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Rabu, 16 November 2011

Rock and Roll in North America

Based on a music historian named Peter Guralnick, rock and roll's first album was "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and the Delta Cats (written by adolescents aged 19 years, Ike Turner who also serves as band leader)
And recorded by Sam Phillips at Sun Records label unruk 1951.

There was also the album - an album that can be called as a starting place for developing this kind of music, for example, is "Rock Around The Clock" by Bill Haley and the comets that could be known as the beginning of rock music But with the efforts and creativity of the artists, they were finally able to make the conditions become increasingly changing.
 
On March 21, 1952 in Cleveland, Alan Freed produces first rock concert with an appearance of musicians from various races. This historical incident can also be visited by people of numerous races. Although it had been a commotion by individuals who wish to go since it ran from tickets, rock concert is confirmed as you kind of popular music.

At the same time using the change in R & B music became more aggressive, country and western music also started to switch to be aggressive having a faster tempo.


A music producer named Sam Phillips
tried to combine the background music "hillbilly" with a rock rhythm that creates a brand new type called rockabilly.


In 1954,
a person called Elvis came into the studio of Philips to record songs for his mother. Realizing that the young man has a hidden talent, he immediately sign him. The first album released by Elvis for Sun Records, That's All Right Mama had become the first rockabilly album and also a starting point for Elvis among the biggest rock stars ever.

British invasion of rock and music of English (1958 - 1969)
American
Rock 'n roll has a great influence for that world, probably the most visible may be the UK. In those times, many young adults in England who started a brand new band with a rock foundation that attempts to make different things from rock music of Americans.


In 1958,
several youths started to form a rock band called Cliff Richard and the Drifters (later changed to Cliff Richard And The Shadows who released an audio lesson titled "Move It" which became the first rock singles in the united kingdom and open up new roots rock music that is British Rock.


Cliff Richards
and the Shadows had become the most influential bands in the UK and the composition of his band had become the standard in England and America that is with two guitars, a bass and a drum. The use of bass eletrik became popular after the previous band - rock band using a stand-up bass.

In the early 1960s, the band - the band from the UK leading the field of rock 'n roll on the planet. One of them was The Beatles who will later get to be the band's most important and influential in the world of rock 'n roll.

Although the Beatles were not the very first band to come to America, but their presence in the year 1964 (including their historic appearance around the Ed Sullivan Show) towards the initial invasion of England to America.

Next, came the band - any band who came to America, one of which may be the Rolling Stones came up with an outrageous image.

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