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Payola |
Was the practice of paying of cash or giving gifts in exchange for AirPlay The first case was presented on May 9 1960 Alan freed was indicted for accepting 2500 These hearings had a profound impact on the music industry and was not the last attempt to censor rock and roll |
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American bandstand |
American bandstand aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted by dick Clark The show featured teenagers dancing to top 40 music introduced by Clark at least one popular musical act would usually appear in person to lip sync one of their latest singles It premiered locally in late September 1952 as bandstand in Philadelphia |
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The Teen idols |
The success of young rock stars like Elvis Presley and film stars like James dean in the 50s, as well as the wider emergence of youth subcultures led promoters to the creation of teen idols such as Frankie Avalon and Fabian and to artist who deliberately cultivated a safer less sexual idol image from wild to mild, by providing a cleaner more wholesome image of masculinity than that of the previous eras rebellious rockabilly stars
Frankie vallee Ricky Nelson Bobby rydell Bobby vee Paul anka Frankie avalon |
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The end of the first wave of rock n roll |
October 1957 little Richard quits music to pursue a career as a minister November 1957 jerry lee Lewis was already suffering from lack of hits. His marriage to his 13 year old cousin Myra gale effectively killed his rock n roll career March 1958 Elvis is drafted into the us army he would not return until 1960 Elvis was stationed in Germany where he met Priscilla beaulieu. She was 14 years old 1959 chuck berry is arrested in St. Louis and charged with a violation of the mann act ( transporting a minor across state lines for immoral purposes) February 3 1959 the day the music died the death of buddy holly, Ritchie valens and jp Richardson in a plane crash outside of clear lake Iowa |
