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Music Styles that led to modern Rock and Roll (1950s (Fats Domino released…
Music Styles that led to modern Rock and Roll
1800s
Folk music was brought to the Americas by African Americans
Plantation songs were a mixture of the Blues, Ragtime, and Minstrel
Jazz was emerged from this mixture
Jazz and Blues helped develop Rock
Rock song structures were mostly based on the blues
A succession of choruses, each having three four bar phrases, over a blues progression harmony
Solo singer with backups
singing style resembled blues in being hoarse, throaty, and expressive, heavily ornamented
sometimes using nonsense syllables, also on gospel shouts
1950s
Rock and Roll became more developed through R&B, swing, and boogie-woogie, electric blues, classical and folk.
Fats Domino released "The Fat Man"
It was the first real rock and roll song
1952
Sun Records opened in Memphis, Tennessee
most successful early rock and roll performer was Elvis Presley
1956
Released “Blue Suede Shoes”
Global rock and roll anthem
1957
Downfall in music as Elvis got drafted
1959
Motown opened in
Detroit, Michigan
1961
The Temptations signed with Motown
The Beatles debut in Liverpool, England
1964
The Beatles visit America
1970
The Beatles disband
Late 70s to the 80s
heavy metal rock was introduced
was not well received by many older listeners, who found it loud, harsh, uncouth, and often unintelligible
the most interracial form of American popular music
Was equally appealed to Pop, R&B and Country music listeners