On April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney announced that the Beatles had broke. It was an end of an era for Rock & Roll. But it wasn't the end of Rock & Roll. Rock & Roll was moving on to a new era with new genres and some of the best music was still to be written and played. In the next few years, Rock & Roll artists like Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Elton John and Queen would fill stadiums. And a new Dylanesque artist would appear on the scene. He was Bruce Springsteen, known as "The Boss."
Please Kill Me: the uncensored oral history of punk by Punk rock was stripped-down, anti-establishment Rock & Roll with an attitude that emerged in the 1970s.
Catch a fire : the life of Bob Marley by Songs found on Spotify.
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In the late 1960s, many prominent West Coast musicians started going back to the country music that was at the roots of Rock & Roll.
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According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Glam rock, also known as glitter rock, musical movement that began in Britain in the early 1970s and celebrated the spectacle of the rock star and concert. Often dappled with glitter, male musicians took the stage in women’s makeup and clothing, adopted theatrical personas, and mounted glamorous musical productions frequently characterized by space-age futurism."
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Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--and the journey of a generation by Previous to the late 1960s, most songwriters were behind-the-scenes artists. Bob Dylan and Lennon & McCartney had led the way for songwriters to record their composition and have hit records.
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Never a Dull Moment: 1971--the year that rock exploded by 
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Future Days: Krautrock and the birth of a revolutionary new music by Progressive Rock was a British-deeply influenced by classical, jazz and British folk music.
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