PPT-Predecessors to Rock & Roll Music

Major events in history have shaped the development of Rock Music Historical Events Emancipation Proclamation 1862 freeing of the slaves in the United States The slaves had brought with them a strong musical heritage consisting of . Hybrid of several other styles:. Blues, rhythm and blues, gospel music, country, crooners and harmony groups. Early style of Rock and Roll was called “rockabilly”, because it combined Blues and Country music. The History of Rock and Roll . Rock Music in the Fifties. In the early 1950's new recording technologies such as the long playing album, jukeboxes, electric guitars and electric bass guitars are created. These new technologies change the way people create and listen to music. . Marissa Holman. The origins of Rock and roll. Rock and Roll is an offshoot . of rura. l southern music such as. . blues and country. The genre of rock music is a wide variety. Rock was born in the 1950’s but the music was around for about a decade earlier.. James W. Houchins Jr.. Sociology A490 Summer term 2014 UAA. Did Rock and Roll’s opposition have anything in common?. I mean in common besides the protection of children from what the threat they called Rock and Roll.. the 1950s. 1934: Boswell Sisters, “. Rock and Roll. ” appeared in the film . Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round. .. 1938: Sister Rosetta . Tharpe. recorded “Rock Me” for Decca Records [. link. ].. From 1930s-1950s. Blues music evolved over time, meshing with Jazz music. New upbeat Blues/Jazz styles emerged such as “Boogie . Woogie. ” and “Rhythm and Blues”. Racial tensions were at an all time high in the US due to Segregation laws and lack of Civil Rights. - Mellone. The Middle Ages 450-1450. Music actually began around 500 . B.C. Pythagoras experimented with acoustics and how math related to tones formed from plucking strings. .. The main form of music during the Middle Ages was the Gregorian . Death of . t. he . o. ld . i. ndustry. 1950’s Pop. Jazz. The emergence Of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Tin Pan Alley and The Old Industry. Cookie cutter song writing. Little celebrity status. Geared towards sheet. Rock Around the Clock. Bill Haley and His Comets. First, the term “Rock n Roll”. 1922 – used as a reference for ____. Begun by DJ Alan Freed, during his show “. Moondog. Rock n’ Roll Party” . Continuation of 20. th. Century Music History. Early days of America. In . 1619, the first Africans were brought to. the . state of Virginia.. They were taken from their happy homes. and . were forced into crowded ships.. Major events in history have shaped the development of Rock Music. Historical Events. Emancipation Proclamation (1862) – freeing of the slaves in the United States. . The slaves had brought with them a strong musical heritage consisting of . Rock and Roll. Rock N Roll. “Rocking and Rolling” was first used as a reference to the motion of the ship in sea shanties. . Then, African American spirituals began using the phrase in religious context as the motion while singing or being influenced by the music.. Pop and Rock Artists and Ensembles. Little Richard (1932). His real name is Richard . Penniman. . . He . has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for over six decades. . (often written as . rock & roll. or . rock 'n' roll. ) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States. . during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African-American genres such as blues, jump blues, jazz, and gospel music, together with western swing and country music. Though elements of rock and roll can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s, the genre did not acquire its name until the 1950s..