31 Aug Rock history/ Rocks Roots
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Choose three acts whom you consider to be the top visionaries you have encountered in this lesson. Please write 250-300 words on each, explaining your reasons and adding outside sources to support them.
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Choose an unsung hero you feel should have gotten more credit. This could be an artist or band from the eraperhaps someone else from “The Birth of Rock & Roll” chart that we examinedor someone from business, technology, or from the mass media such as radio. Please write 200 words on your choice. Consider how these movements might have shaped the band or artist:
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jazz, swing, and jump blues
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country/hillbilly
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rockabilly
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the African American pioneers such as Chuck Berry to Little Richard, and Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, and Ruth Brown
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the innovations of Leo Fender and Les Paul
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mass media exposure (film, TV, radio, new media)
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Submit ancillary materials such as images, YouTube links, etc., to support your analysis/opinion.
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Please stay within the word limit for your written assignments.
please just talk about rock, thank you!
