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Rock Music Transformed Our World
by Linn Kier
Once upon a time, before Rock arrived on the scene, music was classified by the culture or location that inspired. There were Polish Polkas, Spanish Sambas, Argentine Tangos, Irish Jiggs, and in the US, because of our ethnic diversity, there was music taking on the Rock sound within all the various ethnicities. Louis Prima is an example. He started out as a Jazz trumpet player, in the 30s, along with the New Orleans trumpet player Louis Armstrong, who is, by the way, in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. By the 50s, having moved through R&B, Prima arrived with an Italian-Rock song, Come On-A My House, with the now familiar backbeat that is decidedly Rock, though the lyric style is not common in Rock. An ethnic classification for this song might have been Italian-Rock. Louis Armstrong, originally a Jazz and Blues musician, was classified with the new Rock musicians coming out of the South, a location classification. Memphis is Rock's hometown. During these early years before Rock had a name, it was simply an outgrowth of Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Country, and probably some influences no one even remembers.
In the early 50s all the separate genres, were playing their music using Rock sounds, Country singers added Rock beats to their broken hearts, calling it Rockabilly, Cajun music became Zydeco, British music became Skiffle, classed as Roots-Rock. These innovations eventually developed into the many variations of Rock we have today. Rock is really beyond the concept of genre. There are Soft Rock ballads, love songs, intense progressive sound experiences like Stan Kenton's contributions, songs with thoughtful lyrics, some with political messages and all are considered Rock.
