The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

I watched the premier of Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll when it debuted on PBS February 26 during Black History month in honor of Domino’s 88th birthday. As much as I have always enjoyed the genre, I had never actually heard of Domino--a man Elvis Presley once referred to as “the king of Rock ‘n’ Roll”--before switching the channel to PBS while at the hotel on our Honors class trip. One person featured in the film stated that, “People don’t really credit Rock ‘n’ Roll with ending segregation, but in a way it did”. I chose to review this movie because I found it very informative and interesting, and because I wanted to learn more about this claim regarding music and integration.

The social and political context of the 1950’s is crucial to any understanding of the birth of rock n roll.

Yesterday, Pearl Jam were (rightfully) nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame next year, in their first year of eligibility.

“The warden threw a party in the county jail. The prison band was there and they began to wail. The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing. You should've heard them knocked-out jailbirds sing.” These lyrics from Elvis Presley’s hit song “Jailhouse Rock” clearly illustrate how teenagers reacted to his new brand of music, Rock ‘n’ Roll in the 1950s. Elvis and his music came in a time when the baby boomers were teenagers and beginning to identify themselves and discover music. The civil rights movement was just about to begin, and the tension between whites and blacks was just beginning to decrease. The two races found companionship when listening to music, and Elvis helped to connect the dots even more. Elvis was a music icon that the

Spend an afternoon rocking out to music legends at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. A tribute to some of the best-known and most influential artists. Take a peek into the life of your favorite musicians through feature films, videos, interactive exhibits, and of course, plenty of music.

Body 1: Baseball trumps all other competitions because of the home for the all-time greats. Cooperstown, New York is home to the Baseball Hall of Fame, which is a heaven-like site where all of baseball’s best fanatics visit each and every year. They all come to learn about the players who have made this sport the best one out there. About 315,000 fans visit Baseball Heaven every year to learn about all 317 players who poured their blood, sweat, and tears into this fantastic game. That number of visitors is compared to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, in which only 37,000 people visited each year for the first 17 years to see 354 inductees’ plaques. Lastly, the induction ceremony of Cooperstown isn’t like any other. In 2007, 82,000

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees the best rock and roll artists ever, but they forgot the Doobie Brothers. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should induct the Doobie Brothers. The Doobie Brothers formed in San Jose, California in 1970. Patrick Simmons, John McFee, and Tom Johnston are the current band members. They are one of the few bands who successfully alternated their genre of music. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should induct the Doobie Brothers.

Music is an Art form that has been around since humans were created All around the world music is played in many different forms and styles. As early as the 1950 's, a new style of music was being created in the Untied States, one that forever changed the world. Not only did it bring a completely different sound, but it changed the way people acted, dressed, and even people 's lifestyles. This new style of music became known as Rock and Roll. It drew many from a one-way path to a sea of possibilities musically. Me being a music lover really enjoyed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame site. Rock and Roll have sheltered and comforted me in many times of needs. For as long as I can remember as a kid and throughout my painful adolescence years, and also as an adult, it has inspired me to appreciate the music of all kinds throughout the years.

“The rise of rock ‘n’ roll and the reception of it, in fact, can tell us a lot about the culture and values of the United States in the 1950s. According to historians James Gilbert, there was a struggle throughout the decade ‘over the uses of popular culture to determine who would speak to what audience, and for what purpose”. At the center of that struggle, rock ‘n’ roll unsettled a nation had been “living in an ‘age of anxiety’” since 1945” (p.15). Altschuler talks about how music and race interlock with one another. Rock had become a “highly visible and contested arena for struggles over racial identity and cultural and economic empowerment in the United States” (p.35). Other chapters within the book state the battles involving sexuality, generational conflicts, as well as other social issues. The author states ideas that are somewhat problematic. For example, he states that there is a myth that rock ‘n’ roll went into a “lull” following the payola hearings (the practice of record promoters paying DJs or radio programmers to play their labels ' songs) of 1959 and did not come about again until the arrival of the Beatles in 1964.

osh is our protagonist in this book he is the kid with all the power and looks and overall a great guy. During the run to the championship Josh goes up to bat a gets hit with a beanball right in the cheek and is down even though he is hurting he stays in the game. On the next defensive series he turns a triple play to win the Championship Game now the move on to the Hall of Fame Tour in Cooperstown. This book takes place With Josh and his two other friends Jaden and Benji they spend time out on the lake at each other’s houses and of course the baseball field. The big conflict in this story is that they made it to the Championship game in the Hall of Fame tour and Josh’s best friend Jaden goes and reports for the rival team with star baseball

The Rolling Stones was one of the first bands of the 60’s to have their song “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” banned from the radio due to the fact that some could consider it indecent (Rutledge-Borger, 2012). The Stones’ music was enjoyed by many, but the lyrics had the potential to spark controversy, especially during live performances. Producers and planners of live performances were more conservative and cautious of keeping television clean and suitable for all ages, and would go to great lengths to make sure that all was kept modest. That is exactly what happened on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 11, 1967. The Rolling Stones were allowed to perform on the show as long as they agreed that they would change the “let’s spend the night together” lyrics to a more appropriate “let’s spend some time together” (Richin, 2015).

It’s that time of the year again, for Baseball Writers’ Association of America to vote for who they believe should be candidates for the Baseball Hall of Fame. The conversation of steroids always pops up at this time because some of the most prolific baseball players have been known to use steroids, such as Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, and Alex Rodriguez. These guys have been proven that they used the enhancing drug, but these are some of the league’s best players of all time and they aren’t getting the representation that they deserve. The system needs to be changed because it is keeping great ball players out of this superior club.

Throughout time music has been constantly changing and evolving, eventually causing it form to what it is today. As time has gone on, different genres of music have been introduced and became popular such as Rock n Roll, Blues, EDM etc. However, regardless of the genre of music, they have all come together to modernize and serve the purpose of entertaining the audience. If I were to induct modern musical artists, due to their popularity and overall impact on society, into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame it would consist of: Dr. Dre, Drake, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift.

The 1960’s was one of the most controversial decades in American history because of not only the Vietnam War, but there was an outbreak of protests involving civil and social conditions all across college campuses. These protests have been taken to the extent where people either have died or have been seriously injured. However, during the 1960’s, America saw a popular form of art known as protest music, which responded to the social turmoil of that era, from the civil rights movement to the war in Vietnam. A veritable pantheon of musicians, such as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan sang their songs to encourage union organizers to protest the inequities of their time, creating a diverse variety of popular

Rock music has come a long way since its development in the early 20th century. The genre, defined “as a merger between rhythm&blues and country” (Scaruffi, The History of Rock Music:1955-1966), started out more as an underground market, but ended up becoming a significant aspect of American popular music history. Rock-n-Roll music produce many legendary artists who will for ever be known as innovators of the genre. Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry were some of the many artists in Rock-n-Roll who will always live on in their music.Many teenagers were also to identify it due to its rebellious nature their disapproval of the cold war. Towards the end of the 1950s, Rock-n-Roll was ending on a particularly bad note, with a brief decline: