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	MSN Encarta - Rock Music
		Rock and roll was a combination of the R&B (rhythm-and-blues music) style known as jump blues, the gospel-influenced vocal-group style known as doo wop, the piano-blues style known as boogie-woogie (or barrelhouse), and the country-music style known as honky tonk.
		Rock music began in the United States, but it has influenced and in turn been shaped by a broad field of cultures and musical traditions, including gospel music, the blues, country-and-western music, classical music (see Music, Western), folk music, electronic music, and the popular music of Asia, Africa, and Latin America (see Worldbeat).
		Rock Music, group of related music styles that have dominated popular music in the West since about 1955.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761558548/Rock_Music.html

	Country Music Television (CMT) Celebrates Elvis on President's Day february 19 - MedicalNewsService.com
		CMT, a 24-hour country music network, carries original programming, specials, and live concert and events, as well as a mix of videos by established country music artists and new cutting-edge acts, including world premiere exclusive videos.
		In 1998 Elvis Presley was inducted into the prestigious Country Music Hall of Fame for his contributions to the genre of music he listened to as a young child.
		His music and influence had a great impact on country music, and CMT is excited to pay tribute to one of the most influential artists of our time.”
	www.medicalnewsservice.com /ARCHIVE/MNS146.cfm (545 words)

	William McKeen -- Highway 61 author, professor of journalism at the University of Florida
		We will study the origin and growth of the music industry, and attempt to integrate the general social and intellectual history of the country into the story.
		It is not a music course, but more of an examination of the effects of recorded sound on popular culture.
		This is a mass-media-and-society course that emphasizes the role of popular music in American culture.
	www.williammckeen.com /courses/3.htm (545 words)

	Family Brown
		Ottawa Valley country music group, active 1967-90 and latterly the most successful act of its kind in Canada.
		It was seen 1972-85 on a nationally-syndicated TV series (initially 'Call It Country,' then 'Country Way,' and 'Family Brown Country') and 1989-90 with Ronnie Prophet on 'Ronnie 'n' the Browns'.
		It was formed by 'Papa Joe' (Joseph William) Brown (b Amherst, NS, 30 Aug 1925, d Chesley, Ont, 30 May 1986), previously a member of the Hillbilly Jewels (heard in Nova Scotia and, in the early 1950s, on radio station CHML in Hamilton, Ont) and 1955-66 of the Happy Wanderers (heard on CFRA in Ottawa).
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001167 (414 words)

	Roy Acuff
		"The Voice of Country Music" was the second collection of singles recorded from 1953 to 1955 while Roy was on Capitol Records.
		Roy's music lacks the timelessness of many of the country artists who followed him; still, when listening to these songs, collected here in three distinct collections, you know where it all started, and where it all came from.
		The washtub sound is not what most people would expect from "country" music or even "old-time" country - largely because many of these songs actually pre-date what a lot of folks are calling "old time" now.
	www.takecountryback.com /reviews/ravintage.htm (723 words)

	Country Music Legend Johnny Cash Dies
		Cash was one of the top hit-makers in country music history -- he charted 137 singles between 1955 and 2003.
		The "Hurt" video is also up for best single and best music video at the 2003 Country Music Association Awards, to be handed out Nov. 5.
		Last month, he was forced to miss the MTV Video Music Awards, where he was nominated for six awards for his last video, a cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt." The clip won the award for best cinematography.
	www.billboard.com /bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1978742 (1215 words)

	Century of Country
		Country Music" (Starday)(1964) "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke" (CMH)(1978) "Boogie Woogie Flattop Guitar Pickin’ Man" (CMH)(1979) "Honky Tonk Cowboy" (CMH)(1980) Joe and Jody Maphis: "Guitaration Gap" (Chart)(1971) Merle Travis and Joe Maphis: "Country Music’s Two Guitar Greats" (Capitol)(1964) Larry Collins and Joe Maphis: "Rockin’ Rollin’" (Bear Family Germany)(1983)[Includes solo and duet cuts]
		Country Music." Joe also recorded guitar albums for Starday and others for Kapp, Sacred and Mosrite.
		At 15, she put her musical talents to work on local station WJEJ, where she joined three other girls to form the Saddle Sweethearts.
	www.countryworks.com /artist_full.asp?KEY=MAPHIS (992 words)

	Country Music
		Chet Atkins placed 10 songs on the country music charts between 1955 and 1983.
		Merle was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1977, and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994.
		Inducted Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983.
	www.tamworthragepage.com /know.htm (4295 words)

