Origins+of+Rock+and+Roll

What is it and where did it come from?
 * unique blend of gospel, rhythm and blues, jazz, country western, pop, and folk music
 * white country western: guitars, pedal steel guitar, and upright bass
 * black rhythm and blues: guitars, drums, keyboards, and saxophones
 * term " rock and roll" coined by Disc Jockey Alan Freed in 1951

What music was like before rock and roll?
 * jazz and swing bands popular
 * pop music: the soothing voices of Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby
 * musical segregation: the race records, or "race music"



What factors contributed to the revolution?
 * post-World War II economic boom in the United States
 * young people with more money and more time=young people with more independence
 * lack of censoring on the radio and in music stores
 * cultural rebellion against the culture of war veterans
 * __Rebel Without a Cause__, __The Wild One__

How was rock and roll a social protest?
 * integrated style promote integration in pro-segregation 1950s
 * African-Americans had more of a voice, in musical form of course, but a voice in white America nonetheless
 * considered a protest against the morals and values of previous generations