This pop-making U.S. history - twenty top songs from the first half century of rock and roll

The world has changed considerably in the second half of the twentieth century, the United States became the most powerful nation politically and culturally. A phenomenon of America, which left their mark in every corner of the pop world. Here is my list of pop's most important twentieth century, in chronological order. Maybe not first, best or most original, but it was the right thing at the right time and changed history.
1. "Rock Around the Clock" (1954). Bill Haley and comets and. In the early years of rock music, including this song is a no brainer. This was the first rock and roll, a huge success, selling 25 million copies. Currently, we wanted to record the truth and say that high performance black Joe Turner, Bo Diddley, Turner, Ike and real originators of the method, but the fact is that gender segregation in the air at that time necessary for white group of talented people to champion the music a wider audience. Comets were able to rise to the occasion.
2. "Only You" (1955). Plates. And became the embodiment of the method of emerging-wop was a combination of rock and roll sound and design groups that can be traced back to the ink stains and other artists in the Big Band era. It was the first successful wop penguins last year, with landowners, but was working the turntables is stylish west coast proving indeed that way. Served many of these visits, such as "complainant" big "my prayer", a quality criterion other groups looking for. With the popularity of the multi-ethnic society in the North East, Go-wop was the first racially integrated approach, and he still has a sound dedicated following that day, because many great deals.
3. "Hound Dog" (1956). Elvis Presley. In the year Elvis exploded onto the scene with this hit, in addition to "Blue Suede Shoes," "Heartbreak Hotel" and others. Revolution in the era of McCarthy era conformity. That can not be Elvis Presley's impact can be underestimated: the audience brought national strange kind of music, and rock and roll black and white public personality on stage provided places are accessible for most brilliant acts like Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis. Creating rock and roll idol version of adolescence, and updated images in advance to Frank Sinatra.
4. "I do not Bambi (1958). Ritchie Valens. This song is important for two reasons brought Spanish and Mexican traditions in mainstream rock. Opening phrase, "Para bailar La Pampa", looks like a cry historic "Grito United Nations." It is also important because it was heresy to describe Dance music as an expression of inner self rather than the ritual of dating. "In order to dance, and bamba, have a touch of grace, and began to see the audience dancing in a new light, and to communicate with their own bodies.
5. "Shops" (1960). Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Developed rather a mix of singing, do-wop and rock and roll driving beat, and this video is called Motown. And Shirelles, and New York City Girl "Group", made successful a few months ago with "dedicated One I Love" (1959), and such. Shirelles Trail Blazers, and builds on the success of this approach earlier in the Chantels Doo-wop groups and lead to many other girls, but it was Motown, which became the home of the spiritual new style of this music, which came in eventually be called "soul music", and even Motown recording is to make history. Motown was one of the richest veins of pop music for all this time, culminating in record "Papa was a Rolling Stone" (1972) from temptation. At that time, the Cultural Revolution, which was converted in 1960 Motown sound into something completely different.
6. "In the past" (1961). Eta James. Mixing Research Methods noisy and B, rock and roll slowly Groove female. He said this was not his seal of our contemporary jazz in Washington, rather, it represents a new era of dirt rebel hedonism. He paved the way for other artists, such as admission of women to rebel Franklin, Janis Joplin and Aretha (with its own distinctive version of "Summertime"). Proved a fertile ground for male singers and, in particular with Percy Sledge "When a man loves a woman" (1969).
7. "She loves you" (1963). Beatles. Although no American group had a tremendous impact on American music history and pop culture since the 1960s. "I want to hold hands, and the United States for the first time in the striking in January 1964, and was followed almost immediately by the song. The two songs together taken to clarify the innovative quality of the Beatles in terms of melody, song structure and a coherent voice. "She loves you, however, was the creator of more than two, with" Yeah, yeah, yeah "refrain that has come to symbolize this. British invasion that followed the changing music history.
8. "(I Can not Get No Satisfaction)" (1965). Rolling Stones. He was soon followed by the Beatles over the Atlantic Ocean in their world, Pizarro evil twin, the Rolling Stones. If the halos a bit Beatles and stones for centuries. And their spirit of rebellion to find fertile ground in the 1960s atmosphere. He remained faithful because they are the kind of heavy guitar, even when the Beatles became more cerebral and psychedelic. And you can see the Rolling Stones and parents of heavy metals and by their influence on groups like Velvet Underground, Alternative Rock and father.
