spritual songs of the late 1800s to the gospel of the early 1900s. Then it changed into rhythm and blues, and when the 1950s rolled around it became Rock’ n’ Roll. With the invention of new iconic instruments like the Fender Precision Bass and then the Fender Stratocaster, the sound of the music changed. The sound that was soft and low was now crunchy and loud. While it did not sit well with the adults, it was a hit among the new generation. Even the African American roots of the music didn’t deter the youth listening

An earlier reference to rock ‘n’ roll music was called, rockabilly. Rockabilly was a combination of country and jazz music. Traditional Appalachian folk and gospel music influence the term rockabilly. Other important music that influences the term rockabilly was music such as western swing, boogie woogie, honky tonk (Rock ‘n’ Roll). These influence on rock music primarily originated in the south. Rock ‘n’ roll music combined many different genres of music together, that were popular in many different cultures. According to Gorn he believed, that some experts claim the roots of the music can be traced to the back-country ring shouts of African American slaves. Others maintain that rock sprang from black spirituals of the 1920s and 1930s (Gorn).

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n ' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States. The music we know as rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in the mid 1950s, even though a form of it had been on the horizon for at least a decade or so. A quarter of the American population moved during World War II, and that is what brought southern, rural, sacred and secular traditions into contact with urban-based music and its audiences. Rock and roll drew on many different styles. It derived most directly from the rhythm and blues music of the 1940s, which it developed from earlier blues, boogie-woogie, jazz and swing music. It was also influenced by gospel, country, western, and traditional folk music. With the combinations of all of these genres of music, that help to create this new style of music excited a worldwide generation of young listeners. Even though it had the attention of young listeners it started to upset the already established social, cultural and musical authorities. With this new music style coming into full affect along with new dances and people having voicing out their own opinion caused a lot of turmoil. Many people began to question this new genre of music and labeled it as the devil music while other loved it and couldn’t help but dance

Rock and roll was born in the 1950's and has influenced our pop culture and music for the last six decades ever since its creation from blues, rhythm and blues, country, and gospel music. It has since then created a large variety of genres of rock such as folk rock, country rock, southern rock, corporate rock, art rock, heavy metal, glam rock and many more (Larson). Many of the genres created by Rock and Roll are still listened to this day and has also influenced other types of music and artists. The large amount of variety of music that is present today is due to the fragmentation of rock and roll and what the audience wanted to hear. This lead to the creation of a large variety of genres of rock to please every rock listener in the world.

In the 1950’s, rock and roll type music began and started to become popular in America. However, due to the nature of America, with its racism and segregation, white people did not accept rock and roll with open arms. This was because rock and roll “was credited with … promoting integration and economic opportunity for blacks” (Altschuler, “Pivotal Moments in American History: All Shook Up: How Rock’n’Roll Changed America”, 35). Not only had this, but rock and roll originated from black culture and African-American music styles like jazz, blues, and gospel. Despite becoming prominent during this racially tense time in American history; rock and roll brought everyone together, instead of pushing everyone away. Rock and roll even allowed several African-Americans to become famous, such as LaVern Baker and Antoine “Fats” Domino. These African-Americans used their musical talents to further unite the communities with rock and

Although its true that Rock and Roll was developed from other styles of music but it was actually the mix of Black culture and white spreading that truly advanced it. As Black artists and bands like the Dominoes began to combine gospel music and add more aggressive rhymes to them creating rock and roll. After these song began reaching a wider audience being the White teens who enjoyed this type of thrilling music. After this type of music spread Rock and roll was now based around the image of Elvis

This music started and found it's roots in places such as Memphis, New York, Detroit, Baltimore, and many other places. This new sound was, as historian Charlie Gillett said, "The sound of the city." Rock N' Roll combined the styles of country, R&B, gospel and the blues. Part of the social aspect of why this new music sound was so popular, is the young audiences that were firsthand exposed to it. Many critics of the time were dismissing rock as simply too crude and raw to ever make it big.

