The Blues, Gospel, Rhythm and Blues, Country and Western, Rock and Roll, British Beat, Heavy Metal, Reggae, Rap, Jazz.

The Blues Traditional Black American Music. “Blue” means “sad” and many blue songs are about how life hard is. One of the representatives of this style is Dean Martin, who birth name is Dino Paul Crocetti.

Originally sung by African slaves. These songs are still heard in churches in the southern USA.

DEAN MARTIN One of the representatives of this style is Dean Martin, who birth name is Dino Paul Crocetti. He was an American singer, actor, comedian, and film producer. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed the "King of Cool" for his seemingly effortless charisma and self- assuredness. He and Jerry Lewis were partners in the immensely popular comedy team "Martin and Lewis". He was a member of the "Rat Pack" and a star in concert stage/nightclubs, recordings, motion pictures, and television. He was the host of the television variety program The Dean Martin Show(1965–1974) and The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (1974–1985). Martin's relaxed, warbling crooning voice earned him dozens of hit singles including his signature songs "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare", and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?".Jerry LewisMartin and LewisRat PacknightclubsThe Dean Martin ShowThe Dean Martin Celebrity RoastcrooningMemories Are Made of ThisThat's AmoreEverybody Loves SomebodyYou're Nobody till Somebody Loves YouSwayVolareAin't That a Kick in the Head?

John P. Kee In the mid-1980s, Kee formed a community choir in Charlotte known as the New Life Community Choir or "NLCC." Over time the choir grew in popularity and has continued to travel throughout the area. The choir also includes Kee's own children. In 1990, Kee founded the Victory in Praise Music and Arts Seminar Mass Choir, or "V.I.P." in order to fellowship with various ministries, song writers, musicians and choir directors from all over the country. Kee has been active for more than 20 years in the music field. He is primarily known for mixing traditional gospel with modern contemporary gospel and for having a soulful husky voice. In 2007, Kee was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame

Rhythm and Blues Black workers in the USA moved from farms to cities. They mixed the blues and Gospel and played it with electric guitars.

Ray Charles was an American singer-songwriter, musician and composer known as Ray Charles and sometimes referred to as "The Genius". ] He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into early performances recorded by Atlantic Records. [4][5][6] He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his two Modern Sounds albums. While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African- American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company. Frank Sinatra called Charles "the only true genius in show business", although Charles downplayed this notion. [10] He was blind from age seven. His best friend in music was South Carolina- born James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul", and like Charles an active lifelong Republican. The influences upon his music were mainly jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, and country artists of the day including Art Tatum, Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, and Louis Armstrong, though he maintained that he was most influenced by Nat King Cole. [11] His playing reflected influences fromcountry blues, barrelhouse and stride piano styles. Americansoul musicrhythm and bluesgospelbluesAtlantic Records [4][5][6]countrypop musiccrossoverABC RecordsModern SoundsAfrican- AmericanFrank Sinatra [10]James BrownjazzArt TatumLouis JordanCharles BrownLouis ArmstrongNat King Cole [11]country bluesbarrelhousestrideAmericansoul musicrhythm and bluesgospelbluesAtlantic Records [4][5][6]countrypop musiccrossoverABC RecordsModern SoundsAfrican- AmericanFrank Sinatra [10]James BrownjazzArt TatumLouis JordanCharles BrownLouis ArmstrongNat King Cole [11]country bluesbarrelhousestride

Country and Western Music of poor white Americans in the 1930s and 1940s. It is still the most popular music in the southern USA.

Rock and Roll White teenagers discovered in 1950s rhythm and blues, but many radio stations would not play “black” music. Elvis Presley was one of the first singers to mix rhythm and blues and country and western. The result was Rock and Roll.

Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King". cultural icons"the King of Rock and Roll"cultural icons"the King of Rock and Roll" Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley and his family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 13 years old. His music career began there in 1954, when he started to work with Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Records. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was an early popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music andrhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who was to manage the singer for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number-one hit in the US. He became the leading figure of rock and roll after a series of network television appearances and chart- topping records. Tupelo, MississippiMemphis, TennesseeSam PhillipsSun RecordsScotty MooreBill Blackrockabillybackbeatcountry musicrhythm and bluesRCA VictorColonel Tom ParkerHeartbreak Hotelrock and rollTupelo, MississippiMemphis, TennesseeSam PhillipsSun RecordsScotty MooreBill Blackrockabillybackbeatcountry musicrhythm and bluesRCA VictorColonel Tom ParkerHeartbreak Hotelrock and roll

The British Beat The Beatles in 1960s mixed the rhythm and blues, rock and roll and soul music. The new style was the “beat” music. Groups used drums, bass and two guitars with vocal lead and harmony.

The BEATLES The Beatles were an English rock band that formed in Liverpool, in With John Lennon,Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the Beatles later experimented with several genres, ranging from pop ballads and Indian music topsychedelic and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements in innovative ways. In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania", but as their songwriting grew in sophistication they came to be perceived as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the era's sociocultural revolutions. rockLiverpoolJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonRingo Starrskifflebeatrock and rollgenrespopballadsIndian musicpsychedelichard rockclassicalBeatlemaniaera's sociocultural revolutionsrockLiverpoolJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonRingo Starrskifflebeatrock and rollgenrespopballadsIndian musicpsychedelichard rockclassicalBeatlemaniaera's sociocultural revolutions

Heavy Metal Style based on blues and rhythm and blues using electric instruments amplified so they are very loud.

Scorpions Legendary German rock- group, created in 1965 in Hannover. This group played classic rock, lyric guitar ballades. It remains the most popular group in Germany and one of the most popular groups on the world stage. The most popular songs are «Still Loving You», «Rock You Like a Hurricane», «Wind of Change» and «Send Me an Angel». Still Loving YouRock You Like a HurricaneWind of ChangeSend Me an AngelStill Loving YouRock You Like a HurricaneWind of ChangeSend Me an Angel

REGGAE It has started in Jamaica and is a mixture of the music from African roots and rhythm and blues. Bob Marley made it popular.

Bob Marley Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggaesinger-songwriter, musician, and guitarist who achieved international fame and acclaim. Starting out in 1963 with the group the Wailers, he forged a distinctive songwriting and vocal style that would later resonate with audiences worldwide. The Wailers would go on to release some of the earliest reggae records with producer Lee Scratch Perry. After the Wailers disbanded in 1974, Marley pursued a solo career which culminated in the release of the albumExodus in 1977 which established his worldwide reputation and produced his status as one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, with sales of more than 75 million records.He was a committed Rastafari who infused his music with a sense of spirituality. JamaicanreggaeLee Scratch Perry world's best-selling artists of all timeRastafariJamaicanreggaeLee Scratch Perry world's best-selling artists of all timeRastafari

Rap In the 1980s DJs in American clubs began half singing and half talking over instrumental records. This is called “rap’. West African speech rhythms survive in rap.

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JAZZ An American musical art form which originated around the beginning of the 20 th century in African American communities in the southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions.

JAMES BROWN James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American recording artist and musician. One of the founding fathers of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century popular music and dance, he is often referred to as "The Godfather of Soul". In a career that spanned six decades, Brown influenced the development of several music genres

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