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81 Cards in this Set
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chicago
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birthplace of electric blues.
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chuck berry
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first artist to reach top of charts as singer and player. grew up very poor. considered himself to be country musician. "Johhny B Goode." started duck walk, copied by almost all musicians.
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cincinnati
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black and white musicians.
mix of country western and rhythm and blues. ivory joe hunter - combines c&w & r&b |
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gospel music
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popular. started in church, moved to stage. yolanda adams, aretha franklin, gladys night, mahlia jackson, thomas a. dorsey, james cleveland, kirk franklin.
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yolanda adams
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"this too shall pass."
most current of gospel divas. started in church, move to stage. |
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mahalia jackson
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preformed for mlk i have a dream speech.
"move on up a little higher" preform some of important pieces for civil rights movement. |
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thomas a dorsey
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reverend. father of gospel music. founder of new gospel. write music for some divas. "rock church rock." choir.
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james clevland
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invented the gospel music workshop of american brought gospel music groups to compete and be a part of organization.
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kirk franklin
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"housana".
new reverend cleveland. |
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vocal quartets
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competed on the streets.
the fairfield four, soul stirrers, mills brothers. sam cook - first sex symbol of gospel. |
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sam cook
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filled in after lead singer of Soul Stirrers left.
19 when he was brought in. first sex symbol of gospel music. left the soul stirrers in 1956 after 11 years. |
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doo-wop
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the orials. the drifters, the platters, the dell-vikings, dion dimacci and the belmonts, the chantels.
lead to groups such as temptations and jackson 5. vocal group harmony. |
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the platters
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includes a woman in 5 person group
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the drifters
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quartet. "under the boardwalk" bass singer of groups put in jail during recording of that song because he beat his wife.
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the dell-vikings
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met in military, would not have worked together if not for military.
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dion dimacci and the belmonts.
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all white. visual appeal. face image of James Dean. hair became style for teens in that time.
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the chantels
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all female group.
arlene smith - original lead singer. not only a singer, but a third grade teacher in massachusetts |
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1960-1964
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civil rights movement in south followed by rise of student power. campuses across country.
black power begins. 2 assassinations, jfk and mlk. desegregation, most important government decision on color. awakening of sexuality of teenagers. largely invisible poverty. continuation of cold war. space race gospel music became fused with r&b. surfers' music is west coast musicians. civil rights activists. |
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hippies
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named in 1967
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surfer's music
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dick dale and the deltones, the safaris, the beach boys
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dick dale and the deltones
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dick dale played guitar backwards and upside down.
new piece on guitar, whammy bar. |
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the beach boys
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begins in 1961. lead singer experimenting with drugs created problems. clean cut look.
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stereo sound supported new entertainers
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girl groups. the shantels.
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mo-town records
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berry gordy. used multi-track recording. recording sound over sound.
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panning
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left and right or forward and backwards. used for both recording and video recordings.
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phil spector
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tortured artists. would lock them in recording studio until recorded song to his liking. would refuse to feed them. wall of sound
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pete seegar
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"we shall overcome" "solidarity forever."
one of the first musicians of folk world to integrate with black folk musicians. |
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odetta
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black female guitarist
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jfk
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assassinated in 1963. not only hear about it and read about it but saw it on tv.
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the beatles
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the rise of british rock and pop. didn't land in US, landed first in radio stations. came from liverpool.
"twist and shout" first song in US. beach boys are jealous. george martin - producer. landed in ny in 1964 - 50,000 people there. |
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3 main cities in england artists came from
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liverpool, manchester, littleton.
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southern r&b
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theme for black pride.
changes in 1965 - black became positive image. fist of defiance, music supported change (soul). the supremes, marvin gaye, the temptations, stevie wonder, otis redding, sam and dave, wilson pickett. mo-town records being challenged. |
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sam and dave
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dancers. "soul man." 6 sax players in group in 1970's. massive usage of horns, taken from little richie.
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2 main artists of southern r&b
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aretha franklin & james brown
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aretha franklin
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lady/queen of soul. "dr. feel good" gospel background merged into soul. "respect" "natural woman"
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james brown
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father of soul. new style called FUNK. "papa's got a brand new bag." known for his fancy footwork. "there will never be another james brown."
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robert kennedy
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killed during political campaign
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malcolm x
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leader of rainbow coalition killed
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folk festival
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still around now
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jazz festival
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in nyc
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bob dylan
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after seeing beatles preform in 1964, went out and bought electric guitar. "maggie's farm" audience screamed and boo-ed. controversy because rock music was thought of as useless without a message or consequence for teenagers only, only about drugs and sex. broke barrier between rock and roll and country music. told the beatles to write songs with messages about politics and society and they did.
