project : zhenya kharchenko i am in the 9 th form
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ROCK MUSIC IN OUR LIFEProject :
Zhenya KharchenkoI am in the 9th form
People are always looking for the name of the artist who
sings their favourite song or the name of the song sung by
their favourite artist. They also want to know what album
the song was on and what year the song was in print and who the lead singer was and who did the original version.
Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury, and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the line up the following year. The band were noted for their musical diversity, multi-layered arrangements, vocal harmonies, and incorporation of audience participation into their live performances. Their 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best live rock performance of all time in an industry poll.
Queen
The Beatles were a rock and pop band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). Their clothes, style and statements made them trend-setters, while their growing social awareness saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s. After the band broke up in 1970, all four members embarked upon successful solo careers.
The Beatles
Andrew Lloyd Webber Lord Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success, with several musicals that have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has gained a number of honours, including three Grammy Awards and so one . Several of his songs, notably "The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera, "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar, "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" from Evita, and "Memory" from “Cats” have been widely recorded and were hits outside of their parent musicals. His company, the Really Useful Group, is one of the largest theatre operators in London.
Andrew Lloyd
Webber
SIR ELTON HERCULES JOHN
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. In his four-decade career, John has sold over 200 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top, 40 hits including seven consecutive.
John Michael "Ozzy“Osbourne (born 3 December
1948) is an English singer-songwriter, whose career
has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering
British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and
eventually achieved a multi-platinum solo career which revolutionized the
heavy metal genre.
Ozzy Osbourne
Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (born 25 June
1963), best known as George Michael, is a two-time
Grammy Award winning, English singer-songwriter, who has had a career as
frontman of the duo Wham! According to
britishhitsongwriters.com he is the fortieth most
successful songwriter in U.K. singles chart history.
George Michael
U2 are a rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Bono (vocals and guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion).The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. By the mid-1980s, the band had become a top international act.
U2
Placebo are an alternative rock band formed in London in 1994, currently consisting of Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest. To date, they have released six studio albums, six EPs and twenty-seven singles. The band have gained a considerable amount of international recognition. They have sold over one million albums in the UK and over ten million worldwide.
Placebo
As we know music takes an important place in our
life. It can be heard everywhere: at home, in the car, at our working place. Everybody likes
music, some people just listen to the radio, others prefer records. All people
are different, so the tastes also differ.