Urban Popular Music- Esteban Marieta and Loreto 4ºA

  • Elvis Presley

    Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley Started in 1953, 50s Hit: “Can’t help falling in love” (https://youtu.be/vGJTaP6anOU)
    Style: Rock and Roll (pop music with a blend of rhythm and country music) , it became popular in the 50s and was mainly based on a marked beat
  • The Kinks

    The Kinks
    started in 1963, until 1990s
    Ray Davies
    Dave Davies
    Pete Quaife
    Mick Avory
    (http://www.totallyfuzzy.net/ourtube/the-kinks/you-really-got-me-video_829ad1278.html) You really got me
    STYLE: drawing heavily from British music and traditional pop, as well as incorporating elements of country (popular music based on the folk style of the southern rural United States or on the music of cowboys in the American West) folk, and blues.
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Started in 1964, 1960s and 70s
    Gary Rossington
    Rickey Medlocke
    Johnny Van Zant
    Michael Cartellone
    Mark Matejka
    Peter Keys
    Johnny Colt
    (https://ww w.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWUOmk7wO0)
    Sweet Home Alabama
    Rock band created in 1964 and that was popular in the 60s and70s. They suffered an accident and they disappeared in 1977. Their style is a modification of “rock and roll” , consists of a complex combination of melodies and rhythm, based on an electric guitar, a bass, a drummer
  • Elton John

    Elton John
    Elton John Started in the year 1964, it is still active nowadays, popular in the 70s. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTa8U0Wa0q8) Your song Style: he is a singer and composer of rock, piano rock and glam rock(variation of rock that pays attention to the form and esthetic of the music and the artist too). The main instrument of the piano rock is obviously a piano. Rock, as we know, has a marked beat and comes from the american folk music.
  • Los Ramones

    Los Ramones
    Los Ramones Started in 1974, 70s Joey Ramone † Johnny Ramone † Marky Ramone Elvis Ramone C. J. Ramone Dee Dee Ramone † Tommy Ramone † Richie Ramone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLlLtSG7xe4) I Wanna Be Sedated It was a band of punk rock, it is said that they founded this style since they composed simple and minimalist compositions with repetitive and absurd lyrics. They were really popular in the 1970s and they disappeared in the year 1996.