	Entertainment Music Store :: Oklahoma! (1955 Film Soundtrack)
		In the years before rock (and even for a few years after), the album charts were full of original Broadway cast LPs and soundtracks of the film versions of those Broadway musicals.
		This song adds dimension to "Oklahoma" by transforming Judd from a villain into a sad and troubled man. When performed well it is an absolutely gorgeous piece of music.
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	www.bugarin.biz /index.php?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=B00005A7XB (4295 words)

	Tower Records - The Country Music Hall Of Fame - Red Foley
		Throughout the 1940s, country music transformed itself from the rustic mountain music of Roy Acuff and the Carter Family to the more sophisticated, urbane sounds of western swing and early honky tonk.
		COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME collects 16 of Foley's best-known recordings from this era.
		If you love the great music of country's past, grab this disc before it slips out of print.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=1531249 (4295 words)

	MSN Encarta - Ford, Tennessee Ernie
		Ford, Tennessee Ernie (1910-1991), American country music singer, best known for his hit song “Sixteen Tons” (1955) and his characteristic greeting to...
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	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761588890/Ford_Tennessee_Ernie.html (76 words)

	MSN Encarta - Related Items - Country Music
		(1910-1991), American country music singer, best known for his hit song “Sixteen Tons” (1955) and his characteristic greeting to...
		music sales in the United States by genre (table)
		MSN Encarta - Related Items - Country Music
	encarta.msn.com /related_761558215_13.9/Ford_Tennessee_Ernie.html (36 words)

	Georgia State University Library - Special Collections & Archives - Popular Music Collections - Georgia Country Music Collections
		He retired from music in 1955, but in the 1960s he was coaxed out of retirement to appear in bluegrass and folk festivals.
		Four LP recordings featuring McMichen have been transferred to the sound recording collection, and an Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame newsletter has been filed in the ephemera collection.
		Also among the photographs are several individual and group shots of country musicians.
	www.library.gsu.edu /spcoll/Collections/Music/m86-10.htm (476 words)

	MSN Encarta - Reba McEntire
		McEntire, Reba, born in 1955, American country music singer and actor, the most popular female country singer since Dolly Parton.
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	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_701610378/McEntire_Reba.html (74 words)

	FolkLib Index - Folk Music Bibliography
		1, 1952-1955" #fl.s1994, Country Music Magazine, "The Comprehensive Country Music Encyclopedia" #fg 1981, Davis, "Index to the New World Recorded Anthology of American Music, A User's Guide to the Initial One Hundred Records" #dg.
		Two, L-Z" #hg 1998, Kingsbury, "The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music" #at 1974, Kinkle, "The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900-1950" #ci 1984, Kochman, "The Big Book of Bluegrass" #kj 2000, Koster, "Texas Music" #ki.
		1979, Bierhorst, "A Cry From the Earth: Music of the North American Indians" #dv.
	www.folklib.net /index/discog/bibliog4.shtml (1485 words)

	FolkLib Index - Folk Music Bibliography
		1, 1952-1955" #fl.s1994, Country Music Magazine, "The Comprehensive Country Music Encyclopedia" #fg 1981, Davis, "Index to the New World Recorded Anthology of American Music, A User's Guide to the Initial One Hundred Records" #dg.
		Two, L-Z" #hg 1998, Kingsbury, "The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music" #at 1974, Kinkle, "The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900-1950" #ci 1984, Kochman, "The Big Book of Bluegrass" #kj 2000, Koster, "Texas Music" #ki.
		1979, Bierhorst, "A Cry From the Earth: Music of the North American Indians" #dv.
	www.folklib.net /index/discog/bibliog4.shtml (1616 words)

	eBay Store - ANYTHING COUNTRY SALE AUCTIONS: Country, Opry, Artist Programs
		HILLBILLY and COWBOY HIT PARADE 1955 COUNTRY MUSIC OPRY
		We do accept returns for refunds if all conditions set by ANYTHING COUNTRY SALES & AUCTIONS ARE MET.
		CAUTION I'M CRAZY ABOUT COUNTRY MUSIC 3X5 DECAL
	stores.ebay.com /ANYTHING-COUNTRY-SALE-AUCTIONS (483 words)

	Inventory of the Billy Faier Collection, 1955-2003
		Other related material received from Billy Faier but retained in the Southern Folklife Collection general periodical holdings rather than this individual collection are issues of the folk music fanzines Caravan and Gardyloo.
		The letters reflect not only the relationships and events of Billy Faier's life but provide something of a portrait of a generation for those who were involved in and influenced by the folk music revival and alternative lifestyles.
		Included are complete scores of Faier's own songs, the first and second edition folios of banjo music selections from his album The Art of the Five String Banjo, and commercially published banjo music scores.
	www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/20380.html (483 words)

