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Rock and Roll Music

Introduction

Rock and roll is a kind of music that was established in the United States in the early 1950s. This music was a combination of the country music, blues and gospel music. The instruments used in rock and roll music have been different in different times. Initially piano and saxophone were the lead instruments in rock and roll music, then they were replaced by guitars in late 1950s, and since then it has been the lead instrument in rock and roll music (Sagolla, pp. 59). Popular Bands and Singers

Rock and roll music started gaining popularity in the 1960s (Riggs, pp. 15). The massive popularity of rock and roll had a huge social impact, and the following bands and singers were the reason why this music got so popular.

Bands:

1.The Beatles

2.Led Zeppelin

3.The Grateful Dead

4.The Rolling Stones

5.The Jimi Hendrix Experience

6.U2

7.Aerosmith

8.Santana

9.Pearl Jam.

10.The Allman Brothers Band

Singers:

1.Elvis Presley

2.James Brown

3.Bob Dylan

4.Chuck Berry

5.Run-D.M.C.

6.The Jimi Hendrix Experience

7.Ray Charles

8.Fats Domino

9.Aretha Franklin

10.Clyde McPhatter

11.Little Richard

12.Madonna

Rock and Roll Music and the United States

The United States would not have been what it is today without rock and roll music. Rock and roll provided United States with the much needed entertainment in hard times. It was the binding force in the United States when people were divided on racial issues (Cole, pp. 220). When Blacks were being differentiated on the basis of color, it was Rock and Roll Music that gave them identity and helped them earn fame in the country.

Impact of Rock and Roll Music

Rock and Roll music had positive as well as a negative impact on the people of the country. The youth was the most affected by this type of music. The social impact of Rock and Roll music was positive as well as negative on the people of United States. The negative impact on the youth of the Rock and Roll music was as follows: A study conducted by Freidman, Fisher and Greenberg showed that music has negative impacts. They played some background music to people who were studying, and it was discovered that those subjects who heard loud and hard rock type music did not attempt the test very well. A study conducted by Henderson, Crews, and Barlow (1945) discovered that some of the subjects on a paragraph comprehension test were distracted by popular music while the hard rock music had adverse effects on the vocabulary test scores. Wolf and Weiner (1972) conducted a ...