Rock_And_Roll_And_American_Culture

Rock And Roll And American Culture “I love Rock n Roll, put another dime in the jukebox baby” (Joan Jett). “Still like that old time Rock n Roll, That kind of music just soothes the soul, I reminisce about the days of old, With that old time Rock n Roll”(Bob Segar). These are just a couple examples of the numerous rock groups that sing about rock n roll. Music has been a part of American Culture for as long as America has been a country, probably even longer than that. Music is the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion (Oxford Dictionary). People of any race, age, social class, intelligence, etc. can enjoy music that is a popular form of entertainment. There are many different kinds of music, but Rock and Roll is one of the biggest and most popular. Rock and Roll is a combination of a blues and country music. Rock and Roll has strong roots and has been a major part of American culture, which created many controversies and anti-Rock and Roll groups. Rock and Roll has influenced our culture in the music, rock, roll, people, teenagers, different, culture, popular, american, black, time, began, performers, now, country, white, part, new, money, major, groups, even, been, about, together, parents, out, industry, expression, blues, became, artists, along, adults, women