Topic > How Music Has Changed Musical Essay - 1690

Rock and roll in particular changed, R&B and traditional pop became music that was played all day on the radio and television. Country music became more exposed and more and more people were drawn to different musical genres. Many new artists and musicians came and people loved it, Elvis Presley was one of the first super stars of this decade. Elvis became famous and appeared on radio and television and is now known as a legend that day. There were many famous artists such as Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Pattie Page, Johnny Cash, The Everly Brothers, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Pat Boone, Gene Autry, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Same Cooke, Teresa Brewer, Ritchie Valens, Ray Charles and Harry Belafonte. The popular genres at that time were rock and roll, country, traditional pop, rhythm and blues, vocal jazz, calypso, jazz blues and that was just the