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53 Cards in this Set
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Buddy Holly
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-guitar/composer
-when he died it was known as the day the music died -very influencial |
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Bing Crosby
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-crossover artist
-1st big superstar because we a singer and on TV |
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Hillbilly music
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mix of country, and then country western
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Nat King Cole
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-Jazz pianist
-1st african american with a national TV and Radio show |
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Race Music
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any music written by/for african americans
-blues --> R&B came before it |
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Frank Sinatra
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-1st case of fan hysteria
-crooner |
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Bill Haley
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-1st rock and roll song Rock Around the Clock
-1st star of Rock and Roll |
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Jimmy Rodgers
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-Father of Country Music
-Hillbilly musician |
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Muddy Waters
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-blues artist
-added electric guitar to music in response to loud fans |
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T-bone bennett
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-father of the blues
-blues artist |
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Frankie Lymon
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-young black singer w/ doo wop
-got in trouble for dancing with a white girl on national TV |
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Johnny Ottis
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-Producer/DJ/Composer
-Produced Hound Dog -Lived in the black community |
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Louis Jordan
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-Father of R&B
-great showman, sought after whites and blacks |
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Alan Freed
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-DJ
-Coined the term Rock and Roll -Accused of Payola |
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The Weavers
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-Urban Folk Group
-Accused of being a communist |
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33 1/3 RPM
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-album
-20 minutes per side -4-5 songs per side |
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45 RPM
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-single
-Side A, Side B -Faster |
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Influences of Elvis
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-white gospel
-black gospel -crooners -Rock and Roll |
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What forms of music formed R&B
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-race music
-blues -gospel -jump jazz -big band swing |
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The microphone
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changed the effects of solo singer becuase the singer could now be more intimate and sing right to the audience
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Chuck Berry
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-played guitar
-Duck Walk |
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Urban Folk
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took folk music to intellectuals, involved politics
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Honky Tonk
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rough barons of rural/south, another branch of country music
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crossover artist
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someone who made money in 1 area but also does singing/playing in another area
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Robert Johnson
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-Father of Delta Blues
-left only 29 recordings |
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Rhythm and Blues
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-big migration from rural to urban areas which increased the use of amplified guitars, harmonica, bass and drums`
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Payola
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scheme from record companies by paying Dj's to play certain songs, became illegal in 1950s
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Major record companies of the 50s
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RCA vector
Decca Columbia Capital |
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Magnetic Tape
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developed by germans/japanese in 1930's, captured wider sound range and allowed for do-overs and over dubbing
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les paul
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designed 8 track recorder
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Chuck Berry
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-played guitar
-Duck Walk |
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Urban Folk
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took folk music to intellectuals, involved politics
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Honky Tonk
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rough barons of rural/south, another branch of country music
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crossover artist
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someone who made money in 1 area but also does singing/playing in another area
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Robert Johnson
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-Father of Delta Blues
-left only 29 recordings |
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Rhythm and Blues
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-big migration from rural to urban areas which increased the use of amplified guitars, harmonica, bass and drums`
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Payola
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scheme from record companies by paying Dj's to play certain songs, became illegal in 1950s
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Major record companies of the 50s
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RCA vector
Decca Columbia Capital |
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Magnetic Tape
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developed by germans/japanese in 1930's, captured wider sound range and allowed for do-overs and over dubbing
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les paul
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designed 8 track recorder
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Crooners
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people who sung popular songs in a low, soft and sentimental manner
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Pete Seegar
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-1st important urban folk singer
-banjo player -political activist -was in the weavers |
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Indie Records
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companies (post WWII) that were small entreprenuers that exploited musical talent
-acts that major companies thought were insignifiant |
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Doo Wop
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-vocal harmony group
-city kids |
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Ruth Brown
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-Signed w/ Atlanta Records at age 16
-biggest star post WWII |
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Big Mamma Thorton
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-Original singer of Hound Dog
-father was a baptist preacher |
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Patty Page
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-sold more records then any female in 1950s
-one of the first songs issued on a 45 rpm single |
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Hank Williams
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-most signifiant country musician of his time
-had 36 top 10 recordings on Country Western charts |
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Rock Around the Clock
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-first rock and roll song
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Rock and Roll
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term used for marketing purposes
-derrived from references to R&B, blues and race records from the 1920s |
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Elvis Presley
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-born in Tupeio, MS
-influenced by white gospel, C+W, crooners -caught attention of Sam Phillips (indie record producer) -signed with sun records -RCA Victor went after his contract and bought it for $35,000 -1st bonafide superstar |
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Little Richard
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-visually flamboyant
-blurred the lines of sexual preference -teens liked that he embodied the new spirit of rock and roll |
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Fats Domino
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-New orleans artist
-2nd best selling arists of the time behind elvis |
