Rock

Rock 'n' roll
Name and Surname: Omar Khallaf Mentor: Lejla Čaušević

Rock and roll is a popular music genre that began in the United States in the mid-1950s and
evolved into the larger international style known as rock music by the mid-1960s, but the former
is still referred to as rock and roll. It all started in the 1950s as a completely different type of
music. By the late 1960s, it had transformed the American cultural and musical landscape for
youths. The landscape of politics was described as a fusion of ethnic rhythm and blues music. If
it were so simple, it may have existed long before it encroached on national territory.
Music has been present for decades, but it has only recently developed as a result of an explosive
mix of black culture and white purchasing power. The Dominoes and the Spaniels were among
the first black vocal groups to combine gospel-style harmonies and call-and-response singing
with more aggressive R&B beats. However, because the rhythm and blues were created by
African-Americans and were trained to be provocative, it was not widely embraced by white
audiences. This new sound was pioneered by DJs like Alan Freed in Cleveland, Ohio, Dewey
Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee, and William ("Hoss") Allen in WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee.
Tennessee pioneered rock-and-roll radio by airing hard-driving rhythm-and-blues and bawdy
blues recordings to white suburban youths. In 1954, that sound became associated with an image:
an attractive white vocalist named Elvis Presley who gave the appearance of being black.
Presley's musical style was nonracial, including everything from rural rave-ups and blues wails
to pop crooner melodies. His early Memphis recordings, though, with producer Sam Phillips,
pianist Scotty Moore, and instrumentalist Bill Black, were more about a few sentiments than
about anyone's technique. Elvis made the new genre popular in white America, despite its origins
in African American musical traditions. He was quickly dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll."
Following Presley's death, the music of black singers such as Fats Domino, Little Richard,
Chuck Berry, and Bo Diddley, who had previously been classified as rhythm-and-blues artists,
merged with the rockabilly-flavored songs of white artists such as Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran,
and Jerry Lee Lewis, in part because they were all addressing the same audience: teenagers.
Chuck Berry came the closest to being the glue that kept everything together of anyone. Of fact,
the hedging was warranted in several ways, including Presley's domination and peers Ray
Charles and James Brown's equally big but non-rock and roll advancements. Of course,
comparable music would have appeared if he hadn't appeared. Elvis understood who Chuck
Berry was long before he realized who he was.
Teenagers in cinemas around the country stamped their feet when Bill Haley and His Comets
introduced the 1955 picture Blackboard Jungle with "Rock Around the Clock." Stars like Marlon
Brando in The Wild One (1953) and James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) radiated a
bleak, adolescent revolt that was echoed in the music. Religious organizations, government
officials, and parents' groups all decried the new rock-and-roll culture, referring to it as "devil's
music." The music industry's response was to sanitize the product by having clean-cut, non-
threatening artists like Pat Boone record tame versions of Little Richard songs, spawning a
legion of pretty-boy crooners like Frankie Avalon and Fabian, who would essentially serve as the
Perry Comos and Bing Crosbys for a new generation of listeners. The Beatles were the most
well-known and influential rock and roll group in history. They were a British rock and roll band
from Liverpool, established in 1960.
At the end of the 1950s, Presley had been recruited into the army, Holly had died in a plane
crash, and Little Richard had converted to gospel. The golden age of rock & roll had come to an
end, and The music had begun a period of transition, with a more refined approach: Phil The
Beach Boys' "hit factory" singles, Spector's choreographed wall of sound, and Motown records'
"hit factory" singles Surf dreams with a lot of harmonies. This expertise had given music
additional depth by the mid-1960s. It had fragmented into several shapes known as simple forms,
and it had more flexibility than it had ever had before. as solid as a rock even though rock & roll
was considered "dead" in the 1970s, the new generation thought it was alive and well. It had
reached its pinnacle. Hard rock and heavy metal were formed as a result of the deaths of the vast
majority of previous rock heroes in the 1970s. Throughout the 1970s, many 1960s performers
such as The Who, The Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black
Sabbath, and others continued to record music. These bands kept the rock image alive, and their
personalities reflected the new breed of rock. In the 1980s and 1990s, music videos were
popular, allowing singers to be regarded as more than just rock stars, but as individuals. These
videos allowed fans to interact on a more intimate level with their favorite artists, allowing rock
to have a stronger effect on society at the time. During these two decades, rock & roll was on the
decline, while punk, grunge, new wave, and disco were the musical norms. Joy Division, The
Cure, ACDC, U2, and other artists established the 80s rock scene, while Nirvana, Foo Fighters,
and the Red Hot Chili Peppers characterized the 1990s. Despite the genre's collapse, rock was
still alive, both musically and socially. In the twenty-first century, the popularization of pop, rap,
and electronic genres signaled the official death of rock & roll. Rock & roll inspired self-
expression and individuality more than anything else. Throughout the war years, society was
strict and survival-oriented. Rock and roll motivated people to embrace creativity and freedom.
These values were mirrored in the television shows they watched, the clothes they began to wear,
and even their dancing style. Not to mention that during the rock and roll period, some of the
most well-known musical figures began their careers. Without this genre, we would never have
heard of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, or Jerry Lee Lewis. Furthermore, because the song was
enjoyed by both African-American and white American youths, it may have assisted the civil
rights movement. They believe music can bring people together, traverse boundaries, conquer
differences, and form relationships. Rock & roll, if there is one music genre that has succeeded
in reaching all three, is without a doubt it.
Sources:
 https://www.britannica.com/art/rock-and-roll-early-style-of-rock-music
 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/16/the-elvic-oracle
 https://highschool.latimes.com/thousand-oaks-high-school/what-happened-to-rock-n-roll/
 http://rockandrolljournal.com/how-rock-and-roll-changed-american-culture/
 https://www.billboard.com/music/features/chuck-berry-rock-n-roll-teenagers-inventor-
7735698/

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