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Rock and Roll is an Economic Thing

was on the rise and was played up by the media. Befuddled parents thought that eternal damnation was just around the corner, and the new music was a fat target. Yet, as with many things the more the music was attacked the more popular it became. A "generation gap" was formed as teen dress, beliefs, pastimes, social morals, and speech patterns differed from their parent’s generation. Alan Freed coined the term "rock and roll" in 1952 and it caught on a giving teens a focus and making the music more acceptable. White teens with more money became the focus of marketing strategies. White and black teens were now opting for more interesting music played by "cool" black cats. So many white teens were drawn to the music that "cats" soon meant white kids who liked black music. Leiber and Stoller, probably the most important songwriting team of the 50s rock and roll era were cats. Both had grown up with and around blacks, which allowed them an understanding of black perspectives that few others had. White performers like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc drew white teens to black musical styles. Poor black teenagers, who grew up in urban areas, made doo-wop part of their lives because it was already part of the culture. It was a participatory activity for many and the idols were neighborhood residents rather than national heroes. “Rock and Roll, characterized by it's pulsating drums, repetitive chord progressions, stepped up tempos, and loud guitars, provided. American teens of the 1950's the perfect excuse to dance crazy new dances, and wear wild new hairstyles. Thought only a fad, Rock and Roll continued on to become one of the world's most popular and recognizable music forms.” Rolling StoneWith the end of WW2, the conflict that had bound all Americans together, regardless of race, had been resolved and individual citizens were suddenly free to pursue individual interests without guilt. Polarization of the races and clas...

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