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Rock | Definition, History, Artists, Songs, Facts | Britannica Rock is a form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s and that by the end of the 20th century was the world’s dominant form of popular music It originated in the United States and spread to other English-speaking countries and across Europe in the 1960s
Rock | Definition, Characteristics, Formation, Cycle, Classification . . . Rock, in geology, naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of one or more minerals Such aggregates constitute the basic unit of which the solid Earth is composed and typically form recognizable and mappable volumes The three major classes of rock are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock
Rock - Pioneers, Genres, Legends | Britannica Rock history can thus be organized around both the sound of cities (Philadelphia and Detroit, New York City and San Francisco, Liverpool and Manchester) and the spread of youth cults (rock and roll, heavy metal, punk, and grunge)
Rock Hudson | Biography, Movies, AIDS, TV Shows, Death, Facts . . . Rock Hudson, American actor noted for his good looks and movie roles during the 1950s and ’60s, including Magnificent Obsession, Giant, and Pillow Talk, and for the TV series MacMillan and Wife in the 1970s He was one of the first known Hollywood celebrities to die of AIDS-related complications
What is rock music? - Britannica Rock music is a form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s and can be defined as “a form of music with a strong beat”—it is difficult to be much more precise It is also called rock and roll
Rock - 1960s, British Invasion, Psychedelic | Britannica In Britain, as in the rest of Europe, rock and roll had an immediate youth appeal—each country soon had its own Elvis Presley—but it made little impact on national music media, as broadcasting was still largely under state control
Rock Music Portal | Britannica Rock's origins lie in rock and roll, a new form of American popular music in the 1950s that was personified early on by Elvis Presley Other successful rock singers, musicians, and groups include Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Courtney Love, Bob Dylan, and Patti Smith
Rock - Social Change, Cultural Evolution, Music Revolution | Britannica Rock remains the most democratic of mass media—the only one in which voices from the margins of society can still be heard out loud Yet, at the beginning of the 21st century, rock and the music industry faced a new crisis
Rock - 80s, 90s, Pop | Britannica Rock - 80s, 90s, Pop: The music industry was rescued from its economic crisis by the development in the 1980s of a new technology, digital recording Vinyl records were replaced by the compact disc (CD), a technological revolution that immediately had a conservative effect
Rock and roll | History, Songs, Artists, Facts | Britannica Rock and roll, style of popular music that originated in the United States in the mid-1950s and that evolved by the mid-1960s into the more encompassing international style known as rock music, though the latter also continued to be known as rock and roll