Rock and roll Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Rock and roll.

  • 5 Student Essays
  • 3 Encyclopedia Articles
  • ...and more

Study Pack

The Rock and roll Study Pack contains:

Encyclopedia Articles (3)

4,258 words, approx. 15 pages
1950s: Music Music in the 1950s was dominated by the birth of rock and roll. Rock and roll was a powerful new form of music that combined elements of rhythm and blues (R&B), pop, blues, and hil... Read more
3,564 words, approx. 12 pages
Rock and Roll In the beginning, rock and roll music was a provocation, an affront to parents and proper citizens. As rock critic Jim Miller put it, "It was the music you loved to have them [par... Read more
52,227 words, approx. 175 pages
IN 2000, A TOTAL OF $14.3 BILLION WAS SPENT ON music recordings in the United States. Of those purchases, the most popular genre was rock music, which constituted almost one—fourth of the market... Read more