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What is the significance of the change that occurred in music between the 50s and 60s?
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what is expected? 1. vietnam war is expanded upon 2. rise in black culture 3. hippy movement

1950's

How was America? Abundant, had lots of personal savings Baby boom Rise of consumerism Generally conservative Redscare: ironically, conformity is common and people do not stray from the norm

Music

People listened to bright music The music you can dance too Blues and jazz was popular

Famous stars back then Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra

End of 50's Start of Vietnam War Civil rights movement gaining momentum and making progress Brown Vs Board of Education of Topeka



1960's Vietnam war: young men and women band together and as a result, new ideas are formed and expressed (HIPPY)

Civil rights: Martin Luther King gets large amount of support and more people band together towards the greater good. African American culture becomes more pronounced from gaining rights. UC Berkeley Students concerned with racial, gender, and political problems Free speech movement Student protest, black armed riots, Vietnamese war protest

Music got more philosophical, political, powerful, and violent

Beatles I wanna hold your hands -> Strawberry firelds forever love songs to more meaningful songs it was the start of psychedelic music followers: Pink Flyod, the Doors (UCLA college students) Bob Dylan Combined Folk with Rock (electric guitar) Poetic, political lyrics similar artistis: Velvet Rovolver, dark music talking about drugs and other dirty matters. Violent bands Bad boys: Kinks, Rolling Stones, the Who The Who and Jimmy Hendrix first showed performance of breaking the whole stage. Anger and violence added to the music

Woodstock

40,000 young people (hippies) gathered new generation, openly enjoyed pleasure rebelled against government, promoted peace (end of Vietnam War) Jimmy Hendrix played Star Spangled Banner He screws up on purpose to show that America is screwed up as well Hippies were called the Beat generation books such as On the Road Black label Motown: black artists The Supremes - black women from Harlem (detroit) It showed poor African American women could be a star Black music became even more important genre in music industry



=**Cathy** =

During the 1950s and 1960s, American went through some vast changes in every aspect of their society. Their life style changed, their clothing changed, their way of thinking changed, and all of this was shown in their change of music. Every and any society undergoes change at some point; that American changed just by itself is not the significance. This change in American music was significant because it reflected the new American thinking, culture, and current events.

In the 1950s, after World War II, the US faced a new era of prosperity. Factories that produced war material now produced consumer goods, and a mass return of veteran soldiers led to the baby boom. Consumerism rose, as buying a house and filling it with nice commodities became a new trend. People lived in Leavitt houses; conformed living spaces built the same way. In this era, people listened to bright music. A new age of jazz and the blues arose. Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard were some famous artists of the time, who reflected this general sentiment of youth, new hope, and prosperity.

However, by the late 1950s, things started to change. With the start of the Vietnam war, and the rise of the Civil Rights movement (and the Brown v. Board of Education trial), fear, anger, and antagonism rose. The anti war sentiment created the Hippies, a group of young adults who apposed the war, social outcasts in a sense. Hippy music was one representing the youth; the most famous gathering being the Woodstock three-day concert, where the most popular artists all came the play for the crowd of disorientated youth (on drugs and engaging in sexual activities). Rock music became popular at this time.

Into the 1960s, as students and the youth became more and more involved in national issues (for example, UC Berkley students had a protest to gain the freedom of speech), music, too, became more philosophical, politically critical, and violent. One example is the Beatles, whose music style changed greatly. Bob Dylan, a folk singer also incorporated political arguments in his lyrics, and violent bands arose, who sang heavy rock music, and destroyed their guitars, etc for show.

Overall, the significance of American music during the 1950s to 1960s is that it represents, or ,reflects the American society of the time.

Thesis: 6 The thesis is well written but gives no clues to the topics you are writing about. Try expanding on the general ideas that you lay out in order to make a stronger thesis. Facts: 8 Lots of facts that are relevant to your argument but you are focusing on the music itself and not the significance. Analysis: 7 After the facts, the analysis that follows usually has little to do with the significance of the music, but analyzes the music itself.

**Jaimie Lee**
What is the significance of the change that occurred in music between the 50s and 60s?

Music between the 50s and the 60s reflected its society. During the 50s, America witnessed a great economic as well as population growth. The postwar prosperity was translated to bright music of 1950s. The America was involved in the Vietnam War and many civil rights movements during the 60s. Therefore music during this time became more political and philosophical. Also violence and anger were added to music in order to demonstrate people’s dissatisfaction towards the government. 50s music and 60s music portrays social characteristics of its period.

