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Elvis Presley And The American Dream

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The war had ended and the 90s filled with happy Americans wanting and needing to be perfect. This is where the American Dream comes into play. On television, shows such as “I Love Lucy” showed a happy family. A mother, the homemaker, a father, who worked, and happy, well-behaved children who lived in the suburbs. Also, companies promoted their products buy saying buying wants was a part of the American dream. All in all, the American dream was a big part of the 90s.

The cold war was in motion. The soviets and the United States were locked in an “arms race”. In 1949, the Unites States learned that the sneaky Soviets had created an atomic bomb from stolen information. The United States was furious! In 1952, they created a hydrogen bomb otherwise …show more content…

During the Cold War, United States leaders tried to stop the spread of communism. After communism spread to China, communism needed to be stopped. In 1950, the United States entered to help the French. They failed and France was unsuccessful. The United States was scared that the domino theory was going to come into play.

In the 90s, a big form of entertainment was rock n’ roll. It was mainly directed to teens and called “the devil’s music”. In January 1935, Elvis Presley was born. Elvis Presley, known as the king of rock n’ roll. Presley didn’t go big until around the mid-1950s. Elvis appeared on the silver screen, television, radio shows, and more. Some of his most famous songs are “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Don’t be Cruel”. Behind the glittery costumes and hits, Presley had a drug problem causing his heart to stop at 42. Elvis Presley, gave America joy for decades and still to this day is a well-known …show more content…

was the face of the civil rights movement. King was a pastor from the North with a wife and four kids. He preached and put together nonviolent movements as an attempt to reach the goal of desegregation and equal rights for African Americans. King’s most memorable contribution to the movement is his “I Have a Dream” speech. It brought the president’s support the civil rights movement and helped created the Civil Rights Act. King was assassinated in 1968 at 39 years old. His job was not yet finished, but he greatly improved the lives of African Americans all over the United

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He had been known for many works of music and acting. As his career went on many said "[h]e [was] an enduring icon" ("KING OF JOCK &"). Presley’s music yielded a strong influence on the youth culture. His music was more of a hard rock n’ roll tone than most of the music that was published at that time. Multiple parents disapproved of the genre Presley’s music fell into, but the children who listened to his music thought of him as a hero and did not care about what the parent’s thought.

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While a rural blues artist may have utilised music as a tool to address the hardships they faced in life, Elvis rarely received any songwriting credits for the music he recorded. Consequently, he is unlikely to have had the same emotional attachment to his work that an artist like Muddy Waters would have done to his. Presley’s rebranding into a more mainstream artist after 1961 only reaffirms this idea that he cared little about his integrity as a rock and roll artist, and was content to diversify into ballads and acting roles if it meant more fame and money. Nevertheless, I do not believe that this necessarily invalidates Elvis 's status as one of the greatest performers of all

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When a man named Elvis Presley started singing his songs he set in motion the Rock and Roll era. He was seen as a role model for teenage rebels because he crossed the boundary

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With actions of civil disobedience and nonviolence he worked to fulfill his dream of racial equality. This dream was expressed in King’s “I Have a Dream” speech which he presented in Washington D.C. at the Lincoln Memorial in1963. His dream was to see his black children hold white children hands and that his children would not be judged because they are black but by who they are inside (Doc G). The purpose behind giving this speech was to present to all of America the key message that all people are created equal, even though this was not true during the movement, King believed that it could be in the future or next generation. King wanted everyone to be a part of his dream and help in become reality (Purpose).

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On January 8th, 1935 one of the greatest influences to pop and country was born. Elvis Aaron Presley changed the way people heard and saw music through his songs and the way he performed them. Elvis’ music was stunning, he had eighteen American No. 1s and hundreds of gold records from around the world. He brought a way of performing that people had never experienced before, he was electrifying when he performed on stage. Elvis Presley was the first rock'n'roll star, he brought rebellion to the youth of that time and was able to grasp the listener and draw them into his songs which few artist have ever been able to accomplish.

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One way Elvis Presley propelled himself into superstardom was his mix of blues, R&B, country, and rockabilly. Although some adults of the generation found this music to be too dangerous for the mainstream, many teenages of the day found this new music to be very exciting and electrifying. In a way this made Elvis even more popular in the eyes of his now large and constantly growing

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Elvis was looked at in both positive and negative opinions due to his gyrating hips and how they were too sexual and some videos of him dancing had to be of only his waist up. Presley chose not to get affected by the people’s opinions and decided to express himself no matter what others thought. This inspired people of all ages and taught them that you can express yourself in anyway you want. Elvis was named The King of Rock and Roll, but the name wasn’t just given to him, it was earned. Elvis had several life accomplishments that helped him earn the title, because of this Elvis had a large impact on America when it came to being an inspiration and knowing how to ignore the hate in the world.

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“Thank you, thank you very much” is what Elvis used to say back in the day when he was the King of Rock and Roll. Although Elvis was a great singer parents did not want their kids to watch Elvis, because the older generation did not like Elvis, but the younger people thought he was very entertaining. Elvis had created Rock and Roll, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he earned 14 Grammy nominations, which makes my artist one of the best Rock and Roll singers of the 20th century. Elvis Presley didn’t have many early influences. But one huge influence for Elvis was listening and singing gospel music at his church.

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Elvis was a person who had nothing and worked a job at age 19 to live in a house with his parents who both had jobs too to keep their house, but he would work hard to become the greatest singer of all time. Here’s how he did it. Elvis Presley impacted rock and roll music with his deep voice and his perfectly mixed combination of gospel, blues, and other genres of music which made rock and roll more popular and set rock and roll on track for what it has become today. Early on in life, Elvis moved to Memphis but, he was a misfit in school.

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Elvis Presley has had more impact on American society and culture than any other person in history for the three following reasons; his large contribution to the start of the generation gap in the 1950’s, his huge impact on rock ‘n’ roll music, and finally, his music opened a door for some integration between races. First of all, in the 1950’s Elvis Presley and his music started the era of the generation gap between teenagers and their parents, an era which is still going on today. With Elvis being very young, attractive and his new type of music and dancing, teenage girls fell head over heels for the young star. Most parents though, did not feel the same way about Presley. He was often described a vulgar and many accused him of corrupting the youth.

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It started in 1953 when Elvis graduated from high school (Watson 20.) That year he recorded a song at Sun records for $4 (Petersen.) Ever since that time period he got busy, In 1954 sam phillips (“Elvis.”) When he started recording there that's where the fame began, everyone loved his music (Watson 29.)

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