9. "Homesick Blues Underground" (1965). Bob Dylan. A singer of protest songs, and Bob Dylan was one of the leading artists of the popular movement in the early 1960s. Step was the rock people "in 1965, shocked the fans, and when he appeared on stage at the Newport Folk Festival with an electric guitar, and strongly deplored the fact that one of the most famous incidents in that period. This was a revolutionary song, not only for an innovative mix of musical styles, but also to use new languages. Intensity of images was not heard before in pop music will not be back until the equivalent of Grand Master Flash and "message" in 1982. (See below).
10. "White Rabbit" (1967). Jefferson airplane. This was the song that they were transported from a second album "surrealistic pillow" after the words "do not want someone to love." "White Rabbit" is really the style of west coast psychedelic summer of 1967, the love, the words of surreal and escalating mindblowing. Grace together, however, and invented the concept of force female rockers. Other important groups of West Coast this time of the Doors "Light My Fire" and the Byrds, with coverage of all Dylan "Mr. Tambourine Man." Anyone going to San Francisco?
11. "Hey Joe" (1967). Jimi Hendrix. Operated primarily in New York and London, he is the alternative rock scene of a drug in the Atlantic. To make his guitar and his style of performance is a pioneer in that period, together with WHO and cream. He is a giant in pop music history to fill that musical styles in black and white, with great success, and his creativity helped to launch all heavy metal style and method of odor from the 1970s.
12. "Respect" (1968). Aretha Franklin. The impact of most British invasion of drugs and methods, and soul music lost its luster as a pop-art form. Aretha change that, with a pump driving rhythms of gospel and the old formulas of Motown music, bringing back to folk music, African-American. Respect is very appropriate title for this achievement, because suddenly a central black music to the creative spirit of American pop music has become undeniable.
13. Living in the City "(1973). Stevie Wonder. Very large, both in terms of social and musical development. And given command is used in mixing and song structure is innovative. Suspension of social dialogue and spoken rap the way for development later this decade.
14. "I live" (1978). Gloria Gaynor. This is the anthem of the 1970s disco craze. The first was the disco hit "Hustle (1975) by Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony, and" Tangerine "(1976) by Salsoul Orchestra. Tool allowed dancers to focus on rhythm and measures they learned new dance crazes of the period, if the partner dances such as Latin Hustle, or line dances, such as a bus station. 1977 movie "Saturday Night Fever", and included parts of the voice parts BeeGees (Stayin alive ') and the Trammps' Disco Inferno'. However, these songs were the words and secondary always clear and usually only. With a voice high performance from Gloria Gaynor to this song, and message in the lyrics, and the hustle and finally found her voice, and came to life.
15. "Rapper Bliss" (1979). Sugar Hill Gang. This was the beginning of rap song. It is a moment in pop music history as important as anything Elvis or the Beatles. And soon mastered the rap style, complemented by other groups including the operation team went on to Western pop music, which penetrates the coming decades.
16. "The Message" (1982). Grand Master Flash and Furious Five. By infusing social suspension of these verses with powerful, they showed great power of hip-hop style. Monosyllable words slurred line, "Do not push me like I'm close to the edge, and try to" not lose my head ", an unprecedented laughed a bit after that was really haunting. Driving artist and creator of the language but rap is for Bob Dylan, which made for roots rock. Face and fill in the business 13 years later, one of the gang in 'S Paradise Coolio "(1995).
17. Thriller (1982). Michael Jackson. A great event. Music was to combine several of the methods that came before: the funk, rock, RnB, disco, novelty songs, but was much more than its parts, where these techniques combine. Music video for a visual prototype implementation was not without precedent. The album is the best selling album of all time.
18. "Like a Virgin" (1984). Madonna. Who are all shattered and Cyndi Lauper music scene while in 1983, performers and create the first woman to every aspect of people on stage, and to present themselves as artists and not just performance artists who perform . However, it is still a model of justice and doctrinal and genius, but Madonna has become the model this way. What we have done, and long legs sexy pop star in the tradition of male artists such as Michael Jackson and Prince, followed by an endless series of other women and some simulators, and some of the artists themselves.
