The singing group, the Bee Gees, made a lasting impact on the music industry. In fact, many music critics have described their music as powerful, legendary, and also that it inspires people who listen to it. The group, composed of three brothers, whose last name was Gibb (Brothers Gibb, or Bee Gees) record their first hit song while still in their teens. Which was an amazing feat. During the 1960s, they continued to record great songs, some of these songs were "Lonely Days," "New York Mining Disaster" and "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?" When their careers seemed too be at a standstill in the 1970s, they reinvented themselves as disco kings when they produce the soundtrack album to the movie Saturday Night Fever the soundtrack included
such hits as "Stayin' Alive," "Night Fever," "How Deep Is Your Love?" The hits for the group continued. Thoughout the 1980s and 1990s. Their career in facts panned the decades until Maurice Gibb, one of the singing brothers, died unexpectedly a few years ago, bringing to an end the career of the Bee Gees. Although their careers may have ended with Maurice Gibb's death their musical legacy will never end.
Berry Gordy played a significant role in the 1960’s African American shift into the American Music Industry through the establishment of the highly recognised company and genre “Motown”. As the Founder of Motown Records Berry Gordy introduced to the American Music Industry some of the biggest artists of all time take the stage and within a decade created the “Black Pop” genre, which was listened to and purchased from a segregated audience. The business changed the way record labels would polish, nurture and distribute their artist, having an impact on the number of jobs that were introduced into the Music Industry, dealing and consulting with marketing, artist development, choreography, stylists and costume designers. With Berry Gordy’s all
The music industry was impacted tremendously by both the rise and fall of Tin Pan Alley. This was the time in America that we saw the most songwriting done in popular music. It ranged from the 1890s to the 1950s. One of the reasons why Tin Pan Alley had such a huge impact on the popular music world was because of how good the Tin Pan Alley publishers were good at producing, promoting, and selling the popular songs (pg.106, Willoughby). They looked at what kind of music the majority of the population enjoyed and then wrote more songs like that. Also, Tin Pan Alley represented the way songs were written during these years in America. The chorus was always unforgettable with a catchy tune (pg.106, Willoughby). Tin Pan Alley songs, composers, and
There are a lot of groups and people out there who have greatly influenced pop culture. They range from the Beatles to Miley Cyrus. Coming from all parts of the world too. From England to the American South. Out of these groups comes one almost everybody has heard of, Lynyrd Skynyrd. Lynyrd Skynyrd is a great contributing factor in modern day pop culture because they showed the new era of the South but also that they would not stray away from the “Old South” heritage.
distant as one might think. Nearly all music from the '60s and '70s was bred
Rock and Roll, as a music genre, has evolved greatly with each decade; some of this is attributed to technology. One of the biggest leaps forward made for technology and the music genre is the widespread commercial popularity of the television. Since its introduction, television has caused the growing genre to rapidly reach mainstream audiences. Though it is this day hard to pinpoint the full impact of this invention to Rock n’ Roll, it is hard to argue that it didn’t help shape it into the powerful industry that it is today. From the Rockabilly era, to the British Invasion, all the way to the formation of MTV; television has attributed to these eras and changes seen in this genre. The importance of television is very high as it allowed stars to be made and stars to be pushed aside. Television has also allowed even the most remote people to know what the latest stars were doing. It can be said that Rock n’ Roll would not have gained its social acceptance without television to bring it into the lime light and causing it to rapidly reach the youths of the era.
Did you know that the 1920s has many different names for it such as the Ballyhoo Years, the Roaring Twenties, and the Jazz Age? In the twenties people were listening to the swinging music known as jazz that made the 1920s appear to have a happy, wonderful aura, but not everything was what it seemed to be. Around this time new things were occurring and changes were being made for the better of Americans, but a few of these new occurrences had their downfalls which led to a depressing period as time went on. In spite of this, in the twenties there was jazz music that made the decade brighter during the harder times, for example; Prohibition, the stock market crash, and the beginning the Great Depression.
Bee Gees, the renowned band of the three brothers, namely Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, and Robin Gibb, was one of the most loved music bands in the history of the music industry. With major hits over their musical career, including the popular “Stayin’ Alive”, Gibbs brothers embarked a legendary journey of more than 45 years in the industry.
The Effects of Race Music on Rock and Roll “African Americans invented rock and roll,” noted a prominent American historian. “Without their musical contributions, we would not have the genre.” Based on what you’ve learned in History 105 about the origins and the first decade of Rock and Roll in the United States, is this an accurate statement? Why or why not? Rock and Roll is a genre of popular music that originated in the United States of America during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
American attitudes and behaviors have shifted and swayed throughout the history of this great country. They are often influenced by things happening in not only our nation, but in the world. Things like world wars, economic upheaval, and even natural disasters. These ever changing shifts in how we view and respond to the world around us change us as a nation. Some of those changes are fleeting, some fade and we revert back to former ways, but one stands out from all the rest. One change, an explosion of our view of cultural norms, burst onto the scene and changed us in a deeper and more meaningful way than ever before. This change was caused by rock and’ roll music. It brought about such deep transformation to our societal views about family, sexuality, and race that even today we are “All Shook Up.”
The Beatles are a band that has made a huge impact into our world. The impact of the Beatles influenced many things. Such things would be types of music, the people, and a world movement.
The birth of Rock and Roll Music was a mixture of popular music and African American country blues and hillbilly music. However, Rock and Roll music was influence since the 1950’s by two particular African American artists like Muddy Waters and Howlin` Wolf. Through their distinct voices, style, deliverance, and performances that helped the music in the 1950’s give rise to this new style of music genre Rock and Roll. During the World War II era, this style of music was looked at; as traditional music and, through the music people could tell their story, not just about their struggles but the real struggles going on around them, like, isolation between black and white people. Most artists were sharing their values and trying to associate through
They were the first group to heavily tour the United States and sporadically tour the rest of the world. This occurred because there was a lack of interest in them Britain. Their success was due to their manager Peter Grant. Peter was able to keep the group moving from place to place and kept the people interested in them. Peter thought that they would work every other year so they would stay in demand. While they were working on their first movie featuring them. This movie was of the group playing their music, which was called, “The Song Remains Playing.”
While going through our history of rock and roll course, one thing has become apparent, and that is that music brings people together. Sometimes it takes music to get a point across, and our world has endured a lot of social and a cultural change, which is how we music today. Just like our world is evolving, music is the same way. When a baby is born until the day it dies, it has evolved internally and externally and that is the same way I view the history of rock “n” roll. For instance, the great wars and the civil rights movement help influence to history of rock and roll. It gave people a purpose to listen to music and let artist express themselves through their songs. I’m not saying by any means that all the struggles we as a nation have
The Temptations were the ideal group of male singers. The quintet accented each other to make many harmonious sounds, producing many hits through the 1960’s. They experienced many changes in the Temptations ‘lineup’ as time changed. New sounds and voices of the interchanging members brought different styles to the group. The Temptations are still known to this day for creating many great songs.
The Beatles to this day are one of the most famous and popular rock 'n roll groups in the world. The Beatles include George Harrison, John Lennon(1940-1980), Paul McCartney, and Richard Starkey(Ringo Starr). All of the Beatles where born and raised in Liverpool, England. John Lennon was considered the leader of the band. George Harrison was the lead guitarist.