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    Randall Hank Williams, or also known as Hank Williams Jr., was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He is the son of Hank Williams, and he has a son, Hank Williams lll. Hank Jr’s dad died before he was even 4 years old on January 1,1953. Hank Jr. is famous for being a country musician/artist like his deceased dad. Without his father present, Hank’s mother helped begin his music career around age 8. She moved them out of Louisiana and into Tennessee. His mom knew already that he had an amazing voice. Moving

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    Vin Signorile MU 290-50 Professor Muller September 16, 2015 Son House Son House aka Edward James House, Jr. was a famous American blues singer and guitarist. He was born March 21, 1902 in Lyon, Mississippi on the Mississippi River Delta on a plantation where he lived for a while. He died October 19, 1988 in Detroit, Michigan at age 86 from Alzheimer’s disease. He was known for his “highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing” (BBC 1). He did not start out as a singer and guitarist

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    Brantley Gilbert is a popular country music star. Mr. Gilbert has written/recorded seventy-one songs, and a total of 3 albums and received several awards. He is known for speaking his mind and being able to defend his family and friends. Brantley Gilbert is a successful artist, with a complicated past. Brantley Keith Gilbert was born on January 29, 1985 in Jefferson, Georgia. His parents were Keith and Becky Gilbert. He has one younger sibling named Kolby. At the age of 13, he was singing

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    There are a lot of music genres that a person can choose to listen to rap and R&B, rock, country, etc. The music genre that I prefer I listen to anytime or anywhere is that I am always in the mood want to listen to is country music. I am always up to listen to country music is that there is a song to match just about every mood someone could be in. In country music there is not a subject that is off limits, there are songs about religion, patriotism, and love, relationship, family, about the artists

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    Rebecca McKenney History and Sociology of Rock Music Mrs. Trimble 2 October 2016 Motown: Musical Achievements and Major Artists Motown was a label record company founded by Berry Gordy Jr, which played a dominate part in the American Music industry between 1959 and 1988. Throughout its run, Motown produced several successful artists, classic singles, and albums. Among the most known of these artists were, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robison, the Jackson

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    Motown is well known for it’s girl and guy groups of the 1960’s such as the Temptations and the Supremes. The songs “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” by the Temptations and “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” by the Supremes both have a very similar pop/soul sound that represents that of Motown. Both songs have background vocals, which is consistent with Motown’s production style, as the label had more groups than solo artists. Unlike the Stax label, Motown had production teams to create their very polished and uniformed

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    Bob Seger Research Paper

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    Bob Seger Bob Seger comes from Detroit, Michigan and is an American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. In the 60s he began performing and recording locally in his area. When he decided to try for stardom he formed The Silver Bullet Band with a group of Detroit-area musicians in 1973. He gained national recognition when he came out with the album Live Bullet recorded live in 1975. One of the songs on this album “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man” counts as one of his Top Ten songs. His second album

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    The article “Just a Half a Mile from the Mississippi Bridge”: The Mississippi River Valley Origins of Rock and Roll” was written by Dr. Michael Allen Ph.D. who is a history professor of the School of Arts and Sciences, at the University of Washington, Tacoma. The article is part of a work that Allen is currently working on titled, “Mississippi River Valley: The Course of American Civilization”, which discusses the significance and relevance of the Mississippi River area in American history. Because

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    Randy Houser Essay

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    The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo hosted Randy Houser on February 18 at 7 p.m. at the AT&T Center. Randy Houser, born December 18, 1975, is a county music singer and songwriter. Randy Houser was born in Lake, Mississippi. By 2002, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to begin a songwriting career. He became widely known within the county community for his songwriting skills. He had much success after writing a number one hit for co-writing singles including “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” by Trace Adkins

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    I chose a genre of music called rock and roll. Alan Freed from Cleveland, a disc jockey at American radio stations, invented the term "rock and roll." In fact, rock and roll involves much more than just music – it is a special way of life, specific world outlook (not to mention rock and roll dance). Often, even the most distant music from rock and roll territory is called and calls itself rock and roll, referring to a particular attitude, rather than to a specific musical form. Anyway, my choice

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