Young to older teens were the ones who started with this new trend. They were given money from their parents to buy pictures and photographs and that’s how rock and roll became something that differentiated teens from adults. Teens would listen to it and older adults stayed with other famous artists like Frank Sinatra and Perry Como. The roots of Rock and Roll came from the Blues and Gospel of African American people “Alan Freed, the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the phrase "rock and roll," was the master of ceremonies at many of the first rock concerts, including his 1955 Easter Jubilee.”(US history).

Introduction The 1950s rock ‘n’ roll movement was rooted from a style of music created by black people and their descendants (Scaruffi, 2005). The lives of Americans were changed, as the older generation looked down upon this genre and life style, while the young generation fell in love with it (“America,” 2008). Artist of the 1950s played a huge roll in the ideas that influenced every aspect of it such as legends Buddy Holly and Little Richard. From moral changes to political changes rock ‘n’ roll arrived to America ready to make an everlasting impact (Stewart, 2008).

In the 1950s Rock n Roll had just been made and was a hit. Jazz was the inspiration of Rock n Roll. Musicians had added electronics instruments to traditional blues music, mixing both rhythm and blues. Alan Freed a radio disc jock, who was one of the first to play Rock n Roll, called Rock n Roll ¨a name that has come to mean music that's both black and white¨. Even

In the early 1950s, a new appearance of music erupted onto the scene, stirring an interest on the growing teenage population such as Elvis Presley and Fat Domino. It became a dividing and uniting force among American. While parents astonishing many others who preferred the music of Bing Crosby and Perry Como. Many teenagers fell in love with the new form of music such as country, gospel, rhythm and blues. Countless of parents thought that this new rock and roll music represented disrespect and juvenile delinquency and it would have a negative influence on their children.

Rock and roll is a genre of music that combines African-American genres such as blues, gospel, and jazz together and was evolved in the U.S. during the late 40s as well as the early 50s. Although, you may be able to hear some forms of rock and roll in blues records dating all the back to the 20s and country music dating all the way back to the 30s, rock and roll didn’t actually acquire its name until the 50s. Rock and roll challenged and changed society in many ways because, rock music kept faith with the belief that music is a form of conversation, which crossed many musical boundaries. But 5 major changes in society that rock and roll effected would include but not be limited to: sexual ideology, politics and protest, fashion, cultural

Before Rock and Roll in the 1950’s young males were expected to get out and find jobs right out of high school and the young women were expected to marry and have families at a young age. Collage was an option for only a select few. In the early 1950’s the economy was booming and parents could give their children more freedom than in the times before. Therefore, giving the teenagers their own independence to be able to make their own choices and giving more time to socialize. Rock and Roll not only gave independence from their parents but brought teens to have their own style. Creating the rebellious teenagers that we have today.

One of the greatest genres of music Rock and Roll evolved in the United States in the late 1940’s early 1950’s. This genre was known to be a mixture of gospel, blues, jazz, western swing, and country music. There are countless altered types of rock songs which means they can use different instruments but a few common instruments are drums, bass guitar, piano, and vocals which makes it a unique genre because although it is the same genre, each rock songs uses its own instruments and it’ll still make rock and roll music. Rock and Roll was a time of change in the dance field and inspired many people in the fashion industry and to mix different types of music to achieve a certain beat and with that, new trends will start occurring in society and

“Rock and roll is a type of popular dance music originating in the 1950s, characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies. Rock and roll was an amalgam of black rhythm and blues and white country music, usually based on a twelve-bar structure and an instrumentation of guitar, bass, and drums.” (Kamien, 2015, p.378) The popular music was first called rock and then rock and roll then back to simply rock. Rock and roll music contains many diverse styles. Genres that influenced rock and roll music included jazz, gospel, blues, country and western, classical music, and folk music. Rock and roll music has a raw sound that gets the crowd hyped in a special way. The most important instrument used in rock and roll music is the electric guitar. The electric guitar is the reason for the amplified sound in rock and roll music. “Rock-and-roll guitarist Chuck Berry established a style of