Music in the 50s was upbeat, rhythmical and cheerful. Post World War II, the US experienced a great economic growth. Along with a steady industrial expansion, consumerism boomed. Personal savings were more than 37 billion dollars. Abundant personal savings stimulated consumer consumption and eventually the economy. Also the Korean War ensured continued prosperity as the government bought massive number of weapons. Following the World War II, America had massive childbirth. It is evident in 50s music that America enjoyed its economic and population prosperity. People listened to bright music that they could dance to. Elvis Aaron Presley was a cultural icon of 1950s. He sang uptempo and rhythmical songs with a strong back beat. Besides, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra were popular artists during the period. Because of the Red Scare led by McCarthy, people did not stray from the norm. Any deviant act could cause accusation as a communist. Therefore people made sure they are keeping a “good American” image. And they all conformed to enjoy the postwar prosperity that America was experiencing through listening to bright music.

60s music are characterized by three 3s; political, philosophical and powerful. By the end of 1950s, US entered the Vietnam War to prevent Communist expansionism over the Vietnam. Nearly 60thousand American soldiers died in the war. Young men and women bonded together (known as the hippies) to promote anti-war movement and peace overall. Many artists delivered hippie ideology to the public through their songs. “There's a man with a gun over there. Telling me I got to beware. I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound. Everybody look what's going down. There's battle lines being drawn. Nobody's right if everybody's wrong. Young people speaking their minds. Getting so much resistance from behind. I think it's time we stop.” This is a part of lyrics from the song “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield. It is one of the popular songs during the time, which delivered political and philosophical message of anti-war. Besides, Beatles had many philosophical and meaningful songs such as “I want to hold your hands” and “Strawberry fields forever”. Bob Dylan is also renown for his poetic and political lyrics. Since many artists wanted to hold political message in their songs, their songs often became powerful and violent. Kinks, Rolling Stones and the Who are examples of violent musical bands. They had violent lyrics as well as performance to express their anger towards the government. During this period, many civil rights movement gained momentum as well. Martin Luther King received large amount of support for his civil rights movement. As a result, African American culture became more pronounced. Many black artists became popular during the 60s. For-example, the Spremes was a singing group of three black women from Harlem. The Supremes showed the poor African American women could become pop stars. Black music became an important genre in music industry during this period.

50s music was very bright because it reflected America’s postwar prosperity. Music in the 60s was philosophically, politically and powerfully expressed people’s thoughts. Music was a tool for many artists to record characteristics of their society.

Lisa Park

50s meets 60s FRQ

The 1950s and 1960s in the United States have been two decades of new culture and ways of living. Various political events, leisure time, and prosperity brought the Americans to appreciate and value culture, which is why music was a big sensation during these times. People expressed their feelings and concerns through music, and different artists arose for various reasons. Essentially, the difference in music of the 50s and the 60s showed the changing atmosphere of the American public.

The 50s was a time of prosperous and joyous living for most Americans. Much of the population was in the middle class who were able to afford to carry out a proper living, family, household, and also have lots of leisure time. There was a rise in consumerism, and the society became more materialistic. Therefore, the music was materialistic as well. Singers such as Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra made the scene with their songs of love, and some black artists such as Louis Armstrong influenced the music industry with jazz and blues. Generally, the music of the 50s showed the problem-free America.

During the 1960s, events took a different turn. There was an outbreak of the Vietnam war, and a big motion among the black community fighting for civil rights. Advocates of the civil rights movement such as Martin Luther King Jr brought more black musicians into the music scene, promoting African American culture. Furthermore, young adults started to fight for racial, gender and political problems. They were categorized as hippies, and they expressed non-conformity through enjoying radical music and fashion. College students (hippies) gathered together and enjoyed music at the Woodstock festival, and they formed bands (such as the Doors) and sang philosophical songs. Artists such as The Who and Jimmy Hendrix also expressed rage towards these political problems by using violence on stage (such as breaking their guitars). Thus, it is evident that the music of the 60s reflected the turbulent atmosphere of the time period.

The transition between the 1950s and the 1960s was from a comforting and conservative society to an outraged and revolutionary one. The 50s was marked by satisfaction of a consumerist and generally satisfied society, which was shown through the jazz and soft rock music. The 60s was marked by protests against war and standing up for civil rights, which was shown through the violent performances and politically conscious lyrics of the songs during the time. Therefore, the change the occurred in music between the 50s and 60s reflected the society during those eras.

Thesis 7 Thesis does not describe the change in music between 50's and 60's Facts 7 Did not mention Vietnam War Analysis 8