Reading “Before Elvis there was nothing.” John Lennon FROM AMERICANIZATION TO GLOBALIZATION I The USA‚ the country which had been an importer of influences has become in the twentieth century a major exporter of them. The whole world imports products and services from the USA. The majority of the world’s best known celebrities are from the USA. In many areas of life‚ American popular tastes and attitudes have conquered the world. The United States became the first nation in history to build
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success in the sense that it gave her an estimated of 100 million in album sales. Dolly’s initial success originated as a songwriter through one of her singles‚ “I Will Always Love You”. It caught the attention of many great legends including Elvis Presley‚ and was made famous by Whitney Houston. Her successful musical career has earned her numerous recognitions including eight Grammy Awards‚ three American Music Awards‚ ten awards at the Country Music Association‚ and seven awards at the Academy
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I chose Sam Phillips for my producer because I love the blues and “rock and roll” and he played and important role in this area of the music industry. Sam Phillips inspires me to be more creative and to think outside the box when creating music. I think that’s what music is all about. Sam not only broke down racial barriers in the music industry but really tested the limits of blues and helped and influenced the creation of “rock and roll”. He was a talent scout during the early stage of his career
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the Chapel” or simply implore “Take me to the King!” Elvis Presley was raised to have a strong faith in God. He attended the Assembly of God Church with his parents where the gospel music became an important influence for him. He was a film actor and singer born in Tupelo‚ Ms. Artie Glenn wrote the song “Crying in the Chapel” for his son to sing. According to a review by William Ruhimann‚ “On the night of October 30-31‚ 1960‚ Elvis Presley held a recording session to cut the inspirational album
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Rock vs. Pop In the modern age of music‚ there is one question that has always been greatly debated. What genre is the best of all time rock or pop? Throughout the 1900’s and into the 2000’s rock has established itself as the most dominant genre of all time due to its extensive variety and inspirational riffs. What makes rock better than pop is the popularity that it carries as it is not just a passing phase as most pop stars today are. Rock music is better than pop because of its large impact on
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Boyz II Men built their emotions into their songs and audiences felt it. Boyz II Men started off as school boy singers and built their way up to a group of singers with 300 songs‚ Fans internationally‚ and deep emotions in their music that audiences love. Their music asks questions then gives the answers‚ say in the hook‚ as in the song “End of The Road”. Their music has a natural feel to it and it is made to exhibit a great deal of romanticism. The delivery of the lyrics is at times
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popularity. 1955 - IBM’s first commercial computer is sold; the cold war results in use of technology in aircraft design and in weapons control. Russia developing the technology for the first spacecraft. 1956 - Eisenhower elected president; Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog"; school overcrowding growing; school dropout rate rapidly declining toward zero; schools still based on the teacher/manager model in individual teacher-controlled classrooms; the cold war continues with technology playing an
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Originating in America Rock and Roll was fast‚ rhythmic and a blend of black rhythm and blues with white western country music which made the audiences love it. Rock and Roll arrived onto Australian shores in 1955 with Rock and Roll legend Bill Haley’s hit record ‘Rock Around The Clock’‚ young teenage Australians loved Rock and Roll as they would usually gather around in dance halls dressed in the latest fashion and would perform popular dances such as the Jitterbug dance and the Boogie-Woogie teenagers
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always been a part of humanity. It’s like a spice that adds flavour to the stereotypical life of people. As early as the 30’s‚ a genre of music called “rock & roll” made an uprising. A lot of names had been well-known to the said genre‚ including Elvis Presley who was later on named as the “King of Rock n’ Roll”. Even in the Philippines‚ such music has also been well-oriented to the people. It began in the early 80’s- 90’s where in local rock bands such as The Dawn‚ Eraserheads‚ Rivermaya‚ Parokya
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Image and Illusion Essay In Christopher Hedges article the “Empire of Illusion” he stresses that America’s present culture and society have drastically declined in many ways. Hedges overall view is that America has been “dumbed down” through feel good illusion‚ replacing reality with fiction‚ and literacy with images. Celebrities have replaced Gods and religion‚ television has replaced a large amount of reading and writing‚ and politics have been replaced with “junk politics”
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