The fabulous history

of American

music

Summary A small historical point

Rock’n’roll (teenagers’ music)

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Small historial point

Time of SLAVERY (Africans and Europeans) Emancipation and segregation : the BLUES The RAGTIME New-Orleans and the birth of JAZZ and SWING Musicals comedy COUNTRY music 30s the BIG BANDS The MIDDLE JAZZ The SWING ERA The world of GOSPEL Postwar the BE BOP The RHYTHM and BLUES

Time slavery : the spirituals negro

The slave trade began. The African slaves will survive keeping in

mind theirs songs and dances. In the camp meeting where these songs will

give birth to changed "negro spirituals".

The blues

The North of America symbolized “the promise earth”. Peasant communities sometimes black and white as poor

as each other are forced to live together. And again it is the music that will allow exchanges. Born and blues in the heart of the Mississippi. Free, black or white, some adopting the guitar and began

a life traveling bluesman or evangelist.

The RAGTIME

The black man, a former slave, suddenly became a U.S. citizen.The main creator is Scott Joplin ragtime, publishes and perforated partition on piano rolls early examples of Afro-American music "scholarly".

Jazz or swing !

New Orleans is truly a city apart by the comings and goings of history it has hosted different populations : Spanish, Creole, French, ... local laws allowed blacks to come together to sing and dance on the square Congo banned then elsewhere.This is the city that will be born jazz. New Orleans has perhaps not invented jazz in its own right but it gave its final color and inimitable.With black jazz appear that indefinable notion of swing, a non-written scores, swinging and bouncing the music.

New-York, New-York !

City where you need to be heard for recognition. Publishers, authors, producers and other characters in the show business. It will also born of great artists such as Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, ...

The musical comedy

Broadway is a place of celebration and entertainment.

The country music

The popularity of country music also increases due to the westerns Wild West.

The BIG BANDS

Loudness, musical perfection, the black jazz is at its peak. A New York are organized "battle of the bands" with pianists,

soloists, dancers, singers, ... in the movie "Kansas City" tour in 1996 we can see a few of them: Cab Calloway, Chick Webb, Earl Hines ....

Compete with the big bands white win world recognition. 1938 at Carnegie Hall to New York for the first time the authentic

African American music to white audiences is presented. This is the golden age of jazz.

The middle jazz

Regular attractions in nightclubs with great instrumentalists :- Fats Wallers- Louis Armstrong (trompet)- Johnny Hodges (saxophone)- Nat King Cole (piano)- Ella Fitzgerald (famous singer)

The SWING ERA

Like the black bands are made white bands. Those who choose jazz must copy and adapt to white audiences, less hot and sweet rain.

It was during the Swing Era as the most American youth sang and danced. Appear then "crooners" like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, ...

The gospel

In the early twentieth century comes the first gospel songs: mix of sacred music, blues, swing jazz.

Born and a great solo singer Mahalia Jackson, the famous Golden Gate Quartet.

In 1969: this is the golden age for the gospel with "Oh happy day". It is within the church that started the greatest singers and musicians from Louis Armstrong to James Brown, Aretha Franklin Whitney Houston.

The Be Bop

The Be Bop jazz is the new protest, often confusing, very virtuoso. Dizzi Gillespie (trumpet) and Charlie Parker (saxophone) are considered the founders.

The R&B : Rhythm and Blues

Technology with the old traditional blues is electrified.And we know Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Witherspoon, Wynonie Harris: the howler powerful voice who prepared the voice of rock'n'roll.

ROCK MUSIC

50 years in the USA are marked a profound transformation of society: technological and social ... The meeting of two racial communities will create a music in which teenagers will not find themselves.

Mixing R & B and Country Western (honky tonk and rockabilly). Personalities such as Fats Domino, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, The

Platters, Elvis Presley, Bill Halley, Eddie Cochran, The Beatles. With such legends as Ray Charles, James Brown, Otis Redding, Aretha

Franklin, Temptations. During the 60s R & B, Soul music becomes.

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FATS DOMINO :Antoine Dominique Domino, Fats Domino was born in February 26, 1928 in New Orleans. He is an American singer of rhythm and blues. This is one of the pioneers of rock and roll. Pianist whose playing is often called boogie-woogie, he was influenced by Amos Milburn. He is the author of Is not That A Shame rock and the most famous singer of the ballad of 1940 Blueberry Hill.

