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Rock
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Anna
⟶ Updated 23 Apr 2018 ⟶
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Acquired its official name
The beat a blues rhythm with a backbeat, which is always provided by a snare drum. A piano or saxophone was the lead instrument.
Electric instruments were added in the mid 1950's.
Rock music began to come of age and dominate the music charts. They began to move from love songs to political and social statements.
Rock festivals began to emerge, attracting up to 55,000 fans.
In 1969, festival began to attract up to 500,000 fans.
John Lennon was shot to death at the release of his new album.
MTV is launched on 300 U.S. cable TV systems in 1981.
VH1 is launched in 1984 with a more classic rock formatting.
Periods
A genre of popular music that generated in the late 1940's and evolved into the early 1950's.
Elements of rock can be heard in country and blues records.
The early seventies are marked by the deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison who all die at the age of 27. Pyschedelic music declines, but morphs into hard rock, progressive rock and heavy metal. People began to play in stadiums rather than in clubs.
During the 90's, grunge and pop rock emerged into mainstream music. Major labels attracted bands and artists away from smaller labels. Many of them refused to market certain audiences and continued to make music in thier own way. Rock music began to evolve into other genres such as rap and teen pop.