Sunday Reading - Rock 'n' roll

 

Twist and Shout

Rock 'n' roll is a form of popular music that originated in the American South in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The genre combines elements of other American musical styles—including blues, country, gospel, R&B, Tin Pan Alley, and jazz. > Explore an interactive timeline of rock 'n' roll's origins in blues, swing, country, and other genres. (More) > American blues provided the framework for rock 'n' roll, jazz, and other American musical forms. (More, w/video) Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88" is now widely considered the genre's starting point, particularly for its use of distorted electric guitar, a defining feature that would shape the genre for decades. By the 1960s, rock 'n' roll was a part of the American mainstream and was spreading outside the country, too. > Listen to "Rocket 88," widely considered the first rock 'n' roll song. (More, w/video) > Why is the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio? (More)  In the following decades, rock music continued to evolve and splinter into various styles and subgenres—including funk, punk, glam, new wave, metal, Goth, and indie—and influenced other iconoclastic pop forms like dance and hip-hop. While rock 'n' roll was once denigrated as unserious pop culture, it's now considered serious literature, with its own critics, historians, and even a Nobel laureate. > Tour the iconic Sun Studio in Memphis, the studio responsible for hundreds of hours of American music history. (More, w/video) > Find out which rock songwriter was the first to win the Nobel Prize in literature. (More) Discover more:  > Santa Cruz, California, banned rock 'n' roll in 1956, fearing the corruption of its youth. (More) > Frank Sinatra was disgusted by Elvis Presley's hip-shaking "Ed Sullivan Show" appearance. (More) > Rock became an integral part of Nigeria's civil war when it arrived in the country during the 1960s. (More) ===================================================================== Remember, you're not alone with NCOFCU.org Join/Upgrade Check out some of NCOFCU's additional features: Advocacy  Annual Conference First Responder Credit Union Academy Financial Literacy Podcasts YouTube Mini's Retirement Calculator