Classic rock - the music of an entire era

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Classic rock is a whole layer of musical culture of the second half of the 20th century. Stylish rhythmic music appeared in the early 50s from the so-called black blues. And since the black Negro blues is divided into several musical directions, one of them has transformed into rock. It was rhythm and blues, the structure of which was the best suited for dynamic, expressive rock. Rock 'n' roll originated in the United States and did not leave the country for about ten years.

Elvis Presley - the king of rock and roll

The new musical style needed performers, talented and necessarily with an imposing appearance. This was the nineteen-year-old Elvis Presley, who performed rock with great success in open areas, and also recorded his songs at the RCA Victor studio. He was a singer, as they say, from God, with a strong beautiful voice of a wide range. In addition to rock, Presley performed slow lyrical compositions such as "Heartbreak Haven" or "Drowned in Love". But the main direction of his work wasCrazy Rhythmic Classic Rock: "Great Love Hunt", "I'm Stung", "She Left Me".

Development of rock in the USA and on the shores of foggy Albion

Almost simultaneously with Elvis, Chubby Checker, the author and performer of the twist, a kind of rock, entered the concert venues. Thus, classical rock music was replenished with a new direction. Then came Hank Ballard's Shake, as well as Gene Vincent's songs, a mixture of rockabilly and ballads. At this time, across the ocean, in the UK, a young rock and roll performer, Cliff Richard, appeared. He began to cover the already popular songs of Presley and Checker, but he did it in his own way. The success of the Englishman was amazing, classical rock in his performance received a special emotional coloring. Concerts were held only on the open stage, since no hall could accommodate hundreds of thousands of American rock fans.

English rock bands

And finally, in 1960, in the English city of Liverpool, the epoch-making band The Beatles appeared. Strictly speaking, the style of performance of the Beatles did not reflect the traditions of rock, their music, rather, belonged to a variety of pop. But the Beatles soared so high on the wave of rock popularity that few people thought about the intricacies of their work. In addition, their repertoire included songs that represented classic rock: Rock-n-Roll Music, Honey Don't and others. The same can be said about the group"Rolling Stones" with expansive soloist Mickey Jagger. His songs featured compositional content and good lyrics.

Hard rock

In the sixties of the last century, rock smoothly passed from one phase to another, became multifaceted and varied. The style of hard rock differed significantly from classic rock, it was characterized by the severity of arrangements and prolonged guitar parts, but the professionalism of the performers pushed hard rock to the forefront of the musical preferences of the public of that time. Black Sabath and Deep Purple, and later Nazareth and Led Zeppelin, brought hard rock to a level of unprecedented popularity. The next stage in the development of classical rock was the style of heavy metal as a continuation of hard rock. Guitar solos were getting more rough, foreign classic rock was getting psychedelic.