Popular Music

By martagayo

  • CHUCK BERRY

    CHUCK BERRY
    Considered the king of rock & roll, he was a singer songwriter and pioneer of rock & roll. Chuck Berry started to make music during the 1940’s after being released from jail, in 1953 he joined the Johnnie Johnson Trio. Hit: Johnny B. Goode: One of the most recognised songs of the history of popular music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFo8-JqzSCM
    Style: Rock & Roll: It is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

  • JOHNNY CASH

    JOHNNY CASH
    He sold appliances while studying to be a radio announcer. At night he played with guitarist Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant. And were known as the Tennessee Three.
    Style: Multiple Although primarily remembered as a country music icon, his genre-spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel.
    Hit: I walk the line https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq0fUa0vW_E

  • BEACH BOYS

    BEACH BOYS
    STYLE: Pop-Rock. It´s origin was in the UK during the middle 60s. The characteristics of this genre are its lyrics with pop style and the elements of rock. This genre is also used for styles that are pop but also rock specially the mainstream
    HIT:Surf in US https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s4slliAtQU

  • LYNDYRD SKYNYRD: Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Vanzant

    LYNDYRD SKYNYRD: Ed King, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Vanzant
    DECADE: 70s till today.STYLE: Rock: The basic instruments of rock are: acoustic guitar, bass, drums, electric guitar and the keyboard.
    It was generated by the blues and the folk also have influence about the jazz and the classic music.Typically the music has works of 4/4 and use structures of verse-chorus. The typical songs are about love, society, politics. In the 60s was it´s splendour. HIT: Sweet Home Alabama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye5BuYf8q4o

  • Madonna Louise Veronica

    Madonna Louise Veronica
    STYLE: Disco-Pop genre of dance music it contains elements of funk, soul, pop and salsa. It´s maximum splendour was during the mid-70s to early 80s on the electronic dance music called house. Disco has had severals including in 2005 with Madona´s highly successful album Confessions on a dance floor.
    HIT: Hing up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDwb9jOVRtU