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 - July 6, 1971) He was an American jazz musician, a charismatic, innovative and with

exceptional musical talent. He transformed jazz from a rough regional dance music into a popular art form.

He is probably the most famous jazz musician's of the twentieth century. He was the first who was recognized for its trumpeter before developing throughout his career singing skills and he became one of the most influential singers of his time. Louis Armstrong was, as they say, a "good man", with a remarkable generosity.

Developed to adopt the son of his cousin Flora who disappeared shortly after his birth. He will continue to take care of Clarence Armstrong, mentally handicapped, to whom he will give a life annuity.

Little RichardRichard Wayne Pemmican: is a singer, pianist, guitarist and songwriter, born in December 1932. He was a pioneer of rock and roll in the late fifties.

Chuck BerryCharles Edward Anderson Berry (born in St. Louis, Missouri October 18, 1926) is a guitarist, singer and songwriter. It is one of the most important artists of the rock and roll. He influenced many other artists and his repertoire has often been taken (including his most famous titles, Johnny B. Goode and Roll Over Beethoven). In 2003, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him the sixth best guitarist of all time and 25th greatest singer of all time;

The Platters : were one of the most successful vocal groups of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rockTin Pan Alley tradition and the burgeoning new genre. The act went through several personnel changes, with the most successful incarnation comprising lead tenor Tony Williams, David Lynch, Paul Robi, Herb Reed, and Zola Taylor. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100chart between 1955 and 1967, including four # 1 hits.

Eddie Cochran (3 octobre 1938 au Minnesota - 17 avril 1960) est un chanteur américain de rock 'n' roll et plus particulièrement derockabilly.

Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson), nicknamed "The Genius" (engineering) (23 September 1930 - 10 June 2004) is a singer, songwriter and arranger American pianist whose career was full of different musical styles: jazz, gospel , blues, country, rhythm and blues and the style he created: the soul, the source of much of current music styles.

James Joseph Brown He was born May 3, 1933 in Barnwell, South Carolina, and died December 25, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia, known as The Godfather of Soul and The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, is a musician, singer, songwriter dancer and producer. Initiator of funk, he had a great influence on the soul, rhythm and blues, gospel and hip-hop. James Brown is recognized as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century popular music and was renowned for his stage performances.

Aretha Louise Franklin is an American gospel, soul, funk, rhythm and blues and jazz born March 25, 1942 in Memphis (but spent most of his childhood in Detroit, Michigan), nicknamed "The Queen of Soul" or still "Lady Soul".

Otis ReddingHe was born 9 September 1941 in Dawson (en) (Georgia), and died December 10, 1967 in Wisconsin, is one of the greatest American singers of soul music. A few days after the recording of his most famous song, (Sittin 'On) The Dock of the Bay, he died at age 26 in a plane crash, leaving behind a dense work.

Francis Albert Sinatra Frank Sinatra said, born December 12, 1915 in Hoboken, New

Jersey and died 14 May 1998 in Los Angeles, is an American singer and actor, born of a Sicilian father and a mother from Liguria (Italy).

The world-renowned crooner, nicknamed The Voice or Ol 'Blue Eyes or The Chairman of the Board, he was the leader of the famous Rat Pack of the mid-1950s to the mid 1960s.

He has sold over 150 million records.

The Temptations are an American vocal group known for their success in the 60s and 70s at Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music. Known for their recognizable choreography, distinct harmonies, and flashy onstage suits, the Temptations have been said to be as influential to soul as The Beatles are to pop and rock.

Who s my favorite singer ?

Biography Nickname : The King Elvis Aaron Presley He was born January 8, 1935 in Tupelo,

Mississippi. He died August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was the musical culture and considerable

global influence. Precursor of Rock music and marketing, it is considered as a major artist of the twentieth century.

Main activity : Singer/Actor Music : Rock 'n' roll, Blues, Country, Gospel, Pop,

Pop rock, Rockabilly, Rhythm and blues, Rock Favorite instruments : guitar, piano, bass

The King

Just a little word to finish

I just want to say that this work has allowed me to discover the history of American music originated, its richness and diversity.Involve faces, names and voices that have rocked my childhood because I found some CD covers.I hope to give you want to learn more about American music but also his amazing story.

Thank you for your

attention !