PPT-Early Rock n Roll Music and Culture in the 1950s

From 1930s1950s Blues music evolved over time meshing with Jazz music New upbeat BluesJazz 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. Before World War II. Teenagers expected to take life seriously. Males joined the military or go and get a job . Females taught to take care of the house and prepare to be a dutiful wife and mother. Marriage seen as more important than education or a career. 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. Gender Roles in the 50s. Dad is the bread winner. Mom is the happy homemaker. Homemaker’s Lives Made Easier?. Dissatisfied in the Home. In the 50’s, it was said that women went to college for a “Mrs.” degree, not a B.A.. “The Nation Prospers”. Baby Boom. It is a significant increase in the number of babies born . It took place in the years following World War II. As people were better off after the war, more got married and started families. Living in a “Beaver Cleaver” World. Marriage rates soared, marriage ages dropped, and divorce rates dropped. The “baby boom” (1946-1964). Largest “generation” in U.S. history, 77.3 million babies, peaked in 1957. 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.. - 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. In response to the crisis, developers used assembly-line methods to mass-produce houses. Developer William Levitt bragged that his company could build a home in 16 minutes for $7,000. Suburbs were born. The not so Happy Days. Teenagers Take the Stage. The term . "teenager" . was rarely used before the 1950s. . During . the Eisenhower years, young people began to see themselves as a distinct group. Their attempts to forge an identity worried adults, who couldn't understand the . 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.. 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.. (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.. Pocsai Borbála, Libor Roland Rock and roll   is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s  from musical styles such as