Rock+n'+Roll

Rock n' Roll. The teen music. This has guitar and drums. The beats send boys and girls feet tapping and jumping up and down.This new style of music got parents upset and children out more. Some of the singers in the 50's were Billy Haley, Buddy Holly, Carl Parkins, Eddie Cochran, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Phillips, and Scotty Moore. There was also a television show with music called //The American Band Stand//. This is where kids when spend a lot of time, listening and dance to the music coming from it. Rock n' Roll was the new and more rebellious music which is why the teens listened to it. The lyrics were "nasty" to adults but the teens liked to hear the new beat. It got them to get up and move. It also had new singers, which had new stlyes, new fashion to be followed. These singer also got onto tv and in movies, which many teens watched. This genre started many differnet things in the teens.