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end of beatles career
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compared themselves to jesus christ, ended stage performances and live concerts.
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hippies
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taken from term for black community "hipsters" san francisco. "shall love thy neighbor." taken from ten commandments. free loving possible came after invention of birth control. widespread usage of acid.
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acid
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created for military to use as truth serum, created on college campus by college professor TIMOTHY LEARY and other teachers. teachers assistants took drugs for own personal use.
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wavy gravy
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host of woodstock
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sadie hopkins dance
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when girls got to ask guys to dance.
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drug songs
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"puff the magic dragon" and "white rabbit"
"light my fire" the doors (ACID ROCK) |
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jimmy hendrix
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shot himself in the head during acid trip.
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woodstock
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new symbols - 4. flower power, acoustic guitar, bong/hookah for marijuana, and peace sign. all bands played for free at festival except the who who demanded payment. sold 186,000 tickets. expected 50,000 people. no acts of violence during entire concert (3 days). 1969.
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altamount speedway festival
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failed attempt as woodstock repeat. created by the rolling stones. beatles did NOT appear at EITHER.
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the comets
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bill hanley - rocking around the clock (1952). dressed in bow ties and suits, similar hair cuts.
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"smack dab in the middle"
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1938. rock and roll was heard in black culture.
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60 minute man.
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one of must sexual songs. crossover song - black r&b became mainstream and white teens started listening to race music.
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women in rock and roll
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rock and roll only had 2 women on top of charts: ruth brown and lavern baker. atlantic records - only recording studio to support women and black women
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gordon mclendon
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created worst programming format: top 40 radio
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birthplaces
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of rock and roll - original - memphis tennessee.
new orleans - large range of backgrounds. cincinnati, los angeles, chicago. |
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henry bird rollands
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played in brothels
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little richard
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originally from georgia. adopts LA as his birthplace. "twist and shout" original. was black rock and roll, black elvis presley.
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mama thornton
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most important black singer at time. formed first black r&b with buddy guy 1956. (hound dog - covered by elvis 1 year later)
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t-bone walker
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originate from texas. given his first guitar by les paul. full blooded cherokee indian (call it stoney monday)
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richie valens
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southern cali. la bamba - first spanish piece released, hated by mexican community, ruined traditional mexican piece.
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stereo recordings popular
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1960. almost everyone has record players. no more monophonic players.
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psycho acoustics
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ability to recreate a live performance on stage, using panning.
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"twist and shout"
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beatles covered. written by little richard in 1955, 8 years before. piece of black r&b, not british rock.
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girl groups
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the chantels, martha and the bandels, the marelettes, the supremes (baby love)
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the beatles
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from liverpool, manchester, and great britain. changed culture. pretty boys, singing about holding hands - parents loved them.
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black power
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symbol = clenched fist. militancy movement.
S. Carmichael. malcolm x assassinated. pete seegar and bob dylan - supporters. |
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memphis, tennessee
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spread whole new music style; soul.
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otis redding
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created new sound. one of first major acts of southern soul to be popular.
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wilson pickett
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wicked mr. pickett. (looks like eddie murphy) king of funk.
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bob dylan
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created electric Dylan controversy. played rock and roll at folk festival, considered a traitor. changed music forever in 1965, found a way to combined r&b and r&r. convinced beatles to change their music and play music that had meaning and affect on people.
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beatles in march 1966
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made statement that they were more important than jesus christ. meant it as beatles were more popular in society than christianity. ruined their on stage careers. never seen in performance again. became cartoon famous - yellow submarine
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1967
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greatest change - HIPPIE MOVEMENT. favor new style of living, free living. victory symbol turned into PEACE SIGN - originally turned downward but eventually turned back up, new fascination with eastern music (beatles), invention of the pill (free loving)
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hipsters
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outsiders who came into society and played music.
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birth control
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free loving. "the pill"
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tomb of unknown soldiers
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washington d.c. for soldiers who never returned home.
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draft issues
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most soldiers had several weeks of training before going to war, those who were drafted were trained for 2 weeks then placed into combat.
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lysergic acid.
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one unifying element that made counterculture what it is. created by professor, he didn't give it to students, student working on project stole it and dealt it. originally used to give to enemies in war to interrogate them. used to be drank out of a tea cup.
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democratic national convention
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1968. riot broke out.
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woodstock
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1969. 3 day event. spirit of cooperation and nonviolence. changed america's concept of delinquency of rock and roll.
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hell's angels security
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hired by rolling stones. clubbed to death a black student during rolling stones performance.
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