1950s: Music
Music in the 1950s was dominated by the birth of rock and roll. Rock and roll was a powerful new form of music that combined elements of rhythm and blues (R&B), pop, blues, and hil...
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Rock and Roll
In the beginning, rock and roll music was a provocation, an affront to parents and proper citizens. As rock critic Jim Miller put it, "It was the music you loved to have them [par...
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IN 2000, A TOTAL OF $14.3 BILLION WAS SPENT ON music recordings in the United States. Of those purchases, the most popular genre was rock music, which constituted almost one—fourth of the market...
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Rock and roll has played a huge part in today's society and musical well-being. Rock `n' roll has not only changed music but has altered American culture since the 1950's and has continued to chan...
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Rock n' Roll Impact
The years of the 1950's brought many new meanings and terms to America. This was the decade when perceptions and the country`s values changed. This period of time was one of the ...
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Rock N Roll played a huge part in the 1960s. The music of this time revolutionized the many different aspects of that era. It was a part of the culture and therefore contributed to many causes conce...
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Rock and Roll is a style of music that nearly everyone is familiar with, but nobody knows how it started. I myself am a guitarist whom has spent over seven years studying this particular style of mus...
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Rock is, in fact, one of the most popular genres of music today. Its tremendous impact on many people affects their daily lives and opinions of this fascinating category of modern music. This is the p...
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