19. "Players" (1985). Miami Sound Machine. He introduced English-speaking lovers of music from Latin Caribbean was drained on the east coast in the last two decades. Gloria Estefan formula to cut hair, but gave a sense of English to Spanish. It meets or even surpassed this achievement, "Oye Mi Canto" in 1989. Latin music world, and fusion concepts began to take its current form here.
20. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991). Quiet. We grunge revolution of the 1990s, the most iconic performance in this area. Affected the character of Kurt Cobain on stage singing rock and aesthetics all who came after him, giving them an alternative to the fake Cockney moaning that prevailed before. Members tranquility of expression, particularly through music and technical data, and thus identify the characteristics of this new style.
This is a list of 20 songs a completely different and unique, but there are certain features. One thing is to hit the small number of women in this list (six, including a grace slick and Gloria Estefan). It seems that women had a difficult time being seen as innovators, given the opportunity to take a leadership role. Can be seen an example of double standards in how Mick Jagger, a British middle-class background from the other side of the English speaking world, it faces serious questions in his adoption of black performance styles music, but Janis Joplin, and criticized born and raised in the Deep South, as being derived or what is worse, their reputation has suffered for years because of it. There is a clear division on racial patterns in fact, one of the most persistent characteristics of pop music to this day. However, if you divide the latter usually polarization and elsewhere is not desirable, and this is not necessarily the case in pop music.
Here, where land is the source of many facets and rich tradition that thrive on cross-pollination, and when we allow performers to fill these gaps with their creative skills, and have some of the largest artists such as Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix. American pop music has grown in sophistication, and opportunities have arisen for the mixtures are more productive, but the innovative spirit and seems to have hit a dry patch. It remains to see where the next song will come from large, but it was a long time to come.

Tracking blues: the dawn of modern blues rock

Blues It seems this kind of music is hard to be these days, especially when you're 20 years old but one of my hobbies. Several other species can be proud of such feelings pure purely her rawest form. I came to blues through modern rock, and weird. Increase in grunge and post grunge era heard a lot of rock and, more recently, lane garage rock. After listening to the white lines and strokes, and I re-discovered classic rock, garage rock, rock and roll and once earlier. There and found the effects of rock and roll and blues.
By tracing the history of a small depression over the years and hope to help others discover this amazing and helps maintain a master's degree in early blues alive in the Holy Spirit. This is just a guide as part of course nobody can comply fully possible proportions. Most of them stressed that music artists have affected me, and promotion of this kind, and kept alive the spirit of the blues.
Q: It is important to understand a little background of what people like blues. Blues is usually the story, and usually pain or mild pain story several concerns. And initially started blues music artists on the streets of south and sang songs often hand off to tell a story or even preach religious messages. This idea of the story is easy to relate to is largely a remedy them. Everybody can identify with the pain of lost love and even that is often used as a basis for more blues songs. Not only do people relate to it, but its content creates a dynamic show, which comes from the soul and raw emotion. People are often inspired by stories of blues songs "to enter into" music, and this leads, in many cases to develop improvisation has also become emotionally linked to performance performers. Left this has not changed since its inception. This is what I like blues, and after listening to thousands of different segments and types of music and will continue to play and to listen more blues.
At the beginning: In early 1800, when blues. African-Americans from South to pass down oral music, and quickly intertwined with popular music of America at that time. This combination has produced some of the musicians, blues and original recordings. Featuring acoustic guitars and simple folk songs, these artists sang, often about what I know from a difficult life, and religion. In the 20s and 30s by artists such as Charley Patton, Lonnie Johnson, Son House and others from some of the Blues 'original' records. These presentations and recordings are often rough and raw improvisation debt as possible so they can be difficult to access. The following are among the best this time: Son House, who take on blues, folk and so intense and emotional record that rivals any other musical in nature, even to this day, Blind Willie McTell, who served as Guitar is a unique complex, and a tradition since then, to Blind Lemon Jefferson, the gospel blues voice of nature and a preacher oil may tingle the spine, and Leadbelly, who, though known more as a folk musician, together by Wood Guthrie, and wrote some of the most influential in American music history.
