'N' Roll On African American Music During The 1950's

Rock ‘n’ roll was considered rebellious music during the 1950s. Parents did not like the influence and message behind it. They despise the sexual lyrics and that it was established by African Americans. It influenced teenager’s attitudes, changing their behavior which parent thought would become rebellious. White teenagers listened to music inspired by and performed by African Americans therefore causing parents to organize movements to call for a ban on the music. African Americans and White Americans music overlapped each other. People did not like the fact that Africans Americans had such an influence on white teenagers or white in general, so white artist started covering African Americans music.
Rock ‘n’ roll music contained vulgarism and sexual words that made teenagers want embrace the culture. Parents did not approve of the music, thinking their children will start participating in the sexualized movement’s rock ‘n’ roll invoked. Rock ‘n’ roll was able to form a common ground between white and black teenagers, that parents and the government was trying to prevent. White teenagers went to these shows regardless of if the performer happened to be black and regardless of the fact that there might be black teenagers in the

Black performers like Little Richard shaped his on stage appearance to make himself more appealing to white audiences. White artist often covered hit songs like Chuck Berry’s “Maybelline” and Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti” changing some aspects of the songs to make it more appealing to the white audience. Pat Boone, for example, covered Fats Domino’s song “Ain’t That a Shame” changing the title to “Isn’t That a Shame.” These covers created a similarity between their music. Because of this similarity, the division between black and white was not necessarily demolishing but both black and white rock ‘n' roll artists performed shows together all across the