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THE HISTORY OF ROCK N ROLL
Music plays a major role in everyday life. ... In
the 50s a new style of music came into popularity called "Rock n Roll". ...
Where might you assume the term rock n roll came from? ... The term rock n roll has a very
interesting origin. ... The word rock comes from the
back and forth motion of a ship and roll for the side ways motion. ...
The start of rock and roll came from a certain race. ... They used rock and roll for religious purposes in their gospel
music. There were songs like "Rock me Jesus, "Rock me in the cradle of Thy love,"
"Rock me Lord," "Rock Daniel" etc. ...
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The themes of popular rock n roll songs reflect the attitudes of the 1950s. ... For example, the original lyrics to "Shake,
Rattle and Roll" by Charles Calhoun are "You wear low dresses,/ The sun comes
shinin through. ... Alan
Freed coined the term "rock and roll" in 1952 and it caught on a giving teens a focus and
making the music more acceptable. ...
Elvis Presley was the first real rock and roll star. ...
So in conclusion all of these factors were in our history of the 50s. The rock n roll
era was full of interesting occurances and finding but as you have seen not everything
was so good.
Approximate Word count = 1253
Approximate Pages = 5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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