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| | Rock music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Rock and Roll in its various guises came from a fusion of musical cultures, and in turn its influence fed back to these cultures, a process of borrowings, influences and new ideas that continues to develop rock music. | | | Rock and roll was seen as commercial pop, but subverted the race barriers in the U.S., and with the British invasion the reverence of groups for black Rhythm and blues stars brought these stars a wider public. | | | The culmination of rock and roll as a socially-unifying force was seen in the rock festivals of the late '60s, the most famous of which was Woodstock which began as a three-day arts and music festival and turned into a "happening", as hundreds of thousands of youthful fans converged on the site. |
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| | Rock and Roll Machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Rock and Roll Machine was the second album by Canadian rock band Triumph, released in 1977 (see 1977 in music). | | | The album was originally released only in Canada but when the band signed an international deal with MCA Records in 1977, the international edition of the album was re-sequenced to include some of the tracks from their self-titled Triumph album of 1976. | | | Depending on the country of issue, the album may also be named Rock and Roll Machine or Rock 'N' Roll Machine. |
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| | World Book Rock and Roll |
| | The major rock 'n' roll explosion began with Elvis Presley. | | | Many adults dismissed rock 'n' roll as a passing fad or condemned it as a threat to society. | | | The roots of rock can be heard in the lyrics and electric guitar of the blues, in the rhythms of a form of blues known as rhythm and blues, and in the spirit of American country music. |
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| | ROCK AND ROLL |
| | Rock and Roll music calls to all the baser inclinations of man...riots, rebellion, sexual sensuality and selfish gratifications. | | | Some rock and roll composers have stated that they play their audiences with the music they compose. | | | Since rock and roll music is designed to stimulate the baser instincts of man and to activate sensual movement, it is obviously not a part of the "living sacrifice" commanded by God of His children. |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Music: Rock 'n' Roll |
| | The record: It rocks, it rolls, it moarns, with sometimes a touch of punk or psychodelica. | | | Rock and roll is a very good title indication for what the album holds. | | | You would expect the greatest of the greatest modern rock and roll song, but you will be surprised: it's a gentle and softly piano based and scared sung song containing the line "Everybody's cool playing rock and roll. |
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| | Rock and roll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Rock and roll (also spelled rock 'n' roll, especially in its first decade), is a genre of music that emerged as a defined musical style in America in the 1950s. | | | Early rock and roll combined elements of blues, boogie woogie, jazz and rhythm and blues, and is also influenced by traditional Appalachian folk music, gospel and country and western. | | | Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in America in the 1950s, though elements of rock and roll can be heard in rhythm and blues records as far back as the 1920s. |
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| | Wyonnie Harris' 1947 recording of "Good Rocking Tonight" was one of many "rhythm records" made during the late 1940s, however when it was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1954 it seemed like a new and different approach. | | | The knowledge of the stream of American popular music allows one to understand that rock and roll was a natural result of the combined forces that affected the music. | | | Birth of Rock and Roll and the Teenager |
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| | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors the legendary performers, producers, songwriters, disc jockeys and others who have made rock and roll a force in our culture. | | | Visit it and find out more about the persons who made the 1950's and 1960's the golden age of rock 'n roll. | | | Every afternoon, the familiar music of the theme song drifted from the televisions of thousands of teenage fans as they listened to the rock 'n' roll music they loved, watched "The Regulars" dance to the latest craze, and found out who the next teen idol was going to be.... |
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| | Rock and roll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Rock and roll emerged as a defined musical style in America in the 1950s, though elements of rock and roll can be seen in | | | The rock 'n' roll music of the 1950s would change popular music forever. | | | Rock and roll, also called rock, is a form of |
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| | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors the legendary performers, producers, songwriters, disc jockeys and others who have made rock and roll a force in our culture. | | | Along with the African American influence, rock 'n roll also drew on the lyrical melodies of recent European immigrants and the country and western music of Texans. | | | Every afternoon, the familiar music of the theme song drifted from the televisions of thousands of teenage fans as they listened to the rock 'n' roll music they loved, watched "The Regulars" dance to the latest craze, and found out who the next teen idol was going to be.... |
