ORIGINS OF ROCK MUSIC

rock and roll ( often written as rock ' n ' roll ) is a genre of music that developed in the United States in the late 1940s , and reached the peak of popularity in the early 1950s . Of the United States , this music genre spread throughout the world . Rock and roll spawned a wide variety of whole subgenre known as rock music .
Characteristic of rock and roll is on the beat ( beat) is usually combined with the lyrics . Rock and roll using one of the beat -based rhythm blues boogie woogie called plus accents are almost always filled backbeat snare drum beating .
Classical versions of rock and roll is played with one or two electric guitars , electric bass guitar , and drum set . The device keyboard musical instrument is often played as an extra . When played with two electric guitars , electric guitar played to give the melody called lead guitar , while the rhythm guitar and harmony to provide so-called rhythm guitar . Saxophone melody instruments often used in rock and roll style of the early 1950s , but its role was replaced by an electric guitar in the mid 1950s .
In the late 1940s , early form of rock and roll even wearing the piano as a melodic instrument . One of the forerunner to rock and roll boogie woogie is music with a piano melody , like a game of musical groups that dominate the world of big band music american 1940s . The popularity of rock and roll turned out en masse and global social impact of unexpected . Rock and roll style of music not only influence , but at the same lifestyle , style of dress , and language . In addition to success in the world of music , the stars in the early period of rock and roll was also successful in the world of film and television . ElvisPresley , for example, is a rock and roll star whose success as a movie star and televisi

originrock and roll began to emerge as a new force in music in America in the late 1940s as a country and western branches of cultural products white Americans , and rhythm and blues ( R & B ) which is a product of the African-American culture . The elements of real rock and roll can be heard in country songs of the 1930s and blues songs from the 1920s . However, a new genre of music that is not called " rock and roll " until in the 1950's .
An early form of rock and roll was rockabilly that combines elements of r & b , blues , jazz , and folk music influenced Appalachian and gospel music . When traced even further, the forerunner of rock and roll music can be found in the slum area of ​​five points , new york city in the mid -19th century . In the area for the first time ever that a mixture of rhythmic African dance with European music , particularly dance music for folk origin irish jig very melodic .
Black gospel singer from the southern regions of the United States to use the term " rocking " to refer to something that is similar to the process of appointment to be experienced by people who believe in the end times . The term " rocking " in the late 1940s became a double meaning , " dancing " as well as " sex " , as the lyrics of the song " Good Rocking Tonight " sung blues musician roy brown . Songs like this are usually only played the radio station that broadcast the African-American music and rarely heard among white people .
In the 1920s and 1930s , white people in America like many white musicians who played jazz and blues African-American people . The same music is played but when black musicians is often not received . R & b musicians who favored black white people just a little , prominent among which is the louis jordan , mills brothers , and the ink spots . During the new songs yet created many hit songs in the early days of rock and roll is a lot of re-recordings of the songs r & b or blues that have been previously known . Genre of blues music will continue to inspire rock musicians . Delta -style blues blues musicians such as Robert Johnson and Skip James became the inspiration for the English rock musician The Yardbirds , Cream , and Led Zeppelin .

In 1951 , Alan Freed , a dj in cleveland , ohio start playing the kind of music that could be favored listeners anticipated from various backgrounds and races . Alan freed touted as the person who first used the term " rock and roll " music r & b for a happy and energetic . While working as a DJ at a radio station WJW in cleveland , alan freed rock and roll concert held first . The concert was held 21 March 1952 and given the name " The Moondog Coronation Ball " . The event was attended by an audience of mostly African-American , but it must end when the audience has just begun because of exceptional solid . After a successful first concert , alan freed continue to hold a variety of rock and roll show that many people watch black and white . Such performances helped the spread of African-American musical styles in various circles .
Music observers often argue about who has the right musical note as a maker of rock and roll record first . Sister rosetta tharpe been recording music filled with shouts and pounding in the 1930s and 1940s . Musical style is similar to the characteristic of rock and roll in the mid- 1950s . Sister rosetta already topped the pop charts in 1938 with rhythmic gospel songs such as "this train" and " rock me " , and continued in the 1940s with " Strange Things happenin every day " , " up above my head " , and "down by the riverside " . Another musician who sings gospel / blues with boogie piano accompaniment is big joe turner with a " roll ' em pete " . The song was taped in 1939, but it is almost indistinguishable from the style of rock and roll in the 1950s . Similar artists released recordings of rock and roll in the 1940s and early 1950s , among them : Roy Brown ( " Good Rocking Tonight " , in 1947 ) , Paul Bascomb ( " rock and roll " , 1947) , fats domino ( " the fat man , " 1949) , big joe turner ( " honey , hush " , 1953 and " shake , rattle and roll " , 1954) , as well as the les paul and mary ford ( " how high the moon , " 1951
Rolling stone magazine article published in 2004 claimed the first singles elvis presley sun records production titled " That's All Right ( Mama ) " is a rock and roll record first . Meanwhile , the hit song " Bo Diddley " and " I'm a Man ​​" by Bo Diddley said to be the pioneer of a new stomping beat , and introduces a unique way of playing the guitar and became the inspiration for other musicians .
The song " Rock around the clock " by bill haley was the first rock and roll song that topped the charts billboard magazine for sales figures and the number of plays a song ( airplay ) on the radio . Haley Bill opened the door for a new wave of pop culture called rock and roll . Other musicians who created the hit song in the early period of rock and roll is chuck berry , little richard , and group doo - wop vocal style . Meanwhile , in the succeeding pop music singers who have become stars from previous decades , for example, eddie fisher , perry como , and patti page . In the early period of rock and roll , they began to find it difficult to put the songs on the pop charts as a result of obstructed rock and roll song .