Rock And Roll
...and its avoidance by
conservative adults. This topic is, of course, Rock Music. During one
week, I looked for information in the library and at my house, and from
the information I gathered and my one knowledge about the topic, I'm
going to lead the reader to a better understanding of Rock n' Roll. I
chose to do Rock music because I can identify myself with it. Rock music
is very complex. In fact "It's stylistic scope is to broad to be
encompassed by any single definition" ("Rock Music", Groliers, p.1). The
nearest definition suggests a kind of music that represents and speaks
for the teenage society. This music is characterized by using a heavy
beat. In this essay, I'm going to divide Rock music into four sections:
Rock of the 50´s, of the 60´s, of the 70´s and of the 80´s. Within these
sections I'm also going to discuss several sub-topics such as famous
composers and groups, and characteristics of the music.
The first section of this essay is Rock n' Roll of the
1950's, when Rock n' Roll was born. It emerged from rhythm and blues, a
music similar to jazz played by blacks. This kind of music started to
attract white teenagers. Disc jockey Alan Freed was the one who
introduced this music and later gave it the name of Rock n' Roll. Record
companies distributed records played by whites but composed by blacks.
Whites were frustrated because there weren't any white artists and they
didn't want the blacks to be the stars until Bill Haley appeared with his
"Rock Around the Clock". In this decade, Elvis Presley introduced a music
that was sexual suggestive and outraged dull adults. In time he changed
the style of the music by adopting a country and western style and became
a national hero. By the end of this decade and the start of the next,
Rock n' Roll started...
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