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| | Rock and roll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Rock 'n' roll is played with an electric guitar, a bass guitar, with a drum set, and often a piano (or keyboard). | | | While increasingly it would became the fashion for rock and roll musicians to write their own material, many of the earliest rock and roll hits were covers of earlier rhythm and blues or blues songs. | | | Rock and roll (also spelled rock 'n' roll, especially in its first decade), is a genre of music that emerged as a defined musical style in the Southern United States in the 1950s, and quickly spread to the rest of the country, and the world (rhythm sample). |
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| | Rock n Roll Timeline |
| | Rock 'n' roll music warrants a mention in the year end Encyclopedia Britannica music review, which derogatorily refers to it in racist terms as "jungle music". | | | Rock 'n' Roll enters the movies with cheaply made "rockploitation" films with limited plots and numerous cameos by rockers singing their latest hits. | | | Rock 'n' roll is constantly progressing, adapting and experimenting allowing it to remain relevant to each succeeding generation, but it maintains the same urgency and perspective it had when it was founded more than a half-century ago. |
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| | Anthem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Late in the 16th century the "verse anthem," in which passages for solo voices alternated with passages for full choir, began to evolve. | | | Though anthems were written in the Elizabethan period by Byrd, Tallis and others they are not mentioned in the Book of Common Prayer until 1662, when the famous rubric In quires and places where they sing here followeth the Anthem first appears at the end of Morning and Evening Prayer. | | | Though the anthem of the Church of England is analogous to the motet of the Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches, both being written for a trained choir and not for the congregation, it is as a musical form essentially English in its origin and development. |
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| | Rock n Roll Timeline |
| | Rock 'n' roll music warrants a mention in the year end Encyclopedia Britannica music review, which derogatorily refers to it in racist terms as "jungle music". | | | Rock 'n' Roll enters the movies with cheaply made "rockploitation" films with limited plots and numerous cameos by rockers singing their latest hits. | | | Rock 'n' roll is constantly progressing, adapting and experimenting allowing it to remain relevant to each succeeding generation, but it maintains the same urgency and perspective it had when it was founded more than a half-century ago. |
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| | Rock and Roll Music (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The lyrics of the song extoll the virtues of rock and roll in comparison to other musical styles, and express the singer's resolve to dance only to this style of music. | | | "Rock and Roll Music" is a song written and originally recorded by Chuck Berry which became a hit single in 1957, and was later covered by many artists, notably The Beatles. | | | The Beatles performed the song in many of their early Hamburg shows, and also played it on the BBC show, "Pop Go the Beatles". |
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| | YOJOE.COM Rock N Roll |
| | Rock N Roll's legs were shared with Breaker, Clutch, Grunt, Hawk, Shortfuze, Stalker, Steeler, and Zap (and in 1983 Tan Grunt and in 1984 Tan Clutch). | | | Rock N Roll came with a dark green helmet, a black M-60 machine gun, and a black bipod that snapped onto the end of the machine gun. | | | Rock N Roll was one of the original figures released carded in the first series (1982). |
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| | Encyclopedia: Rock and roll anthem |
| | Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. | | | The subject that the anthem celebrates can vary, although one common anthemic theme is the celebration of rock and roll for itself. | | | A rock and roll anthem is a celebratory rock and roll song. |
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| | Amazon.com: Music: Rock 'n' Roll |
| | Rock And Roll is a good album, but it may leave some people wanting more. | | | What Lennon does here on Rock 'N' Roll is re-visit his musical roots and once again show the world that he is one of the best raw vocalists that rock and roll will ever offer. | | | Rock And Roll (1975.) John Lennon's album of early rock and roll covers. |
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| | Ryan Adams: Rock N Roll - PopMatters Music Review |
| | Even with these trite lyrics, the song kick-starts Rock N Roll with the first back-to-back batch of excellence to be seen on this record. | | | Most notable is the Rock N Roll for Dummies reference embedded in the song title "She's Lost TOTAL Control", in which Adams seems to be winking at the listener before the song has even started. | | | For an album named Rock N Roll, Ryan Adams's third proper solo release is a difficult and dense listening experience. |