Embodiment: When talking about the blues seem to only one man ever come to mind as the embodiment of absolute kind, passionate, and lifestyle: Robert Johnson. Considered by many to be the absolute summit of its kind, and which has roots in many instances in his life, mystery and legend. It was Johnson, playing and recording in the '30s and '40s with Son House and others, tells us to become better in blues guitar, sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads (written later, songs and many other myths). With classics like "Sweet Home Chicago", "Love in vain" and "rest stop", all covered by many other musicians, music Johnson can be seen as the cornerstone of all the blues, which was built at a later date. Simply, if you know the Blues and Robert Johnson, and not know the blues.
Electrification: In 1950, after developing the first electric guitars and amplifiers, has acquired a new generation of blues players. Electric guitar and will remain Tool box for years to come in such blues pioneers, but the original is still produced some of the best music ever. electric blue, also became more diversified, based on geography and patterns in Texas and Chicago are significantly different. Chicago blues is a form more familiar blues appeared with top artists such as muddy water, Howlin Wolf, Willie Dixon Guy friends raise the bar for the new standard for blues, where the focus was on himself, passion, intensity and raw beginnings of rock and roll. Blues to Texas was more twangy blues influenced country club in Chicago. great artists, including Albert Collins, Freddie King, T-Bone Walker, Lightning Hopkins. Personal favorites of mine include friends Guy, Elmore James, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon.
KING: And one of the most influential guitarist of all time, BB King can not be set automatically, without thinking about the blues. One of the most successful blues artists, is also known as BB King to cross the border in different types, including rock and roll, jazz and country. Contributing to guitarists everywhere-in wide. Known for his sensitive style, the aim being not to play super fast or super strong, but most likely from the spirit and passion. With "Lucille" (Guitar King) has developed powers of music that sounds as if they, themselves, on guitar, singing and crying. His music has come along way from the Blues Masters at the beginning but throughout his career, and music always seems to be just the emotion flow. If passion is a measure of success for the blues, BB King, and is definitely king.
Master, God, and rocking and: In 1960, there was a musical revolution going on as it was discovered old blues records of the younger generation. To foster this development some of the most influential artists of all time. Not classified as blues players generally can not be in this in-kind contributions are updated.
Office: In the late 60s, probably the greatest guitarist of all those who have or will have reached the stage of life: Jimmy Hendrix. Hendricks and music firmly in the world of rock and roll in the late 1960s, but is designed to play on play guitar for the past masters. He was known gems emotional Hendrix reflect an exceptional performance and outs of a solo on stage, including noise and impromptu meetings, and playing guitar with his teeth and lit on fire. However, in the simplest of songs Hendrix blues guitar can make you scream, faint or cry at the emotional song. Although not primarily blues player, he helped Jimmy Hendrix, along with other artists, to revitalize the blues, jazz and the introduction of rock and roll new concepts and expand this type remain loyal to it.
God Considered by many as a guitar God of his time, Eric Clapton and his music is responsible for most of the blues revival in the 1960s. Purest blues and Clapton music is true to the initial electric blues in most cases, but also expanded to include the flavors of country, reggae and psychedelic folk. Cream, Derek and the Dominoes Clapton solo record 70s committed to record some of the most famous rock and roll, blues and solos of all time. A take on the new Robert Johnson classics such as "Crossroads" has helped a new generation to discover the great artists of the past. Whether you're new to the blues or not, when it comes to doubt a memorable and powerful guitar playing that there was "Clapton is God."
Rocker: He was also 1960 other young blues player who will have this as a basis for new form of music. It took Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin blues rock stadium powerful and emotional, and paved the way for the first heavy metal artists. Choose a balloon under the leadership of Led Zeppelin, and was faithful to the traditions of blues, but unlike Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, reaching stopped when he died. And amps turned to 10 and played hard and smartly / versions of traditional songs, and re-writing the heavy blues rock and roll. Led balloon proved to be a great force in the 1970s led by Jimmy Page guitar work, which ranged from traditional folk and blues roots, the pioneer of heavy blues, metal all the way first and hard rock sounds. While innovative, it is hard to miss the traditional blues behind most Led Zeppelin songs. Even the most violent music to follow its progress, and there are traces of blues influence.
These three artists representing three favorite artists of all time. Although it is well known and mainstream classic rock, and all three profound effects on how the blues can be seen for generations to come are often ignored.
