Country Music Vs Rock-N-Roll

Tabatha Boblitz                                                                                                                 Boblitz #1

English 101

Laura Fox

9/12/17

                              Country Music vs Rock-n-Roll

On January 19, 1946, the delightful and astonishing Dolly Parton was born out of 12 relations. She was recognized as “The Queen of Country Music”. Her professions transpired as an actress, songwriter, singer, and musician. In addition, on January 8, 1935, the esteemed Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. He fell from pure humble beginning to distinguished as “The King of Rock-n-Roll”. His professions transpired as a film, actor, and singer. In other words, they both explored together in the 60’s and recorded limited songs however they’ve never seen each other again.

In her previous life, Parton grew up poor in the country. She had 11 other relations where they always had issues with cash to provide for them all. She would perform at chapels every Sunday, for her mother would join her occasionally. For instance, she had the voice of an angel that her mother would tell her then to never give up on her dreams, yet she had a natural voice of a

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singer. At 10 years old, she started to perform for television and receiver shows in Knoxville. Importantly, she had her first performance at the Grande Ole Opry community where she moved to after high school. She lurched into a tour and produced her first record where she started to gain awards, eventually made it to the topmost of country music charts.

Dolly Parton had numerous accomplishments over time. She has won several honors and helps societies she doesn’t know. Furthermore, she has unlocked her own funfair named “Dollywood” in the 80’s in Tennessee. She’s documented nearly 100 albums and singles and stills tour nowadays.

In 1996, Parton began a program where she mails a paperback every single month to an adolescent until they are in preschool. Yet, her vision was to foster an adolescent that love’s reading. However, in 2000, the foundation has mailed forty million paperbacks across the U.S., Canada, and U.K.

On the other hand, Elvis Presley was an American singer and actor. Often called “The King of Rock-n-Roll” where the impacts on the global musical philosophy. During his generation, Elvis

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has retailed 700 hundred million world records. Since his death, nearly one billion was sold. With that said, when he died, the situation was an enormous depressing moment for anyone that was a huge disastrous loss. All things considered, he was a huge inspiration to the society where my grandfather still says, “he’ll never change his mind about him being “The King”.

Presley has performed in several tv shows and movies. For instance, he was the first artist who had his concert live on the tv in 54 nations. That’s when around the world, the public began to know who he was. It was a record for musical occasions at the time in the 70’s. In 1986, he was popularized to Rock-n-Roll hall of fame. In the 50’s Elvis was on the highway to turn into a warrior.