Rock N Roll...

Music

What is music?

Music is an art form whose medium is sound and to many people in many cultures music is an important part of their way of life.

Anyways, I would like to write first about my favorite kind of music …. “Rock n Roll”…

The term “Rock n Roll” was coined in the 1950s by a Disc Jockey named Alan Freed, with regards to a particular style of music that shook things up in that era. This musical form had its beginnings in the blues tunes, gospel music, and jazz-influenced vocal music that became popular among African-American audiences; it featured electrically amplified guitars, harmonicas, and drummers that emphasized afterbeats.

Now, when I think Rock n Roll the first thing that comes to my mind is the KING !!!

Elvis Aaron Presley- (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), in the humblest of state of affairs, was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in a two-room shotgun house in Tupelo, Mississippi on January 8, 1935. His twin brother, Jessie Garon, was stillborn, leaving Elvis to grow up as an only child.

There was little money, but Vernon and Gladys did their best to provide for their son, who was the center of their lives.

Then in 1945 at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show , young Elvis, at the age of 10 , stands on a chair in front of a microphone and sings "Old Shep" in a youth talent contest ..and wins! The talent show is broadcast over WELO Radio. Winning fifth prize, Elvis receives $5.00 in fair ride tickets.

One year later in 1946 on the 8^th of January, Elvis wanted a bicycle or a rifle (not too sure which one) for his birthday but his parents could not afford either of them, so Gladys talks Elvis into buying a guitar. Without knowing it at the time his mother paid about 7 and a half dollars for the beginning of a music revolution that would alter the face of music forever…

…………………….To Be Continued

Kamikaze