Rock and Roll Song
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A Rock and Roll Song is a song with a dance rhythm beat and an accentuated backbeat (almost always provided by a snare drum).
- Example(s):
- Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On by Jerry Lee Lewis' (1957 version).
- Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets (1954)
- a Garage Rock Song, such as:
- a Punk Rock SOng, such as: God Save The Queen Sex Pistols Song.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- an R&B Song, such as: Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, Big Maybelle's 1955 version.
- See: Rock Music, Rhythm and Blues, Gospel Music, Boogie-Woogie, Jazz, Country Music, Beat Music, Pop Music, British Rock and Roll, Origins of Rock And Roll, List of Rock And Roll Artists.
References
2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll Retrieved:2022-10-28.
- Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. [1]It originated from African-American music such as jazz, rhythm and blues, boogie woogie, gospel, as well as country music. [2] While rock and roll's formative elements can be heard in blues records from the 1920s [3] and in country records of the 1930s,[4] the genre did not acquire its name until 1954. [5] [1] According to journalist Greg Kot, "rock and roll" refers to a style of popular music originating in the United States in the 1950s. By the mid-1960s, rock and roll had developed into "the more encompassing international style known as rock music, though the latter also continued to be known in many circles as rock and roll."[6] For the purpose of differentiation, this article deals with the first definition. In the earliest rock and roll styles, either the piano or saxophone was typically the lead instrument. These instruments were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. The beat is essentially a dance rhythm [7] with an accentuated backbeat, almost always provided by a snare drum. [8] Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars (one lead, one rhythm) and a double bass (string bass). After the mid-1950s, electric bass guitars ("Fender bass") and drum kits became popular in classic rock.[9] Rock and roll had a polarizing influence on lifestyles, fashion, attitudes, and language. It is often portrayed in movies, fan magazines, and on television. Some people believe that the music had a positive influence on the civil rights movement, because both Black American and White American teenagers enjoyed it.[10]
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- ↑ Davis, Francis. The History of the Blues (New York: Hyperion, 1995), .
- ↑ Peterson, Richard A. Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity (1999), p. 9, .
- ↑ "The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll 1946–1954". 2004. Universal Music Enterprises.
- ↑ Kot, Greg, "Rock and roll" , in the Encyclopædia Britannica, published online 17 June 2008 and also in print and in the Encyclopædia Britannica Ultimate Reference DVD; Chicago : Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010
- ↑ Busnar, Gene, It's Rock 'n' Roll: A musical history of the fabulous fifties, Julian Messner, New York, 1979, p. 45
- ↑ P. Hurry, M. Phillips, and M. Richards, Heinemann advanced music (Heinemann, 2001), pp. 153–4.
- ↑ S. Evans, "The development of the Blues" in A. F. Moore, ed., The Cambridge companion to blues and gospel music (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002), pp. 40–42.
- ↑ G. C. Altschuler, All shook up: how rock 'n' roll changed America (Oxford: Oxford University Press US, 2003), p. 35.