What is Rock'n'Roll music.

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Rock and Roll music

Rock and Roll started after the year 1955 with its roots being in Blues, Gospel, and Jazz. This influenced vocal music, which was popular with the African American population. Groups such as The 'Mills Brothers' and the 'Ink Spots' sang hep Harmony who added rhythm and harmony. Small Swing Bands or Jump Bands featured saxophone soloists and repeated phrases. These city style blues featured singers such as Joe Turner, Dina Washington, T- Bone Walker, and composer-singer Percy Mayfield. During this era, country blues traditions of the south became influential in the North as well. Blacks moved from the South to the North and Chicago became the center of blues recordings. This emphasized electric guitars, harmonicas, and drummers who emphasized after beats (beats 2 and 4 of the measure). Black gospel music was very popular and given the label of rhythm and blues R&B (B. Lee Cooper, Wayne S, 1997).

This music was carried on radio and popular with the disc jockeys.

1950's, when Rock n' Roll was born. It emerged from rhythm and blues, music similar to jazz played by blacks. This kind of music started to attract white teenagers. Disc jockey Alan Freed was the one who introduced this music and later gave it the name of Rock n' Roll. Record companies distributed records played by whites but composed by blacks. Whites were frustrated because there weren't any white artists and they didn't want the blacks to be the stars until Bill Haley appeared with his 'Rock Around the Clock'. In this decade, Elvis Presley introduced a music that was sexual suggestive and outraged dull adults. One record producer, Sam Phillips stated, 'If I could only find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel I could make a million dollars.'...