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50 Cards in this Set
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Big Mama Thorton- "Hound Dog"
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year recorded- 1952
genre- R&B daughter of a baptist ministry in montgomery, sang in nightclubs in houston elvis presley covered hound dog |
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The Temptations- "My Girl"
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MOTOWN- 1964
detroit, MI- soul choreography, vocal harmonies, and flashy suits. sequel to "My Guy" |
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Booker T and the MGs- "Green Onions"
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interracial group
instrumental STAX RECORDS MEMPHIS house band (after 1957) first big hit single- green onions |
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STAX
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founded by Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton in 1957 in memphis TN. originally supposed to record country but it was soul music.
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PHIL SPECTOR
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MOTOWN
the wall of sound the wrecking crew |
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Jackson 5- "ABC"
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1970
Gary, IL MOTOWN then moved to CBS Bubble gum pop |
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Led Zeppelin- "Immigrant Song"
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1970
heavy metal |
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Bob Marley- "i shot the sheriff"
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1973
eric clapton covers it in 1974 reggae, rastarfarianism |
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Michael Jackson- "Thriller"
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around/ after 1982
most successful video with plot of all time |
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album- Thriller
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1982
produced by michael jackson and QUINCY JONES best selling album of all time massive and diverse audience |
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Madonna- "like a virgin"
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1984
detroit sexuality |
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Sugarhill gang- "rappers delight"
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1979
first major rap record becomes hit single NO dj, rapping over tape |
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Run DMC & Aerosmith- "walk this way"
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1986- DEF JAM RECORDS
first rap video in rotation on MTV revives aerosmiths career breaks hip-hop into mainstream |
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Russel SImmons
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Def Jam records
signed his younger brother Joseph "run" Simmons of run dmc |
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DJ Kool Herc
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father of HIP HOP
born in kingston jamacia 1973 debuts djing style BREAK- BEAT- part of song where singer stops and drum groove is featured turntables |
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Dr. Dre- "Let Me Ride"
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around 1992
on the album THE CHRONIC DEATH ROW RECORDS west coast g funk gangsta rap lyrics about moving eyond hard gangsta lifestyle steps into role as heir to GEORGE CLINTON |
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Hank Williams- "Hey, Good lookin"
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1951
RACE AND HILLBILLY RECORD most significant figure in country during post wwII period |
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Chuck Berry- "Maybellene"
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1955
combined country with blues CHESS RECORDS this song made chuck berry fiirst black artist to reach top 10 on billboard chart modeled on country song"ida red" |
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Bob Dylan- "Like a rolling stone"
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1965
dylan goes electric moves away from overt political statements FOLK REVIVAL |
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PET SOUNDS
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1996- concept album
the beach boys album essentially a brian wilson project recorded with the wrecking crew and inspired by spectors wall of sound elaborate song arrangements with unconventiaonal instruments one of most influential albums of all time |
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BRIAN WILSON
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1964- stops touring with beach boys
songwriting and studipo production wrote pet sounds |
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the beach boys- "wouldnt it be nice"
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1966
on album, pet soundss surf rock |
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jimi hendrix- "Purple Haze"
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1967
ACID ROCK |
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David Bowie- "Ziggy Stardust"
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1972
GLAM ROCK openly bisexual, reinvents music and image |
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Pink Floyd- "money"
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1973
PROGRESSIVE ROCK released as single stars in 7/4 time, uses cash register effects |
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DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
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Pink Floyds album 1973
theme includes, greed, death, alienation, mental illness on billboard chart for 743 weeks most successful progressive rock album |
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Lynyrd Skynyrd- "Sweet Home Alabama"
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1974
response to neil youngs southern man and alabama SOUTHERN ROCK bands most popular single |
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Waylon Jennings- "Are you sure hank done it this way"
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1970's
OUTLAW COUNTRY |
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Parliament- "Give up the Funk"
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FUNK 1970s
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GEORGE CLINTON
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major funk innovator, former motown songwriter, influeneced psychedelics
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Chic- "Good Times"
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1979
DISCO focus on DJ turntables, synthesizers, remix and sequence songs |
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SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
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1977
Straightens and popularizes disco across the country |
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The Ramones- "I wanna be sedated"
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1978
PUNK often regarded as first pink group influenced song and image on punk bands to follow |
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MTV
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debuts in 1981
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Nirvana- "Smells liek teen spirit
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alternative rock-GRUNGE
early 1991 |
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NEVERMIND
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NIRVANA's 2nd album
grunge 1991 |
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KURT COBAIN
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nirvanas front man/lead singer
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PHIL SPECTOR
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one of the most influential record producers of all time
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BERRY GORDY
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MOTOWN
FOUNDED in 1959 in detroit |
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SAM PHILLIPS
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SUN RECORDS
Memphis, TN specialized in recording R&B |
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SUN RECORDS
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home to elvis presley, jerry lee lewis, carl perkins, and johnny cash
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JIMMY PAGE
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yardbirds to led zeppelin
lead singer 1970s rock band |
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WILLIE NELSON
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OUTLAW COUNTRY
pioneered outlaw sound in 1970s |
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Bruce Pavitt and Johnathan Poneman
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SUB POP RECORDS
SEATTLE WASHINGTON |
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JAMES BROWN
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the godfather of soul
the pioneer of funk in late 1960s |
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RUSSEL SIMMONS
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college educated hip hop promoter from queens
forms def jam records with rubin |
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RICK RUBIN
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jewish punk rockr from long island who became interested in new yorks hip hop scene in college
form def jam with simmons in 1984 |
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DEF JAM
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middle class sensibilit to rock influences bring new auidiences of rap
NY/QUEENS |
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NWA
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easy z, dr.dre, ice cube, mc ren dj yella, arabian prince
1986-1991 define gansta rap sub genre extremely controversial |
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SUGE KNIGHT
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DEATH ROW RECORDS
LOS ANGELES |
