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Catherine Nardone May 14, 2010 Orange - History

This ethnomusicology project has shown that elements of African musical traditions are found in today's every-day music. Even people in my father's day and age have used themes from Africa in their music. Although they are very American, there are a lot of derivatives from the African culture.

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The Beatles. Everyone's heard of them, everyone knows of them, some even worship the very music they create with their fingers that have spread joy over all the world. I know for a fact that The Beatles did not just come up with their own genre of music. If you look at some of their works, then you will be able to tell that their music has derivations in it from Africa. Some of the types of things that are found in The Beatles' music is their lyrical representation of anything that could happen to anyone. Such as happiness. I'm sure that the tribes back in Africa have all been happy at one time or another; at weddings, birthdays, ceremonies of any kind, they have probably sung out in joy. I feel that this is a similarity because The Beatles did what they did for the pure joy of the sport. =====

Sample Songs
Song Title: Let it Be Artist: The Beatles Release Date: May 20, 1970 media type="file" key="25 Let it Be.m4a" width="300" height="50" Song Meaning:

Song: In My Life Artist: The Beatles Release Date: December 3, 1965 media type="file" key="In My Life.mp3" width="240" height="20" Song Meaning:

Song: Hey Jude Artist: The Beatles Release Date: 1968 media type="file" key="21 Hey Jude....m4a" width="300" height="50" Song Meaning:

Song: Here Comes the Sun Artist: The Beatles Release Date: September 26, 1969 media type="file" key="07 Here Comes the Sun.m4a" width="300" height="50" Song Meaning:

Song: Goodbye, Hello Artist: The Beatles Release Date: November 1, 1967 media type="file" key="19 Goodbye, Hello.m4a" width="300" height="50" Song Meaning:

Song: Come Together Artist: The Beatles Release Date: October 6, 1969 media type="file" key="01 Come Together.m4a" width="300" height="50" Song Meaning:

 __**Kenny Chesney**__
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