Rock n Roll refers to rock music recorded around the 1950's, it became a national form in this era. Artists such as Bill Haley, Rock Around the Clock and Elvis Presley emerged. Who would believe that this would be the start of a music revolution?
Richard Peterson’s perspective identified six factors that he believed influenced the emergence of Rock n Roll. His views are useful as he covers all the aspects of how it was possible for rock n roll to emerge, but what he fails to focus on was the nature of the music itself and how early Rock n Roll was popular
because it was music to rebel by. The musical movements were familiar and the listener was
comfortable. Peterson is only interested in how music gets from ‘A – B’, he does not explain how the change in music occurred and unlike music before, it appealed to a younger audience.
This is a pretty good post that covers some of the key themes in Peterson's theory. The post is a little too flowery at the start (remember you only have 150 words) and Rock Around the Clock was a classic R&R track not an artist!
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