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59 Cards in this Set
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Bing Crosby
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Most influential crooner. easy going. ballads "ole man river". worked radio and film.
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Frank Sinatra
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1st pop singer to create unique style and image. dangerous and admirable. blueprint for many rockstars
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Benny Goodman
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1st star of swing era
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Pat Boone
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covered fat domino and little richard
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Country Blues
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1st blues style. solo singers with guitars.
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Classic Blues
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1st recorded blues. female vocals
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Mississippi Delta
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blues created here
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W.C Handy
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1st to publish blues. "father of blues"
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Robert Johnson
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songs most influential in american history. killed by jealous husband
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Muddy Waters
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1st to define urban blues (chicago blues) electrified. menacing vocals
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Jazz
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individual expression. improvisation and swing rythm
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Louis Armstrong
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1st true innovater. trumpeter. revolutionarized jazz
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Miles Davis
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Trumpet. fused rock and jazz
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Gospel
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highly emotional emerged from spirituals
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Melisma
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one syllable into several notes
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Thomas Dorsey
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"father of gospel"
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R&B
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Replaced jazz when swing era ended. blues that was more danceable
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Louis Jordan
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Leader of Tymphanny 5
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Doo-wop
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popular black music in 50s. capalla'
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Hank Ballard
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Sexually agressive lyrics. wrote "the twist"
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Frankie Lymon
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Street singer. 13. got ripped of by producer
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Traditional Rural Music
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evolved from folk. brought by british immigrants
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Hillbilly Music
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Traditional old time music. foundation of modern country
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"barbarra allen"
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traditional english ballad
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The Bristol Sessions: Ralph Peer
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Set up recording studio offering 50 for auditioneers. recorded jimmie and the carter family
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Jimmie Rogers
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"father of country music" yodeler
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The Carter Family
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learned 100s of traditional songs. flat picking guitar
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Cowboy Music
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country and hillbilly songs used in hollywood.
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Wester Swing
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Country that incorporates jazz swing rythm
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Bob Wills
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biggest star of western swing
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Bluegrass
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Fast paced, acoustic music
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Bill Monroe
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invented bluegrass
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Flatt and Scruggs
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joined monroes band
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Honky Tonk
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Country oriented predeccesor to rock. used rythem section. drinking cheating songs
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Lefty Frizzel
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smoother singing style. blueprint for modern singing styles
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Hank Williams
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Personified honky tonk style. Hillbilly Shankespear.
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James Dean
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Movie Star. role model for teens.
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Marlon Brando
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actor. played role of troubled youth
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Indie Labels
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Sun, Chess, Atlantic
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RIAA
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Recording industry association of america
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Alan Freed
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most famoust white dj. wacky personallity
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Bill Haley
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1st white band top twenty
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Rockabilly
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1st style of rock and roll,r7b and counry. slap bass, hiccoping vocals and fast nervous beat
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Elvis Childhood influences
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Grand ole opry gospel music, mepmphis black stations. nightclubs. shy
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Elvis the sun years
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Scotty Moore and Bill Black members of elvis' band
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The New Orleans Sound
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Swing like rythem influence from jazz. walking bass from boogie woogie, tight ensembles with pianos, bass, drums, horn section
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Cosimo Matassa
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defined new orleans sound
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J&M Recording
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Owned by Matassa
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Dave Bartholomew
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Trumpet Player w/ fats domino
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Fats Domino
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Easy going charm likeable by white audiences
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Little Richard
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opposite of fats. agressive in your face. hollered shrieked pounded on piano. left to become minister
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Chicago R&B
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Raunchy, Powerful, distorted electrical guitar, bass, drum
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Bo Diddly
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Guitar Innovator. used reverb and tremolo. used maracas.
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Chess Records
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earliest success came from delta musicians
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Carl Perkins
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"Blue Suede Shoes" suns 1st million seller. inspired beatles. car accident ended career
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Jerry Lee Lewis
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1st bad boy of rock and roll. "great balls of fire:.
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Nor Va Jak/ Norman Petty
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Gave Holly access to studio anytime
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Multi Tracking
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allows seperate recording on individual tracks
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Everly Brothers
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Traditional appalacian style. influenced beach boys. high vocals
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