Elton John: The Rocket Man Of Music

This song may seems unexceptional today , but in era, it was a guarantee of selling , providing a break with the current situation and establishing pop music to a new era. Bill Haley( William John Clifton Haley) was an American rock and roll musician, his left eye turned blind by accident , but did not drag down his steps on pursuing music . Bill Haley and the Comets performed this song on the Texaco Star Theater on May 31,1955 in NBC. This was one of the earliest nationally performance on TV by a rock n roll band , offering innovative musical genre to audience. “ Rock Around The Clock” was introduced into the Grammy Hall of Fame , it is a special award established in 1973 to honor recordings that have “ qualitative or historical

J. R. Cash also known as Johnny Cash was one and still is one of the biggest names in country and rock n roll music! Did you know that he first wanted to sing gospel music early in his career? Did you also know that he became an ordained minister?! Do you also know what happened in his childhood, his early and later career, or why he even became famous? Well you’re about to find out!

He was a singer, songwriter, family man, and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He won one Academy Award, two Golden Globes, and six Grammys. August 1972, Bruce went to the studio to record his first album (Frankl 55). Bruce’s manager and close friend taught him how to drive a car at 19 years of age(Frankl 36).Bruce was later introduced to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. Five months after his U.S. tour launched.

Jimi was the guitarist and main singer, Noel Redding played bass, and Mitch Mitchell played drums. After releasing his first album, and following The Who at a concert, Jimi released his first two albums. The albums were called “Are you Experienced?” and “Axis: Bold as Love.” In late 1968, The Jimi Hendrix Experience released “Electric Ladyland,” their best selling album.

A fellow student introduced Chapman to his father, Charles Koppelman, co-owner of SBK Records. He assisted Chapman in signing a record deal with Elektra Records. Chapman’s self-titled debut album, released in 1988, received major commercial success. More than ten million copies were sold. Despite her large-scale popularity in an era in which MTV defined pop culture, Ellerine Diengdoh, professor of English Language and Literature, argues that Chapman “recreated the image of an artist isolated from the sexual imagery associated with music video entertainers popular in that era” (182).

One such song they recorded as early as 1957 “Hey, Schoolgirl”. At this time they called themselves Tom and Jerry and this song became a Top Fifty Hit. Together they sang i on American Bandstand. However they failed to become successful and split up until 1962. They finally succeeded when they recorded “Sounds of Silence” and released an album of the same name.

An album that was bootlegged numerous times, officially released eight years after the initial recordings, The Basement Tapes was critically acclaimed upon it’s release in 1975. It’s singer Bob Dylan is a legend. Born as Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota, Bob Dylan was raised in a closely knit Jewish society. Being a leader in folk music during 1960s, Dylan produced some of his most famous songs that chronicled social unrest. He then transformed from folk music and released songs incorporating rock elements afterwards, which changed the classical divisions of popular music.

He created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in Western music. He continued to play until shortly before his death in 1974. Sports from the 1920’s Taylor Graff

During the time Dizzy was in a band with Charlie Parker, he wrote some of the greatest jazz tunes of his era,including Groovin’ High, A Night in Tunisia and Manteca, all songs which became jazz classics. Dizzy at one point in his life ran for president in 1964 and 1972, he told the Jets Magazine in 1971 that if he was elected, he would name the boxer Muhammad Ali Secretary of state and would name Duke Ellington as a ambassador to any country that he wanted to go to, but Dizzy was not elected both of the years that he ran. With his trumpet’s upturned golden bell - the result, Gillespie stated in his autobiography,of the dancers Stump and Stumpy accidentally falling onto it during a birthday party for his wife- and his goatee, horn rim glasses and beret, Gillespie became a symbol of both jazz and a rebellious, independent spirit during the 1940s and 50s.

The ‘Ziggy Stardust movement’ was not only about the music and the lyrics but it was hugely centred around the appearance and performance Bowie portrayed on stage. Previous to his first Ziggy concerts in early 1972 he said that his new act would be “theatrical” and “[a kind of] entertainment…quite different to anything anyone else has tried to do before…” (Paytress, 1998). The shows in the spring of 1972 consisted of extravagant rock ‘n’ roll and yet transformed into total rock by the summer, leading to the famous concert at Rainbow theatre on August 19 of the same year. This show was Bowie’s way of launching a new approach to rock ‘n’ roll by theatrical performance and multi-media displays (Harvey,

After releasing their sixth album in 1982 The Hunter Blondie broke up for awhile. Deborah Harry had to help take care of her partner Chris Stein who had contracted pemphigus which is a rare autoimmune disease of the skin. Then in 1987 Blondie came together once more and had a number one single in the U.K. with “Maria” in 1999. Blondie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 and they are still active today.

The Faces was a springboard for the successful solo career of Rod Stewart and future Rolling Stone, Ronnie Wood. Songs like Stay With Me and Oh la la, could be heart with regularity on rock and roll radio stations throughout the United States and across the pond in Europe and the UK in the 1970s. By 1975, Ronnie Wood had made the decision to leave The Faces, and join The Rolling Stones, with which he has stayed and has toured for 40 years. Soon after Wood’s departure, Stewart dissolved The Faces and embarked on what would be a legendary solo career. There were several attempts to reunite The Faces over the years, but gathering the original lineup never fully came together.

Joel watched The Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan show, after seeing the show Joel dropped out of high school to start writing and performing songs. His first album was called “Cold Spring Harbor”. The album didn 't do as well as he had wanted (Biography.com Editors). When Joel first started making hit songs in the seventies and eighties his only competition was Elton John (Serpick). In the year 1992, Joel was accepted into the Songwriters Hall of

Clark joined "Bandstand" in 1956 after its original host was fired. Under Clark 's guidance, it went from a local Philadelphia show to a national phenomenon. Before appearing on television, Clark hosted radio shows in central New York and Philadelphia. In 1956, Elvis Presley scored his first hit record with “Heartbreak Hotel”, which changed the face of music.

When one of his most famous songs was released he bleached himself. One of his famous slogans was to grab the golden ring. One great thing about Michel Jackson is he still has music that is famous. Some hit songs are thriller, I want u back, and the love u share that is made by him and