And Mohi: After the break up of Led Zeppelin blues continued to stick some of their colleagues, classic rock (Aerosmith, AC / DC), but not as much as is the case with new teams. In the 1980s, however, there was a new guitarist on stage, to stimulate and inspire a new generation of blues artists. Stevie Ray Vaughan on both, and revitalized the blues from the 80s and 90s. Texas blues style that combines traditional forms of blues shuffles, Texas, and parts of the jazz flourishes, Vaughan helped restore blues to the mainstream. Although his life was cut short, and its impact was significant in helping to mention the name of rock guitarists who have had the blues, where it all began. Music and blues revival, but also showed to everyone that not only can make you cry the blues, but can make you clap your hands, Stomp your feet and dance like rock and roll. Stevie Ray Vaughan is a must for any fans or blues guitarist in their childhood.
November descendants: 1990 and 2000 witnessed both the birth and death of grunge and garage rock revival more than a novelty. When it comes to grunge Kurt Cobain was the driving force. Although grunge was a combination of methods, in the heart of nature is emotional and powerful, such as blues. Cobain was an artist's emotional as any blues influence was close. The two were his band, Nirvana, and was known to cover Leadbelly Led Zeppelin and even their daily life, showing that, despite some grunge lack of ego and feel of traditional blues, and somehow cut from the same cloth. With garage rock revival in the post-grunge was a new team as lead. The White Stripes are the Blues, who both pushed to new territories, and come full circle. The stripped down sound and covering some of the old blues musicians (son of House, Leadbelly), White Stripes effectively return to blues roots. Meanwhile, Jack White, guitarist uses a heavily overdriven guitar, and the minimum raw sound reminiscent of early punk (Stooges, Velvet Underground and the Ramones). This combination has the blues artists of the early, and gives a whole new way, such as Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page has done in previous years. White Stripes have established an effective system of pioneering, and returned to blues and roots rock and roll in a low deviation. Although both of these bands are not traditional blues, I heard the blues influence in each of them, and listen to their music, is what leads me on my way to cancel the original blues artists.
In summary: I think safe to say that the blues will never die as there will always be musicians and fans ready to continue this tradition. For this article and hope to introduce some people who are new to this genre, or even seasoned blues veterans, some new ideas and new methods which maintain the spirit of the blues alive. As a result, fans of the blues, and I hope some people can develop new music to love this as much as me and look forward to taking on this new future.
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Rock Band has a lot of species

Rock music is folk music, which are accompanied by instruments like drums, guitar and bass. Rock itself, and many methods have been incorporated by musicians who love this music. May encounter when rock instruments such as synthesizers, piano and also uses the device. Rock Band started in early fifties in the U.S. and the UK, like all folk music and was impressed by the loyal following. And mix the latest rock music with many other elements to give a special note of the rock. rock song at a later date over the years many new types were added to its ranks.
By 1970, jazz and rock and blending to create jazz rock, and then was mixed with folk music, which led to the popular Latin rock, at a later date, soul and funk, also impact on rock, in some cases. Today we have different categories in the context of rock music, and some of them are popular heavy metal rock, progressive rock, blues rock, rock, soft rock and punk rock, technical and otherwise. Introduced in 1980 and 1990 in several types of new and additional rock to rock, pop] indie rock, rock, alternative rock and hard rock and grunge style. United Kingdom is another country where they flourished, and country rock and rock is also a famous British rock music, such as the United States worldwide.
One of rock music of the Beatles is the largest in Britain, they are famous worldwide for the songs and rock music. During 1970 and most influential band Pink Floyd rock music scene. This group was four artists, all in Britain. This type of rock from Pink Floyd, which was indispensable was known psychedelic rock. Theatre folk folk rock with rock mandate in November. Here are all traditional songs along with tools traditionally associated with rock music. It was kind of pioneering music of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie. Some other popular artists in rock music rock and include Joni Mitchell, Neil the Young and the band.
progressive rock is a kind of rock that exceeded the established rules of music was more experimental in nature. I love the singers and musicians who were associated with this type of experience of different types of instruments, beats, and musical forms such as songs. Bands that played progressive rock music borrowed elements from jazz, folk and electronic music and classic rock to experiment proved very successful. Some teams were playing progressive rock camels, and may, Barclay James Harvest, King Crimson, Magma and Yes among many other things. Music, if any rock music, house music, gospel music, country or folk music has a special touch, and of course its own group of loyal followers.