Bessie Smith was a jazz and blues vocalist, deep and powerful voice who her innumerable fans and earned her the title "Empress of the Blues." She was conceived in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 15, 1894, and unfortunately passed on September 26, 1937, in a car accident. Bessie had numerous achievements as a dynamic blues artist through 1912-1937. Through battles and diligent work, Bessie was remaining in Philadelphia and she caught the eyes of 'Columbia Records', who found Bessie's stunning ability in singing. At that point In her first album, she sang a track known as 'Downhearted Blues' which right away ended up renowned and sold a surmised of 800,000 copies.
With the right infusion of looks, talent and undying urgency to be on top, there are singers who managed to somehow establish their name, despite the not-so-huge following. They are the ones who
She became the best-selling blues artist of her time, making almost 160 recordings including some of her songs like “Backwater Blues” and “Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do”. Once she became famous, she began touring everywhere and eventually bought a custom railroad car for her traveling troupe. Traveling on the road, Bessie dealt with corrupt promotors and bad atmospheres. With Ma Rainey as the mentor she also influenced
Loretta Lynn has always had a passion and love for music, she always had a lot of number one hits on her albums. She did not always have it easy, because in her childhood it was rough and up to her marriage and her children. Loretta Lynn has had a good singing career she has won and got some awards at the CMA’s, she was the first ever to get an award from the CMA’s for being Entertainer of the Year with her songs and her movies Loretta Lynn had a rough time in her childhood, people recall her as the First Lady of Country Music because she started it back in the 90's. Loretta Lynn was inspired by music in her childhood, because she loved hearing it and the tune of it. Lynn grew up as a coal miner's daughter, and then she wrote a song about
One of her most known songs is “Coal Miner’s Daughter”. There is also a movie called Coal Miner’s Daughter that is based on her life. There is also a book about her life called Coal Miner’s Daughter also. She was one of the first women to be in the country music business. Back then men ruled the music world pretty much and she carved the path for women to be a part of the fame.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, the song that put on her on the charts, Aretha Franklin, one of the most influential female artists of all time is the artist that interest me the most. With her vocals a mixture of jazz and rhythm & blues, Aretha gained fame. Her vocals were so good, that it made her to have hit records over five years, which later on in her career, cause her to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. Also giving her the title “The Queen of Soul”. Like most artists today, Franklin got her career started by singing gospel, and from gospel to pop and R&B.
There are many compelling voices that come to mind regarding the music industry, but none can compare to the "Queen of Soul" herself. Aretha Franklin, recognized for always demanding "R-E-S-P-E-C-T," was not only the ultimate female soul singer in the 1960s, but also one of the most prominent and powerful voices in pop history and an inspiration to women everywhere (Maslin). She formed a spectacular legacy over the past six decades in which she became the first female performer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, won a total of eighteen Grammy awards, and was the most charted female in the chart's history; all of this, along with many other impressive accomplishments, put together helped to create the musical genre now known as soul music (Remnick). Her powerful voice led to an even more powerful impact on the music industry, and more importantly the world as a whole.
When an artist makes a contribution and impact to their respective field, they are often adorned with titles that reflect their significance. Ma Rainey was known as the Mother of Blues (Wilson 19). Born Gertrude Pridgett, Ma Rainey’s began her career as a part and minstrel and vaudeville acts (Bogumil 19). Although singers such as Mamie Smith began recording music before Ma Rainey did, her successful vaudeville show earned her popularity throughout the United States (Springer 34, Bogumil 19). However, this success is not respected by Sturdyvant.
She had become the first African American performer to sign a contract with a major studio, but she wanted to accomplish more than that. She wanted to be a voice for African Americans who were also trying to receive equality. “When I went to the south and met the kind of people who were fighting in such an unglamorous fashion, I mean, fighting to just get someplace to sit and get a sandwich. I felt close to that kind of thing because I had denied it and had been left away from it so long. And I began to feel such pain again.
Often referred to as "The First Lady of Song," Ella Fitzgerald was one of the most popular female jazz singers in the United States. Throughout her career, Ella was awarded thirteen Grammys and sold over 40 million albums. With a voice that not only encompassed a large range, but a dynamic and powerful sound, Ella could sing almost anything from scatting to the popular tunes of her day. She performed in the top venues all around the world to packed houses, with audiences as diverse as the music she created. Ella came from a small town and impoverished family, but through her talent and determination, skyrocketed to fame creating a legacy that has withstood the sands of time.
Amy Winehouse is a legend and the music she created was incredible. She sung in the styles of Jazz, Soul, Blues and reggae which made her popular to many audiences and instantly she was different from the rest. In this essay I intend to give you a brief overview on Amy’s background and then I will explore Amy Winehouse’s Vocal and musical influences such as Sarah Vaughan who was an American Jazz singer and many more. Once I’ve covered that topic I will go on to discuss her appeal to a contemporary audience. The resources I will be using are Websites based on Amy Winehouse’s musical influences, Her documentary and books such as ‘’Amy Amy Amy the Amy Winehouse story by Nick Johnstone’’ Amy was a Jewish girl who was born in England.
Music is not only used to capture peoples hearing but it is used to power peoples minds through the power of an individuals voice. Music served a critical role in the African American’s lives, as it was used to uplift their spirits as well as providing them with hope and strength to fight for civil rights and overcome segregation between white superiority and the unfair treatment of the inferior black. Music was defined as the voice of the people that lived through the oppression of the civil rights movement. During the civil rights movement, there were many different types of music genres sung, dependent on the culture, this included spiritual music; gospel and even folk music, which was performed by musicians, singers and even people of any musical talents. Through this, it brought about the uniting of people to join together and sing songs that helped them go through the oppression of the civil rights movement.
Blues music as a genre and form was developed by African Americans in the south of the United States at the end of the 19th century. The genre has origins in many cultures such as in African music, African-American work songs and European-American folk music. Blues music incorporates field hollers, shouts, chants, etc. The blues form, found in jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll, is characterized by the call-and-response pattern, and also the twelve-bar blues structure, which is the most common feature. Early traditional blues verses consisted of a single line repeated four times.
In his novel The Stranger, Albert Camus creates an emotionally incapable, narcissistic, and, at times, sociopathic character named Meursault to explore and expose his philosophies of Existentialism and Absurdism. Throughout the story Meursault follows a philosophical arc that, while somewhat extreme - from unemotional and passive to detached and reckless to self-reflective - both criticizes the dependent nature of human existence and shows the journey through the absurd that is our world. In the onset of The Stranger, following his mother’s death, Meursault acts with close to utter indifference and detachment. While the rest of “maman’s”(9) loved ones express their overwhelming grief, Meursault remains unphased and, at times, annoyed at their
In this case repetition is used to regularly insinuate a sense of desperation and isolation. In addition to this, the first two lines of the stanza rhyme. Blues music was created and first sung by the African slaves who would sing to convey their hardship and isolation from others. Blues music to the African slaves was a strategy to explain their feelings and help them cope with their suffering.
