ELVIS PRESLEY-SERGIO G.

         

ELVIS PRESLEY:

1. Choose a representative musician or band of the popular music from twentieth century. Write about the band or musician on thes e points:

• Name (musician or band members) : Elvis Presley

• Date of creation and years working together : He worked allone. The musical career of this singer has several stages. During his life he had a lot of success, but finally he died too young because he started to consume drugs...

• Musical framework of this band or musician : The 1950,s were a time of changes and the music of the decade both reflected the cultural changes and social norms of the past, this decade was a time of innovation that helped to influence everything that we listen to on the radio today. The 1950,s saw the emergence and rise of Rock and roll and Rockabilly. Elvis Presley emerged from the most important musicians of the decade like Carl Perkins (one of the pioneers of Rockabilly), Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Gane Vicent.

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• Short biography : Elvis was a singer and actor, he was born in 1977 in Mississippi, we can say that Elvis was the fundeer of Rock&Roll. He was considered the King of Rock&Roll. His family was very poor, when he was in eihth grade, his family moved to Memphis. His first song was "My Happiness". With this song he became so famous and got million of fans. Elvis became an icon of this new style. Desafortunatly he died in 1977 because like we said before he started to consume drugs.

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Sergio García García.