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- 13091: Motown’s Evolution and with Emphasis on Its Women
- ... with Ray Charles for eight years until 1977. She quit to become a minister and pastor in Los Angeles. Berry Gordy started soliciting his songs to the major record companies which then were located in New York City. Atlantic, Mercury, Brunswick and Sepia. His break-in was getting Jackie Wilson to record one of his songs because Gordy met Wilson’s manager who happened to live in Detroit. When the song ... a song. The performance was air on television in the 1970’s, but they had to edit the shoving incident out. When Diana Ross left the Supremes in 1970, Berry focused his attention on her new solo career. There was concern that the group would then be neglected, but Suzanne DePasse, an administrative force in the record label picked up where Berry left off and continued to support the group. The ... times, but eventually took a break to get married to a minister. The marriage was “bad,” but lasted 18 years. Then, like so many other women of Motown, she made a comeback, inspired by her new husband. Tami Terrell came onto the scene in 1965, but had had previous success. She had been singing with major labels since the age of fourteen. She sang with Marvin Gaye and was envied ...
- 13092: Elvis Aaron Presley
- ... 1956, he was an international sensation. With a sound and style that uniquely combined his diverse musical influences and blurred and challenged the social and racial barriers of the time, he ushered in a whole new era of American music and popular culture. He starred in 33 successful films, made history with his television appearances and specials, and knew great acclaim through his many, often record-breaking, live concert performances on ... served his country in the U.S. Army. His talent, good looks, sensuality, charisma, and good humor endeared him to millions, as did the humility and human kindness he demonstrated throughout his life. Known the world over by his first name, he is regarded as one of the most important figures of twentieth century popular culture. Elvis died at his Memphis home, Graceland, on August 16, 1977.
- 13093: Bruce Lee
- ... He even showed a few passengers a few dance moves. Upon arriving to the United States, he wanted to be the first to teach any martial arts, particularly Kung Fu, to the people in his new country. He felt that what he had to offer was far greater than physical martial arts techniques. He soon realized he did not have the necessary manpower of instructors to teach his principles to such ... being a friend, he always gave it his all. And in a lot of cases, his all was the best. Reflections I find Bruce Lee is both idolized and magnificent. He is one of the world’s best martial artist that ever lived. Maybe even to some people he was, is, and will always be the greatest martial artist that ever lived. He is a great man that can be looked ...
- 13094: Count Basie
- ... usually played as a background for soloists. Another musical hallmark of the Basie style is its reliance on the blues, both blues chord progressions and blue notes, certain flatted notes in a musical scale. After World War II ended in 1945, changes in the economy and in Americans’ musical tastes sent most of the big bands into commercial decline. Eventually, the changed economic realities of touring with a band affected Basie ... he had reassembled his big band. This time, written arrangements were normal, and the band had a different sound and style than it had in the 1930s and 1940s. In the 1950s the band featured new soloists. Where as the earlier band emphasized the sound of the soloists over that of the ensemble, the later band favored the ensemble sound of a well-rehearsed, tightly controlled group. From 1954 to 1961 ...
- 13095: Hawaiian Music
- ... s voices can often times reach an impossibly high soprano note with considerable ease while the men are also able to reach high notes otherwise considered difficult by most men in other areas of the world. The main context of Hawaiian music has, as previously stated, most often been used as a form of worship and to celebrate their chieftains. Nowadays, it is used for anything from folk performances to festivals ... were topless. The dancers of the hula were not only women but men as well. In fact, it started out as strictly being something that the men performed. A few years after this however, a new king, David Kalakaua, (ruled 1874-1891) reintroduced the hula and even opened a school for it to be taught. It was a “westernized” version of it where the dancing was accompanied by songs and instruments ...
