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Rock & Roll: A
Brief History
Origins to
the late 70’s
Beginnings
• Mixing of jazz, blues, gospel, country, and folk
music
• Migrant African Americans took cultural music
with them north
• Settled in cities such as Detroit, Chicago,
Cleveland, and New York
• With the ending of World War 2 rock and roll
began to take stage and emerge as popular
music
The Early Years
• No one artist “invented”
rock & roll
• “melting pot” of many
different genres
• Acts like Jackie Brenson
and Bill Haley are
contenders for first rock
albums (1951 & 54)
• Many early artist were
African American
• Music way of retaining their
unique cultural identities
Rockabilly
• As rock became more
mainstream, white artists
began to dominate
• Acts like Elvis Presley,
Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee
Lewis emerged from the
South
• Grew out of these singers
country music roots
• Buddy Holly was a major
influence on future artists
from “across the pond”
The Electric Guitar
• Gibson Les Paul
• 1952
• Fender Stratocaster
• 1954
Across the Pond
• American Rockabilly became
quite popular in England
• Early acts like Tom Steele and
The Quarrymen tried to imitate
the style
• Cities like Liverpool,
Manchester, Birmingham, and
London became centers for
British Rock
• The Quarrymen would evolve
into one of the most popular
and well recognized bands in
history
The Beatles
• Formed in 1962 in
Liverpool
• Brought rock to a new
level of popularity “Pop
Rock”
• Sold more records than
anyone in history
• Shifted rock from
popular “rockabilly” to
deeper more drug
infused subjects
The Rolling Stones
• Formed in 1962 in
London
• Took more of a “bluesy”
approach to rock and
roll
• Hugely influenced by
African American music
in the south
• Response to the “pop”
image of The Beatles
Americas Response
• The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan
• Represented the growing wave of social change and
reform
• Cultural reactions to the Vietnam War
• Woodstock 69’
From Rock to Hard Rock
The Who
Led Zeppelin
• Formed in London in 1964
• Captures the feelings of
teenage angst
• Anger and rebellion towards
parents and authority figures
• Formed in London in 1968
• Also captures this angst, but
more focused on teenage love
and sex
• Connection to mystical figures
and legends
The End of Legends
• Excessive drug and
alcohol use led to the
demise of rock’s greats
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Keith Moon
John Bonham
Jimi Hendrix
Brian Jones
• some suffered death at
the hand of others
• John Lennon
• With the deaths, many of
these bands like…
• Led Zeppelin
• The Who
• Decided not to carry on
without their band
members
• Others replaced
members and decided to
carry on like…
• The Rolling Stones