	Albanian Music History
		Albania has traditionally been a country which has passed its historical stages under the invasion of other empires and therefore we could assume that its music has a taste of each of these cultures.
		There is a clear and marked difference, particularly in the vocal folk music, between the northen and southern parts of the country, divided by the Shkumbin River.
		Until the second half (1945-1955), the entire musical life of Albania was determined by folk music.
	www.albmuzika.com /mushist.htm (543 words)

	Music of Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alabama has played a central role in the development of both blues and country music.
		In addition the blues and country, Appalachian folk music, fiddle music, gospel, spirituals, mariachi and polka have had local scenes in parts of Alabama.
		The Alabama Music Hall of Fame was created by the Alabama state legislature as a state agency in 1980.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Alabama (1042 words)

	Astro-Noetics.com: Jupiter-Uranus Alignments and 20th Century Music
		In 1955, as several divergent streams of music, promotion, and business coalesced, rock'n'roll made its presence felt with several hits surging to the top of the pop, randb, and country and western charts.
		1955 is the year that music historians nearly unanimously agree is the year in which rock'n'roll as a genre was born, or more appropriately, explodes, burst, and erupts onto the cultural landscape.
		Appropriately, given the archetypal conbintion involved, rock'n'roll became an overnight sensation, the rock superstar is born, and music as an industry—through record sales, concert promotion, and radio play—is not only revitalized but irrevocably altered.
	www.astro-noetics.com /jupiter_uranus_music_16.html (325 words)

	FMS: Feature [Al Sendrey Dead at 91]
		Other film assignments as arranger or orchestrator included The Yearling (1946), Guys and Dolls (1955), Ride the High Country (1962), The Oscar (1966), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) and Finian's Rainbow (1968).
		Albert Sendrey, one of Hollywood's top arranger-orchestrators for many years, died May 18 at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 91.
		He composed the music for Fred Astaire's dancing-on-the-ceiling routine in Royal Wedding (1951), his friend and fellow composer Scott Harper told the Los Angeles Times.
	www.filmmusicsociety.org /news_events/features/2003/060603.html (325 words)

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	Jerry Reed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jerry Reed Hubbard (born March 20, 1937) is an American country music singer, country guitarist, and songwriter.
		He played at local clubs and was signed by Capitol Records to a three-year recording contract in 1955 By 1958, he was signed to NRC Records, where he also served as a guitarist and background vocalist in the staff band, working alongside other NRC artists Joe South and Ray Stevens.
		As a singer, he may be best remembered for his novelty song "When you're Hot, You're Hot" for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1972.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerry_Reed (314 words)

	Country music - Answerbag FAQ
		He released almost 50 country singles through the early 1950s, several of which made the charts, and took over from bandleader Kay Kyser as host of the NBC quiz show "College of Musical Knowledge" when it returned briefly in 1954 after a four-year hiatus.
		Country music singers seem to understand the finer things in life rather the “bling bling” of success.
		Country music tends to come from an artist that was raised country.
	www.answerbag.com /c_view.php/217 (314 words)

	Gapers Block, Chicago, IL - Airbags: Striking Up the Band on Music Row
		The city quickly became one of the leading centers of musical instrument manufacturing in the country and, at the same time, saw a growth in the number of ensemble bands performing in the area.
		As early as 1955, DePaul University began buying buildings in Music Row to create its South Loop campus.
		By 1915 there were more than 40 companies manufacturing musical instruments in the city, and Chicago businesses were responsible for nearly half of all the pianos sold in the Unites States.
	www.gapersblock.com /airbags/archives/striking_up_the_band_on_music_row (314 words)

	Popular Music and Society: "Here You Come Again": Country Music's Performance on the Pop Singles Charts from 1955 to 1996 - 1
		The first possible explanation is that country music was simply pushed out of the musical mainstream by other forms of music that achieved overwhelming success, such as the "British Invasion," featuring the Beatles, the Dave Clark Five, the Rolling Stones, and numerous other bands consisting mostly of white males.
		The racial aspects seem important again to country music, because white buyers were not only turning to other white-oriented sounds (such as the Beatles), they were also buying Motown music.
		In addition, country music has been seen as traditionally white-male oriented; the "Rock and Roll Era" was the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, but it had not hit its peak yet.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2822/is_1_22/ai_54033279/pg_5 (314 words)

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