Elvis Presley was rock n’ roll’s biggest star during it’s emergence even though he didn’t write any of his songs. Chuck

Berry, Little Richard, & Buddy Holly wrote rock n’ roll classics that defined the genre. In your opinion, which of these

rockers was most significant to the development of rock n’ roll? Why?

Critically analyze, interpret, evaluate, compare and contrast three different video performances by a selected artist or band of your choice, based on the historical and critical scholarship of rock music.

In your paper, emphasize messages found in the lyrics, including any social, political or diversity messages. Write about the basic music characteristics and entertainment qualities exhibited in the videos. Give examples of how the performances differ and explain what similarities you find in the different performances. The paper will also include brief biographical information about the artist or band. You may compare and contrast the audience, venue, video and recording quality, performance quality and content of the three sources. The paper is to be approximately two pages long (double spaced).

The paper is worth 100 points and will be graded on content, quality of research, organization and structure, spelling, grammar, vocabulary and writing style.

You may find the videos using online sources such as Youtube, Netflix or Hulu, to name a few. You may also use television programs and other broadcast sources, DVD, VHS or even live performances.

They must be cited as sources using footnotes and a bibliography.

Citations

Each video research paper must have a minimum of three outside sources (videos) and those sources must be cited in your document.

Citations give credit to your sources and assure the accuracy of your facts. Citations should be used in the following situations: when you quote exact words, when you paraphrase ideas associated with a specific source, and when you use any idea, data or method attributable to any source.

Research papers must include footnotes and a bibliography. We recommend using Turabian or Chicago style for your citations since disciplines in the fine arts use these citation styles. However, you may use the citation style you are accustomed to including APA, MLA and Chicago/Turabian.