British Music Culture

Britain is one of the most

famous countries on the Music

World.

The country is famed for

influx of rock and roll, beat and

pop performers, who extend the

culture around the world.

Do you know why ?

The British Invasion

expression is far and wide used

to describe the infiltration of the

British music culture in the

American music scene.

The mainstream surfaced

in 1964 by the Beatles, who led

their music into the USA.

The Beatles, were also

known as the Liverpool four,

formed by John Lennon, Paul

McCartney, George Harrison and

Ringo Starr.

They are the most

commercially successful and

critically acclaimed band in the

history of pop music.

The Beatles sparked an

interest between US fans to

British music.

The British Invasion was

successfully followed by the

Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the

Animals, the Yardbirds and the

Who, the Queen, David Bowie,

the Deep Purple, Elton John, the

Led Zeppelin, the Bee Gees, the

Slade, the T-Rex and others.

The Rolling Stones

• The 60s

• formed by Mick Jagger, Ban

Jones, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman

and Charlie Watts.

The Queen

• The 70s

• formed by Freddie Mercury,

Brian May, John Deacon and

Roger Taylor.

Elton John

• The 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s

• He wrote the lyrics and

composed the melody of the

song: “Candle in the Wind” in

1997 in memory of Princess

Diana (lady di).

Elton John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

=wdrRLTgavus&feature=related

Amy Winehouse

• Since 2003

• She was a lifestyle icon for

many teens all over the world.

Amy Winehouse

• Like an icon she

had a duty to take

care of their

image and their

country.

• The scandals that she was

involved went outside world and

damage the image of England

influencing their culture negatively.

Bibliogra

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RLTgavus&feature=related

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_%2

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Winehouse 

Work elaboret by:

Carina Gonçalves

Eliana Martins

Miriam Marques

Formadora: Sara Rosa

Área: LEC – Língua Estrangeira – Continuação

31th March of 2011