The evolution of pop music The 1950 – 1964 where a great transitional time for music, and shaped the way we know it today. The 1950s saw the birth of one of the most globally known music genres, Rock n Roll. The birth of Rock n Roll Rock n Roll was created in the early 50s in America. It is a mixture of Rhythm & Blues and country but also incorporated new elements like the use of electronically amplified instruments. A lot of the original Rock n Roll songs where just cover of Rhythm & Blues songs but have cleaned up the lyrics making it appeal to the common white family. Rock n Roll is often knows as the white version of Rhythm & blues. For example the song Shake, Rattle & Roll was a song recorded by Rhythm & Blues musician Big Joe Turner (a black rhythm & blues …show more content…
Rhythm & Blues is evolutions of the Blues and most Rhythm & Blues artist have some sort of background with the Blues. Elvis Presley is often referred to as the king of rock & roll but he never wrote his own songs, most of them are just covers of rhythm & blues tracks that have been watered down to suit the average white family. Rhythm & blues was listened to and aimed at black teens, they would go to nightclubs to dance and listen to there favorite artists. Where as the white teen where bored of listing to there parents music and would listen to Rhythm & blues on the radio. Alan Freed was a DJ for a radio station In Cleveland Ohio, he is well known for being the first person to play Rhythm & blues songs on a white radio station. And because of