Search results for "Blues Rock" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • 19, 2006) was an American Rhythm and Blues, Rock and Roll and soul singer ... resulted in his 1991 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[http://www ...
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  • " began to graft yodeling into the blues and country music. He influenced ... rocky gorges, anywhere with a distant rock face, the outdoor areas between ...
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  • The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 ... The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 ...
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  • (who would later become a renowned jazz and rock trumpeter in his own right ... him to drop easily into the earthiest of blues, rock or funk bands. In his ...
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  • known as Ritchie Valens, was a pioneer of rock and roll and, as a Mexican ... some very influential songs of the 1950s rock and roll era. His best known ...
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  • rise in popularity of African American blues and jazz. As well as the ... time was a developing genre called "rock and roll," whose exponents ...
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  • singer, songwriter, and pioneer of early rock and roll. Although his career ... of musical styles that would define early rock and roll when he attended ...
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  • 9, 1981) was one of the first American rock and roll musicians, brought ... Rattle, and Roll" in 1954. When "Rock Around the Clock" appeared ...
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  • followed the pattern of traditional 12-bar blues, although he also sang ballads ... paralleled and intersected African American blues and folk music in racially ...
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  • the specific nature of the Swing era, the blues tradition, with its strong ... The other is the development of rhythm and blues and jump blues in the black ...
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  • but more reminiscent of the grayish blues and greenish blues sometimes ... most often in granite pegmatite and allied rock types and in certain low grade ...
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  • of ragtime, jazz, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, hip-hop, country ... commonly used in many postwar electric blues, rock-and-rolls, or early bebops ...
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  • is a Grammy Award-winning American early rock and roll guitarist famous ... worldwide and won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental. His playing ...
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  • Charles found his vocation as a rhythm and blues artist early in his life ... for himself in clubs, playing in the jazz-blues trio format. It was around ...
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  • The Rolling Stones are an English rock band whose blues and rhythm and blues-infused music propelled them to the heights of popularity during ...
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  • The Band was an influential rock music group active from 1967 to 1976 ... elements, primarily country music and early rock and roll, although its rhythm ...
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  • in ragtime, jazz, big bands, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and country ... Heavy metal is a development of blues, blues rock and rock. Its origins ...
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  • Alternative rock (also called alternative music The term "alternative ... or simply alternative) is a branch of the rock music genre that became ...
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  • since the early 1950s, such as Chicago blues, rockabilly, rock and roll ... in the development of Chicago-style urban blues in the early 1950s, and became ...
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  • in the genre, which blended rhythm and blues and gospel music. His reflective ... was not approving of Otis wanting to sing rock and roll, "the devil ...
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  • was an influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter ... “I Walk the Line,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Ring of Fire,” and ...
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  • of styles from jazz, reggae, and roots rock to heavy metal. He also toured ... Blues-legend Robert Johnson and hardcore punk also became his special ...
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  • and actress, known as the "Queen of Rock & Roll." Her records ... Beginning her career as a rhythm and blues singer with her future ...
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  • Geologically, lapis is classified as a rock, not a mineral, because ... Many of the blues used in painting, from medieval illuminated manuscripts ...
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  • of the most influential guitar players in rock music history. ... Hendrix was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 ...
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  • their career and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. ... backing vocals from members of The Moody Blues. The song did not fare well ...
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  • included instrumentals of the R&B, rock, pop, and jazz genres, especially ... Windham Hill Records under the title Ballads and Blues 1972. ...
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  • spare time, Franklin listened to records by blues singers Blind Lemon Jefferson ... the associate pastor of St. Peter's Rock Baptist Church in Cleveland ...
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  • Nina Simone lifted jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues singing to a ... Simone played and sang a mixture of jazz, blues and classical music ...
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  • time, heavy metal's deep roots in blues rock contribute a more realistic ... a louder and more dissonant sound. Where blues-rock drumming styles had been ...
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  • national celebrity prior to the advent of rock and roll. Williams' poignant ... where he met Rufus Payne, a black blues musician living in the nearby ...
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  • in the evolution of gospel and rhythm and blues into soul and eventually ... #039;s sound towards secular rhythm and blues. Now called The Famous Flames ...
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  • as Elvis but also called "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" or ... borrowing songs from both rhythm and blues (R&B) and country. Even ...
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  • Pop music may include elements of rock, hip hop, reggae, dance, R ... where such a practice is usual (such as rock bands, rap MCs, or singer ...
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  • she was also adept at gospel, jazz, rock, blues, pop, and even opera ... her lifetime include induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in ...
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  • Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Tommy Flanagan, and blues pianists Charles Brown and ... song can be seen as anticipating the first rock and roll records. ...
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  • freedom of expression enjoyed by pop and rock and roll. He also was the ... nights a week singing a variety of folk, rock, pop, country R&B and ...
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  • Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music inspired by or attempting ... From a blues rock background, the British supergroup Cream debuted ...
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  • Bechet) and a series of accompaniments for Blues singers. Seven, with such hits as "Potato Head Blues," "Muggles" ...
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  • unlike most venues in the contemporary rock and soul genres. On the other ... classic train song, "The Pan American Blues." After Bailey's ...
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  • at the same time announcing the advent of rock and roll. ... Cobb in 1946, is sometimes deemed the first rock and roll record and remained ...
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  • Clyde Jackson Browne (October 9, 1948 - ) is an American rock singer ... "Doctor My Eyes" and "Rock Me on the Water." His ...
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  • known for his brand of "heartland rock," infused with pop hooks ... alternate between commercially accessible rock albums and somber folk-oriented ...
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  • Wills himself largely sang western style blues and sentimental ballads. ... Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999 ...
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  • copies. She has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and ... Four Poster Bed" (1974); and "Rock On Baby" and "He ...
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  • John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially ... of all time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. ...
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  • and the lead guitarist and vocalist for the rock and roll band Grateful Dead ... that were available to him; folk, blues, rock, bluegrass and developed ...
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  • In music, rock group Grateful Dead featured a skeletal Uncle Sam as one of the band's symbols. Uncle Sam, referred to in their song U.S ...
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  • of American song, from folk and country/blues to gospel, rock and roll ... to the radio—first to the powerful blues and country stations broadcasting ...
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  • often used for solo melodies. Unlike in rock, a lead guitar is rarely used. ... Stone magazine titled "Discotheque Rock '72: Paaaaarty!" ...
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