Essays on Musicians

In the 1990’s rap music came to fruition in pop culture. Numerous amounts of fans started to surface and worship rappers and their music. Many rappers emerged during this time and gained stardom. Two rappers that embodied the rap emergence in the 1990’s are Tupac...

It’s human nature to want to be in control of one’s life and not follow certain rules. Now Corporate America has used rebellion to their advantage in marketing. It’s seen throughout history that actors, musicians, and politicians’ rebel against certain norms. Tupac Shakur, a famous...

The death of Tupac Amaru Shakur is still classified as an unsolved case according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Many believe the loss of his life is linked to gang rivalry and rapper rivalry. Although many may argue that Notorious B.I.G. is responsible for...

Many people have influenced American pop culture, whether it’s in fashion, music, TV, dance, or many other products. Primarily with Tejano music, one person has opened doors for many women to sing this style of music, and her name is Selena Quintanilla-Perez, known to all...

Have you ever heard of Selena Quintanilla’s music? It is the best music in the world that you could ever listen to. I chose Selena because I love her music and she was inspiring. Selena learned to sing at a young age and started her...

“There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad, I play the good kind.” ~ Louis Armstrong One of the arts that transcend culture is the art of music. Louis Armstrong was an individual who took the art of music, specifically jazz, and...

What a wonderful world it is for Louis Armstrong; unarguably one of the most influential jazz players of all time, who is responsible for largely shaping jazz in the 1920s to the 1960s. As a great trumpeter, bandleader, singer, soloist, film star, and comedian, Armstrong...

There were many greats in the jazz music genre. Two of the most iconic artists in that jazz world were Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke. Although they were very different in their music style and careers, they both were able to contribute to the diverse...

In the early month of August 1901, Luis Armstrong was born in Louisiana, home of the Saints. His mother raised him in a neighborhood that suffered the effects of poverty and discrimination of race. This neighborhood was labeled ‘The Battlefield.’ Louis held a grim early...

Louis Armstrong was a jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and singer. He was from New Orleans and became well known in the 1920s. He is known for some of his most famous hits such as “What a wonderful world”. Louis had a difficult life growing up with...

“If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call an American standard, an American original”. A tribute from Duke Ellington, an American composer and jazz band leader, in honor of...

From the very beginning, Louis Armstrong has helped to cultivate and give birth to jazz music. His career started in the beginning of the 1920s, which was the time when jazz music had mostly been formed. Louis’s career in jazz music has spanned over 5...

The Harlem Renaissance was an African American culture during the 1920s. It embraced music, theatrical and visual arts. The artist of this time wanted to avoid the moral values that brought shame about their ethnicity, seen by the whites. This included the movement of the...

“What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong depicts that one should appreciate everything that life gives you. Finding those little things that bring joy can help through times of hardship and struggle, which was most likely Armstrong’s intention. Due to the fact, that during this...

Louis Armstrong has been one of the most prominent figures in jazz, with his unique techniques, lively performances, and unmatched talent, enabling him to develop a large following. On August 14, 1901, Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Armstrong’s family was very poor...

Jazz music and the Civil Rights Movement are directly linked to one another because in the world of jazz, only the ability to play one’s instrument mattered, while everything else was irrelevant. Jazz music was insanely popular and appealed to the masses despite differences in...

Music has constantly played an important role in constituting American culture. Music and media are an integral part of establishing cultural identity, which in turn plays a huge role in how history is written and recorded. This is a relatively contemporary phenomenon, which can be...

The most influential singer-songwriter of his era, Bob Dylan demonstrated that rock and roll lyrics, once known for their lightheartedness, could be rich, serious, and meaningful. Combining forms borrowed from folk ballad verse, blues, country and western, and gospel music and techniques gained from French...

One of the greatest honors that a literary figure could receive is the Nobel Prize in Literature, but what if this achievement is awarded to a singer instead of the traditional writer or poet? The Nobel Prize in Literature is a prize that is awarded...