PPT-From Work Songs to Rock n’ Roll

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. Joan Jett- “I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll”. Wall. Info. Photos. Songs/Videos. Joan Jett. Logout. View photos of . Joan Jett. Send Joan Jett a message. Artist/Band Website . 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. Intro:. Rock (Rock, Rock) Oh Baby (4X). Verse 1:. Rock and roll is here to stay, it will never die.. It was meant to be that way, though I don't know why.. I don't care what people say, rock and roll is here to stay.. 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 . Jennifer Day, Tyler Kallevig, Adam Vandenhouten, Duke McGhee, Shelby Stehn, and Alexander Jamow. Domino’s Childhood. -Born Antoine Domino February 26, 1928 as the youngest of eight children.. -Raised in New Orleans, Louisiana in the Lower Ninth Ward - one of the poorer areas.. Early Life. Born on July 30th, 1941 in Ottawa, Canada. Formed the Bobbysoxers, a vocal group at 13. At 15, had his first song released, “Blau-Wile Deverest Fontaine”. Don Costa, for ABC-Paramount Records, signed him on at age 16.. 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” . R___ A_____ T__ C____. In 1954 a band emerged called . “Bill Haley and the ______ ” . Rock Around The Clock. Comets. Rock and Roll music didn’t . exist at all until the...... . 19 __s. 1950’s. 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..