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3 days ago · Rock, form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s and that by the end of the 20th century was the world’s dominant form of popular music. It originated in the United States and spread to other English-speaking countries and across Europe in the 1960s.
- Crucial Rock Musicians
Elvis Presley, from Memphis, Tennessee, personified a new...
- Authenticity and Commercialism
Rock, in summary, is not just an eclectic form musically but...
- Marketing Rock and Roll
Rock - Popularization, Genres, Subcultures: Rock and roll’s...
- Rock in The 1960S
Rock - 1960s, British Invasion, Psychedelic: Whatever the...
- Folk, Hippie, Paradox
British beat groups also defined their music as art, not...
- Art Rock
The experimental rock of eccentric late 1960s and ’70s...
- Rock Festival
rock festival, a series of musical performances by a variety...
- Recording Industry
If other kinds of music—classical, jazz, easy listening,...
- Crucial Rock Musicians
1 day ago · The Wall is a rock opera that explores abandonment, cycles of violence, and isolation, symbolized by a wall. The songs create a storyline of events in the life of Pink, a fictional rock star based on Waters and Pink Floyd's former frontman Syd Barrett.
3 days ago · When we talk about the best rock bands of all time, certain names immediately come to mind due to their incredible impact on music and culture. Among these legendary groups are The Beatles, Queen, and Black Sabbath, each known for their unique sound and monumental contributions to the rock genre.
3 days ago · Rock - Social Change, Cultural Evolution, Music Revolution: How, then, should rock’s contribution to music history be judged? One way to answer this is to trace rock’s influences on other musics. Another is to attempt a kind of cultural audit.
5 days ago · The following is a list of artists who have released at least one album in the progressive rock genre. Individuals are included only if they recorded or performed progressive rock as a solo artist, regardless of whether they were a member of a progressive rock band at any point. Contents: 0–9. A.
3 days ago · Beginning in New Orleans as dancing music, inventive musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Duke Ellington helped propel jazz into a wide variety of popular music styles. And today, many consider jazz to be the classical music of America.
3 days ago · Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in the United States in the early to mid-1950s. It derived most directly from the rhythm and blues music of the 1940s, [1] which itself developed from earlier blues, the beat-heavy jump blues, boogie woogie, up-tempo jazz, and swing music.
