Rock'n'Roll (The Sound of Popular Music - A Level Music Technology)

This resource explores the explosion in popularity of Rock’n’Roll with the first ‘post-war’ generation, and how improvements in recording (pioneered by Sam Phillips and other influential artists/engineers/studios) and the availability and mass-distribution of records paved the way for the first pop mega-stars.

This resource is part of the ’Sound of Popular Music’ series. This series is designed carefully to allow pupils to draw parallels between their musical, historical, practical, and technical knowledge, and further appreciate how developments in Music Technology shaped the course of popular music throughout the 20th Century. In doing so, pupils are better equipped to deal with exam-style questions, particularly extended responses.

I hope you and your pupils enjoy this resource!