Music 103 - Midterm 1

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Charles K Harris

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He is one of the early pioneers of Tin Pan Alley. Wrote "After the Ball" in 1891

Page: 16 & PowerPoint

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Paul Dresser

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He is one of the early pioneers of Tin Pan Alley.
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Jesse Lippincott

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Starts North American Phonograph Company.
Bought patent from Edison and north american rights to Graphaphone

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Emile Berliner

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Wax coated zinc discs (patented 1896), invented in 1887 (he waited 9 years to patent)

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Victor Talking Machine Company

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Founded by Emile Berliner, Fred Gaisberg, and Eldridge Johnson in 1901.

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Louis Glass

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Manager of the Pacific Phonograph Company (a licensee of the north american phonograph company) founder of the Juke Box

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George Washington Johnson

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1890s famous black recording artists.
Wrote: The Whistling Coon and "The Laughing Song"

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Frank Silver & Irving Cone

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"Yes, We Have No Bananas"
1923

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Cultural Distortion

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white middle class appropriates cultural difference for profit

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Scott Joplin

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The "Maple Leaf Rag" (1897) is an early Ragtime composition for piano by Scott Joplin. It was one of Joplin's early works, and is one of the most famous of all Ragtime pieces.

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Irving Berlin

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Wrote Alexander's Rag Time Band in 1911. Became a household name.

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Al Jolson

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The Jazz Singer, performing in Blackface performed between 1927 & 1953. First "talkie" film

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Ralph Peer

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OKeh Recording Label, taken over by Columbia in 1926

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Gene Autry

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most famous singing cowboy, star of a thirteen episode show "The Phantom Empire"

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Mammie Smith

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Crazy Blues - race records

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Brunswick Records

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Founded by Al Jolson, and bought by Warner Bros ~1929. Bought by E.R. Lewis to form American Decca in 1934

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Sarnoff, David

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President of RCA Victor

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Jerry Lee Lewis

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"Great Balls of Fire"
known for his debauchery and violence
Married his thirteen yr old cousin (Myra) which ended his career.

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Sam Phillips

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Founder of Sun Records
the record label which discovered Elvis and banked on Carl Perkins which failed.

Signed Jerry Lee Lewis in 1956

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Carl Perkins

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"Blue Suede Shoes" in 1956
a car crash ended his career in that same year. He was on the way to the Perry Como's show

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Sun Records

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founded by Sam Phillips
key artists include
Elvis. Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis

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Syd Nathan

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Founder of King Records in 1943 headquatered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Richie Valens

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the first Chicano rock n roll star. Recorded for DelFi, one of the labels owned by Bob Kneene

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Little Richard

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"Tutti Fruitti" (1956)
he was from Macon, Georgia

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Louis Jordan

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pivotal in the development of rhythm and blues. Star the the group known as "tympani five" which brought african american sensibility into maintstream with polish and humor.

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"C'mon lets go" and "La Bamba" were written by

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Richie Valens

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Big Joe Turner

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original artist for "Shake Rattle and Roll"

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Henry Glover

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A writer/producer for King Records. said R&B was a trade name given to negro music to keep from saying race

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Muddy Waters

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generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues"

In 1945 Waters's uncle gave him his first electric guitar, which enabled him to be heard above the noisy crowds.

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Chess Record

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Leonard & Phil Chess founded it. Recorded Muddy Waters

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I Can't Be Satisfied" and "I Feel Like Going Home"

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1948 hits of Muddy Waters

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Ahmet Ertegün

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co-founder and executive of Atlantic Records

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Ruth Brown

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began singin in church. was Atlantic records first big star
"So Long" in 1949.
Given a contract that guaranteed her $100,000 over 5 years

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Doo-wop

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Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music, which was started in the black community and became popular in the mid-1950s to the early 1960s in the United States[1].

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famous Atlantic Records writer / producer team in the 1950s..

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Leiber and Stoller

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"Thats All Right / Blue Moon of Kentucky"

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Elvis 1954. first release with

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"Hound Dog"

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Elvis 1956 with RCA. written by Leiber and Stoller of Atlantic

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Colonel Tom Parker

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Manager for Elvis replaced deejay Bob Neal

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Pat Boone

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Built his Career by Sanitizing the Classics

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Shelock Rock

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Sanitized Rock of the late 1950s

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Bill Haley

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Rock Around the Clock

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Fats Domino

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"The Fat Man" was his first release
"Aint that a Shame"