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| | Barry Drake - Rock & Roll Lectures |
| | Rock and roll was back, alive and well, but it sure had changed. | | | Fortunately, the 80s proved that rock and roll was capable of reinventing itself with new music styles, artists and attitudes. | | | The Roots Of Rock and Roll 1953-63 begins just before the dawn of rock and roll and examines the styles of music that came together on the early recordings. |
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| | Wyonnie Harris' 1947 recording of "Good Rocking Tonight" was one of many "rhythm records" made during the late 1940s, however when it was recorded by Elvis Presley in 1954 it seemed like a new and different approach. | | | The knowledge of the stream of American popular music allows one to understand that rock and roll was a natural result of the combined forces that affected the music. | | | Birth of Rock and Roll and the Teenager |
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| | Technorati Tag: rockandroll |
| | Rock and Roll - BMG Music Official Site Simply join the BMG music service and you can choose free CDs from over 14,000 titles. | | | Download Rock n' Roll Music for Free Register now and get 101 free music downloads. | | | Rock and Roll Shop eBay for anything and everything - from specialized gifts to custom clothing. |
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| | DVD Review - Rock n Roll High School |
| | "Rock n Roll High School" is presented in non-anamorphic widescreen preserving the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of its original theatrical release. | | | "Rock n Roll High School" is billed as a special edition and it carries over extras from the previous laserdisc and DVD releases as well as including a few new goodies. | | | In the wake of this unexpected tragedy, fans began pulling out old albums and CDs to fondly revisit the energetic music that made the band so beloved by so many. |
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| | Rock 'n' roll graduation |
| | Of the three acts on last nights bill, only newcomer Sean Lennon has a fresh album, Into The Sun. | | | It was the ever-popular Beck Hansen who had the honor of headlining the show -- which attracted a crowd of about 12,000 -- with his genre-bending spin on garage, pop, hip-hop and broken-down folk music. | | | For Beck and Ben Folds Five, who signalled the start of the Molson Ampitheatre's summer concert season last night, along with opener Sean Lennon, it was the graduation from midsize halls and clubs to the harsh, cruel world of the outdoor venue. |
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| | Amazon.com: Rock N Roll: Music: Ryan Adams |
| | Rock n roll is a different take than we are used from 3 of his peak records (Heartbreaker, Demolition, and Love is Hell Pt 1). | | | This is exactly what it was labelled to be: Rock and Roll. | | | People who are unable to give in to the joy, the abandon, the wild passion for real rock and roll that suffuses this album like the joy of breaking out of school on a snow day, a beach day, heck, any day...well, that is a shame. |
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| | Encyclopedia4U - Punk rock - Encyclopedia Article |
| | Punk rock (from ' punk ', meaning rotten, worthless, or a prison slang term for a person who is sexualy submissive) was originally used to describe the primitive guitar based rock and roll of 1960s bands such as The Seeds, and later Detroit bands The Stooges and MC5. | | | Also of importance was a desire to return to the simplicity of early rock and roll and a rejection of what punk rockers saw as the pretension, commercialism and pomposity which had overtaken " arena rock " in the 1970s, spawning grandiose forms of heavy metal and progressive rock. | | | In the United States magazines such as Maximum Rock 'n Roll, Profane Existence and Flipside were leading a movement of fanzines. |
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| | Rock music - definition of Rock music in Encyclopedia |
| | Rock and roll, also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. | | | The culmination of rock and roll as a socially-unifying force was seen in the rock festivals of the late '60s, the most famous of which was Woodstock which began as a three-day arts and music festival and turned into a "happening", as hundreds of thousands of youthful fans converged on the site. | | | Early rock and roll combined elements of blues, boogie woogie, jazz and rhythm and blues, and is also influenced by traditional Appalachian folk music, gospel and country and western. |
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| | Amazon.com: Rock 'n' Roll: Music: John Lennon |
| | "Rock 'n' Roll" came out just at the right time; punk was about to explode and bands like The Clash, Elvis Costello and the Attractions were only a couple of years away from revitalizing rock'n'roll. | | | Conceived at a time when John Lennon was struggling to regain his footing as a solo artist, Rock ‘n’ Roll afforded the hardly ancient ex-Beatles (he was only 33 when work began on the LP) a chance to revisit his Liverpool roots. | | | Conceived perhaps as something of a stopgap title, Rock ‘n’ Roll has aged well and serves as a tribute not only to the fathers of rock & roll, but to Lennon the vocalist and producer. |
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