The Evolution of Rock Music :: American America History

The Evolution of joust MusicIn this act, Im going to introduce to the reader a topic not touched alot because of its complexness and its avoidance by conservative adults.This topic is, of course, Rock Music. During sensation week, I looked forinformation in the library and at my house, and from the information Iga thered and my one knowledge about the topic, Im going to lead the readerto a better understanding of Rock n pother. I chose to do Rock music becauseI great deal identify myself with it. Rock music is very complex. In fact Itsstylistic scope is to broad to be encompassed by any single definition (Rock Music, Groliers, p.1). The nearest definition suggests a kind ofmusic that represents and speaks for the teenage society. This music ischaracterized by using a heavy beat. In this essay, Im going to classRock music into four sections Rock of the 50s, of the 60s, of the 70sand of the 80s. Within these sections Im also going to discuss severalsub-topics such as famous com posers and groups, and characteristics of themusic.The first section of this essay is Rock n Roll of the 1950s, when Rock nRoll was born. It emerged from rhythm and blues, a music similar to jazzplayed by blacks. This kind of music started to attract exsanguinous teenagers.Disc jockey Alan Freed was the one who introduced this music and later gaveit the name of Rock n Roll. Record companies distributed records played bywhites but composed by blacks. Whites were frustrated because there werentany white artists and they didnt want the blacks to be the stars untilBill Haley appeared with his Rock Around the Clock. In this decade, ElvisPresley introduced a music that was sexual suggestive and nauseate dulladults. In time he changed the style of the music by adopting a country andwestern style and became a national hero. By the polish off of this decade and thestart of the next, Rock n Roll started to decline because it was formularidden and it was too sentimental. Teenage audiences t ransferred theirallegiance to Folk music.In 1963 the renewal of Rock n Roll came when The Beatles started to play.The Beatles, for several(prenominal) the best rock group ever, were from Liverpool,England. Through the 60s, The Beatles dominated the record industries andwith their dominant instrumentation, which included electric leads, rhythm,and bass guitar, drums and sometimes an electric organ, changed the name ofRock n Roll to just Rock.