Country and Western music in the 1950s by Dakhoda Eyerly https://padlet.com/dakhodaeyerly/p9f0r5w6iifu by Dakhoda Eyerly Mark Bidi Collin Bartollotta Branden Peet en-us 2017-03-18 04:26:16 UTC 2023-02-19 04:49:49 UTC hello@padlet.com A map of the region where 1950s country and western music was most popular in the country? dakhodaeyerly https://padlet.com/dakhodaeyerly/p9f0r5w6iifu/wish/160909982 in the late 1950s country music's popularity decreased, and some producers like Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley tried to remake country music's sound into something closer to mainstream pop. As a result, country music started to change from late 1950s and by the early 1960s, it had change was completely. The Nashville Sound was born, and it was called The Nashville Sound because it started in Nashville, Tennessee. The Nashville Sound refer to a musical arranging style which used the piano, strings and background vocals over the traditional fiddle and banjo. At this time, country music became very popular, and it was taken the top of the country and pop chart. There were a lot of artists, who sang this genre, from Patsy Cline to The Browns, and this genre has been sung popularly until now
]]> 2017-03-18 04:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dakhodaeyerly/p9f0r5w6iifu/wish/160909982 dakhodaeyerly https://padlet.com/dakhodaeyerly/p9f0r5w6iifu/wish/160910030 Another emblem of country music is the city of Branson, Missouri . Branson is home to more than fifty theaters that produce more than one hundred live concerts annually.
]]> 2017-03-18 04:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dakhodaeyerly/p9f0r5w6iifu/wish/160910030 why Country and western in the 1950s appealed to people and where at. dakhodaeyerly https://padlet.com/dakhodaeyerly/p9f0r5w6iifu/wish/160910059 In the 1950s, country music came into its own before rock-n-roll took off in the 60s while jazz and classical music continued to innovate. To one extent or another, all of these forms of music drew from roots that were planted firmly in rural America.

The popularity of country music in the 50’s gave way to the rise of early rock and roll in and around the memphis Tenn. area...
]]> 2017-03-18 04:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dakhodaeyerly/p9f0r5w6iifu/wish/160910059 Popular artist during the peak of country and western music in the 1950s dakhodaeyerly https://padlet.com/dakhodaeyerly/p9f0r5w6iifu/wish/160910153 All of these people and family s all helped developed the music and won many awards doing so

Ray Charles was one of the first african american influences in country music in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s.


Charley was also a very influential african american in country music

The carter family: Maybelle Carter, Sara Dougherty, and sara’s husband Carter. June Carter married another great country artist, in johnny cash.

The fathers of bluegrass were Earl scruggs and Lester Flatt.Chet Atkins, Patsy cline, Charlie Rich. Elvis Presley
This is the carter Family they were on of the most dominant country singing families]]> 2017-03-18 04:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dakhodaeyerly/p9f0r5w6iifu/wish/160910153 ountry music has a lot of physical/Figurative borders during the rise of 1950s country and western music dakhodaeyerly https://padlet.com/dakhodaeyerly/p9f0r5w6iifu/wish/160910277
Based on our research country music has a lot of physical/Figurative borders during the rise of 1950s country and western music 

Borders in country music is the competition with the up and coming rock and roll
Country music fans often switched to become a rock and roll fan making country go into a decline which was one of the biggest border the genre of music has ever seen.

Another Border is the reaction gave out to Country music, at the time it did not appeal to people, not until the late 1950s it was even known as hillbilly or folk music before it was a hit.

Country and western music has overcome many borders to make it the genre it is today.

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Made in 1952

The instruments they use in country music 1950s : Drums, Banjo, Autoharp, Fiddle, Guitar, Acoustic guitar,  and many more


B. Rock and Roll was one of the genres that influenced southern country music in the 1950s Country music often competed with Rock and Roll 

C.  Country music in the 1950s developed with different musicians making big hits on charts, it started off with Fats Domino in 1950 when he began make the charts in R and B, and then into Pop.  Then in 1952 Kitty Wells hit the billboard for number 1 country musician for her song "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels". It started to take off from there and developed more further.  

D. Country music in the 1950s, was like any other genre of music, but what made it unique was that it was south western music. After the war, country music fans could finally go to nashville, and migration for slavery was still active at that time, and slaves would play country for their masters, and they brought the Banjo with them, and it was adopted.

E. Country music’s influence on pop culture, is that even though it was made in south western America, it also used many different stuff from around the world, for example the Banjo was brought from African American slaves that got migrated to USA. It also made top hits on charts, and made many sells
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