DefinitionOriginsRockstyleCulturalimpactRepresentativefigures•Whatisrock?•Therockisamusicalform,isaculturalphenomenon.•Tt’sregardedasthemusicthatoriginatedinthemid-1950sandlaterdevelopedintothemoreencompassinginternationalstyle.Origins-backgoundthelate1920stothemid-1930s--economiccrisisthelate1930s--theSecondWorldWarthe1940sand1950s—stabledevelopmentTheoriginoftherock*Firstappearedplace:TheUnitedStates*Theearlisttimeqppear:Inmiddle1950s*Themainsourceofrockmusic:Therhythmandblues&countrymusicCoverswerecustomaryinthemusicindustryinthe1950s.Oneofthefirstrelevant(有关的)successfulcoverswasWynonieHarris'stransformationofRoyBrown's.ThemostnotabletrendwaswhitepopcoversofblackR&B.Besides,Thecoverversionswerenotnecessarilystraightforwardimitations.•Farbeyondsimplyamusicalstyle,rockandrollinfluencedlifestyles,fashion,attitudes,andlanguage.Inaddition,rockandrollmayhavehelpedthecauseofthecivilrightsmovementbecausebothAfricanAmericanteensandwhiteAmericanteensenjoyedthemusic.CulturalimpactBackgroundinformationOriginLiverpool,EnglandGenresRockMusicYearsactive1960–1970MembersTheBeatleswereanEnglishrockbandthatformedinLiverpoolin1960.Theybecamewidelyregardedasthegreatestandmostinfluentialactoftherockera.Intheearly1960s,theirenormouspopularityfirstemergedasBeatlemania,butastheirsongwritinggrewinsophisticationtheycametobeperceivedasanembodimentoftheidealssharedbytheera'ssocioculturalrevolutions.ElvisAaronPresleywasoneofthemostpopularAmericansingersofthe20thcentury.HeisreferredtoastheKingofRockandRoll”.Hebecametheleadingfigureofthenewlypopularsoundofrockandrollwithaseriesofnetworktelevisionappearancesandchart-toppingrecords.