American music and musicans from 1950´s

onwards

Warm up questionsDo you ever listen to American music?

Which of American singers do you like most?

Is there a song you love?

1950´s = rock ´n´ roll eraElvis PresleyThe King of Rock and Roll

Love me tenderJailhouse rockDied from heart attack in 1977

1960´s Aretha Franklin

The Queen of Soul

Chain of foolsI say a little prayer for you

The house that Jack built

Simon and GarfunkelPaul and ArtThe sound of silence

The BoxerMrs. Robinson

Bridge over troubled water

Scarborough fair

Barbra Streisand 1970´sSinger and actress

Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Golden Globe holder

Starred in Hello Dolly, Cats

Memory

Michael Jackson 80´sThe King of PopBadSuffered from vitiligoplastic operationsCharity, lyrics full of social & racism problems, AIDS, drugs

Accused of child abuse

Died from heart failure in 2009

MadonnaThe Queen of Pop

SexsymbolCritics: more show than singing

Like a virgin4 minutes

Nirvana 1990´sKurt Cobain suicide in 1994

Rock group grunge = hardrock & alternative rock

Grammy award for Smells Like Teen Spirit

R.E.M. (Rapid Eye Movement / Remember Every Moment)

Rock bandSince 1980´sAlternativ rock

Name selected at random from a dictionary

Everybody hurts

Present timesWhitney Houston - Afroamerican gospel singer

Cher – singer, actressMariah CareyLenny Kravitz – rock, reggae, funk, soul

PinkKaty Perry