Rock 'n Roll Music

This project for Rock 'n Roll Music includes a collection of links to biographies of rock 'n roll musicians, bands, and other important figures in the history of rock 'n roll. So many good biography links were found that they have been organized and indexed on a separate Rock 'n Roll Biographies webpage. Visit it and find out more about the persons who made the 1950's and 1960's the golden age of rock 'n roll.

Easier - "Rock 'N Roll" is a type of music. It "shook things up" in the 1950s and 1960s. Many musical styles from around the world contributed to this new sound. Along with the African American influence, rock 'n roll also drew on the lyrical melodies of recent European immigrants and the country and western music of Texans.

First, the music became popular in small clubs and on the radio. Later, with the introduction of programs such as American Bandstand, teenagers could watch their favorite bands on television. Not everyone was excited about this music. Many parents didn't like the suggestive dancing, naughty lyrics, and loud, fast beat.

Harder - "Rock 'N Roll" is a musical genre whose 'golden age' is usually recognized as the decades of the 1950's and 1960's. This musical form had its beginnings in the blues tunes, gospel music, and jazz-influenced vocal music that became popular among African-American audiences after World War II. A new kind of blues, it featured electrically amplified guitars, harmonicas, and drummers that emphasized afterbeats. At the same time, black gospel music grew in popularity. These forms of black popular music were given the label rhythm and blues (R and B) and were played on big-city radio stations. Radio spread this music's appeal from black communities to towns throughout all of the United States. By the mid-1950's such performers as Little Richard, Joe Turner, and Chuck Berry were becoming popular with white audiences. Radio disc jockeys began calling their music rock 'n roll.

Rock 'n' roll birthplace saluted

Sir Cliff Richard has unveiled a plaque to mark a tiny basement said to be the birthplace of British rock and roll.

Fifty years after the "2 i's" coffee bar opened its doors in London's Old Compton Street, some performers and fans returned to see it honoured.

Tommy Steele, the Shadows and Adam Faith were among stars who started out as acts at the 2 i's.

Sir Cliff said it was a great idea to have the plaque "because it's too easy to forget how we got where we are now."

"When I look at the old photographs, I wonder how I ever got started - I was a greasy slob who couldn't sing," he said.

"I wish this restaurant well and I hope people who come and eat here will have a ghostly vibe about what used to go on down below."

Sir Cliff - 'a greasy slob who couldn't sing' - was among stars at the 2 i's

The 2 i's is now the Boulevard Bar and Dining Room and its basement is just a lobby area for the toilets.

But in 1956, audiences crammed into the tiny room to watch acts like Sir Cliff perform.

"You'd never get away with it now, with today's health and safety rules," said Clem Cattini, drummer with The Tornados.

"But it was incredible, fantastic."

The building was awarded a green plaque by Westminster Council.

Councillor Robert Davis said: "In the early days of rock 'n' roll in this country, before The Beatles had even formed, pretty much every act that made it big cut their teeth at the 2 i's.

"It is only fitting that, half a century since it opened its doors, it is commemorated with a plaque so that the thousands of people who walk along Old Compton Street every day know they are passing the place where British rock 'n' roll was born."

PENGERTIAN MUSIK ROCK N ROLL

ROCK N ROLL ADALAH
Sebuah musik yang keras dan beraturan dan dapat di nikmati melodi-melodi yang khas dan dapat di resapi tapi sebagian orang ada juga yang tidak dapat mengerti,mungkin itu disebabkan karena pengetahuan tentang musik mereka kurang oleh sebab itu saya akan menjelaskan tentang arti rock n roll sebenarnya nada-nada rock nroll sebagian juga ada unsur musik blus bila kita dengarkan sepintas sulit untuk di resapi supaya lebih jelasnya dengarkan band dari luar negeri seperti The Roling Stone,The Ramones,AC/DC,JET.kalau dalam negeri The Changchuter ,The Brandal,The S.I.G.I.T,And MORE...........
dengarkan dulu lagu-lagu mereka maka anda dapat membedakan jenis musik rock n roll atau yang bukan jenis musik rock n roll........

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