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Hello, my name is Ozzie Dembowski and this is my page about how songs are influenced by African history. If you scroll down I have 3 songs that have a greatly explained synopsis of how these songs relate to African History. You can listen to the song by either clicking on the link or the play button on one of the music players. At the very bottom there's a cool chain that explains how the songs got their genres. So Enjoy! If you want further information contact me at odembowski@scienceleadership.org. Comments Appreciated!

__**Song:**__ Feel Good Inc. __**Artist:**__ Gorillaz __**Date:**__ 2005 __**Genre:**__ Electronica/Dance Hip-hop Alternative __**Synopsis:**__ The Gorillaz, on many of their songs, have more than 1 genre. They use genres like hip-hop, folk, dance, and even Brit-pop, which is British pop. British pop came from artists like the Beatles and Oasis. The Gorillaz also use a lot of percussion and 4/4 rhythms that most likely came from African music.

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__**Song:**__ Everyday I Have the Blues __**Artist:**__ B.B. king __**Date:**__ 1956 __**Genre:**__ Blues, R and B __**Synopsis:**__ This song has a lot to do with a lot of African American history because B.B. King, an African American guitarist, used 4/4 rhythms in his music and also included lot of percussion also involved. Because his solos were a one in a kind back then, that makes him one of the best blues artist and one of the best guitarist as well. Even the great guitarist Eric Clapton was inspired by B.B. Kings music.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4443971599447328416&q=everyday+I+have+the+blues+B.B.+King&total=43&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=6&hl=en



__**Song:**__ The Price of Freedom __**Artist:**__ Takeharu Ishimoto __**Date:**__ 2007 __**Genre:**__ Rock, Misc
 * __Synopsis:__** Even though Takeharu Ishimoto is a composer for video games he uses a sense of rock with the theme of peace into his music. In his music you can heard that he uses percussion and electric guitars, which came from blues. So this is another decedent of African American history due to the electric guitar and the percussion.

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__**Fig.1 Chain of Origin**__