- 13096: Rock Music
- ... rock and others. Folk-Rock the most appreciated of this derivations and was first suggested by Bob Dylan. This kind of music brought to folk music a hard beat and amplification; and to Rock, a new poetic style. California was one of the major centers of rock activity and experimentation during the decade. First it was characterize for its surfing music, a very joyful music that reflected the fun people had ... barriers of rock broke into more divisions, like hard rock and mellow rock. Hard Rock was extremely loud and electronically amplified and Mellow Rock was softer and with acoustic instruments. In 1972, in Jamaica, a new style of music was created called Reggae. Reggae is a mixture of rock, soul, calypso and Latin music. The king of Reggae was Bob Marley. Other styles more in rocks borders, since Reggae was more ... but not least section of this essay is rock of the 80's. At the start of this last decade, rock groups became more production oriented, mainly because of the sudden explosion of videos. This new sensation was a good way to sell music to the people. Heavy metal bands were greatly pushed by videos, but most helped were the popular performers like Michael Jackson, Prince and Boy George. The ...
- 13097: Being A Disc Jockey
- ... to keep that career going for a long time. Today in the music industry, many jobs are being formed daily. Especially in the broadcasting industry, as stated by Dick Robinson. “The broadcasting industry is exploding, new stations are being formed, and more jobs are always being created”(Robinson). Having a job as a radio DJ offers a wide variety of benefits and pluses. Some of those special benefits include interviewing famous bands, going backstage, plus receiving free tickets and promotional items for almost every band of your choice (Carter). Even when a disc jockey is new to the station and just starting out, many opportunities are available, which include those listed above, plus many more. The best way to start out in this field is to work at a college or ... radio broadcaster, one may call up different radio stations in their area asking if there are any open positions, but if that fails, then asking if they do know of any stations that are hiring new talents is a great thing to do. As for a college degree, it is not necessary, but to make a greater salary than just minimum wage, it is best to have a college education, ...
- 13098: Reflections on the Bocelli Concert, April 15, 1999
- ... have attended classical concerts and operas in the past, this was my first since having begun voice classes. With my own experiences as a beginning voice student, I was able to observe things with a new awareness; details which I had previously considered insignificant. When I first entered the Arrowhead Pond, I was extremely disappointed at the unaesthetic appearance of this sports arena turned classical concert stage. People were arriving in ... mixed with genuine pleasure; appreciation for the conductor, the orchestra, Bocelli, and the audience! She entered the stage with a serene smile. Each time it was her turn to sing, she brought me into her world, and I felt as if I were involved in her performance in some way. All of her pieces had high notes, which she seemed to produce with ease. There was no evidence of her breathing ...
- 13099: Charles Darwin
- ... collector of specimens. After Char-les had graduated from Cambridge he was taken aboard the English survey ship HMS Beagle, largely on Henslow’s recommendation, as an unpaid naturalist on a scientific expedition around the world. Now Charles Darwin was around the age twenty-two while he was on the HMS Beagle. Darwin’s job as a naturalist aboard the Beagle gave him the opportu-nity to observe the various geological ... has to compete for survival. Those who survive to produce the next generation tend to fa-vor natural variations- the process of natural selection-and these variations tend to pass on by heredity. Therefore each new generation will improve adaptively over the generations, and this is the cycle of species that everything goes through. Many people did not agree with this theory, so they attacked Darwin with questions, but then many ...
- 13100: The Flute
- ... primitive and ancient music there ever was. To most of the tribes that practice ceremonies in this fashion, the longer of the flutes is called the man, and the shorter, the woman. One explorer in New Guinea obtained a flute only on the strict understanding that it would never be shown to a woman. These flutes are regarded as sacred and taboo to women and children on pain of death or ... explanation can be given as to the event behind the report. Some speculation as to what happened is that the piper was some sort of recruiter hired by a sovereign to help settle in the new colonies in Eastern Europe. Other accounts as to what happened to the 130 children of Hamelin include a battle, the traveling of the children through a secret tunnel to Transsylvania, and possibly a plague (http ... expected and in reading the various books and publications, I found still more techniques and operational descriptions. Although I don’t play a musical instrument (my self proclaimed singing stardom excluded), I definitely have a new understanding and appreciation for the instrument and those skilled enough to play them. Reference Baines, Anthony. “Woodwind Instruments and their History.” Copyright 1957 W.W. Norton and Company, Inc. Brody, D. Mitchell and Phelan, ...
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