Rhythm And Blues Essays and Term Papers

Dizzy Gelespie

The people of today, raised by the sounds of The Beatles and Pearl Jam have forgotten all about the musicians that paved the way for these artists, and the musical styles that evolved into rock and roll, rhythm and blues and rap or hip hop. Unfortunately the music that once dominated the night ...

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Langston Hughes

was born in Joplin, Missouri into an abolitionist family. He was the grandson of Charles Henry Langston. His brother was John Mercer Langston, who was the the first Black American to be elected to public office in 1855. Hughes attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, but began writing ...

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Vincent Van Gogh: A Depressive Life of an Artist

Jennie Yu Simon Ferrell English 110 ( A ) 10-18-2010 A depressive life of an Artist "Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul," written by Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh, who was a Dutch post-impressionist in the 19[th] century, has been marked as a tragic ...

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Hawaiian Music

Ideas and interest in the music and dance of Hawaii, on my part, extend largely from the fact that my mother has always loved it and her reasons for it was the fact that she grew up around it. My grandfather, her father, used to give lessons on playing the Hawaiian guitar. Over the years, it has ...

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was born into a poverty stricken family on January 8, 1935. He and his twin brother (Jessie Garon who died at birth) were the sons of Vernon and Gladys Love Smith Presley. Gladys Smith gave birth in two-room house built by her husband and her brother - in -law. His way of life ...

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Bob Dylan

Middleweight boxing title contender, Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter was falsely accused of a triple murder in a New Jersey bar and was sentenced to serve three life terms. In 1966, wrote a song, "Hurricane" that depicted the murder, corrupted authorities and expressed his belief in Carter's innocence. ...

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Elvis

On January 8, 1935 at 4:35 a.m., a little boy by the name of Aaron Presley was born to parents Vernon Presley and Gladys Love Presley in a two-room house located in Tupelo, Mississippi. Little did anyone know that this little boy would forever change the world of music and entertainment. ...

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Ray Charles Robinson

was born on September 23, 1930 in Albany Georgia. His father was Bailey Robinson, a railroad repair man, and his mother was 'Retha. His father never married his mother. His legal wife was Mary Jane, who also helped to raise Charles. By the time he was three, young Charles was learning to play ...

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The Way It Really Was!

In the 1950's there were many problems. The Korean war and the civil rights struggle. Back then the music was all rhythm and blues (r &b). It was record mostly by black artists and for black audience but the white teenagers became interested. The music scene in the early 50's Before 1954 ...

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Rap Music; It’s Impact On Society Since It’s Birth.

The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines “rap” as a rhythmic chanting of usual rhymed couplets to a musical accompaniment. The purpose of this paper is to show how rap music has come to be. Also, citing the many performers who have mad this form of music what it is today. Rap is a large part of ...

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Hank Williams Jr.

Hank Williams, Jr. was meant to be a superstar from the day he was born. His father, the legendary Hank Williams, and mother, Audrey Sheppard, both played an intricate part in his early stardom. Hank had to overcome many obstacles in his life including escaping from his father's shadow and a ...

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Bob Dylan

, born Robert Zimmerman on May 24th, 1941, has perhaps been one of the most influential singer songwriters of all time. Young Dylan lived the first five or six years of his life in Duluth, Minnesota, until his father became ill with polio and lost his job. The family then moved to Hibbing, ...

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Elvis Presley

Jailhouse Rock: The Story of Elvis Aaron Presley On January 8, 1935 at 4:35 a.m., a little boy by the name of Elvis Aaron Presley was born to parents Vernon and Gladys Love Presley in a two-room house located in Tupelo, Mississippi. Little did anyone know that this little boy would forever ...

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Jailhouse Rock: The Story Of Elvis Aaron Presley

I. Early Life On January 8, 1935 at 4:35 a.m., a little boy by the name of Elvis Aaron Presley was born to parents Vernon Elvis Presley and Gladys Love Presley in a two-room house located in Tupelo, Mississippi. Little did anyone know that this little boy would forever change the world of music ...

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Bob Dylan

, born Robert Zimmerman on May 24th, 1941, has perhaps been one of the most influential singer songwriters of all time. Young Dylan lived the first five or six years of his life in Duluth, Minnesota, until his father became ill with polio and lost his job. The family then moved to Hibbing, ...

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A Brief History of African Music through The Colonial Period

Music before the 20th century was very different when compared to the music of the 21st Century. There were distinctive occasions for each type of African music. West African music, the African Diaspora, and the music of the Colonies each had different musical instruments. West African music ...

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Types of Music Genres for People

Paul Velez Jeri Delaney English Composition I 26 September 2014 Types of Music Genres for People Music is what calms the soul; it breathes new life into you. Music has come a long way over the years. A lot of people listen to music when they workout, work on their job, or even when they ...

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History Of The Counterculture

The 1950's in America were considered a true awakening of youth culture. If this is true then the 1960's was a decade of discovery. It was a decade marred by social unrest, civil rights injustice, and violence abroad. These were some of the factors that lead to a revolution that attempted to ...

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How The Beatles Changed Rock Music

Rock music consists of many individual styles. Even though there is a common spirit among all music groups, all music made by them are very different. Rock music evolved in the 1950s and the early 1960s. At that time that Beatles entered the world of music from Liverpool. Rock music was a ...

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Poetry And Langston Hughes

Poetry and the World of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes enchanted the world as he threw the truth of the pain that the Negro society had endured into most of his works. He attempted to make it clear that society in America was still undeniably racist. For example, Conrad Kent Rivers declared, “Oh ...

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