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blues piano tradition
repeated pattern with left hand, improvised pattern with right |
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| style of singing made possible with microphone, intimate approach |
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style rooted in southern string band
pioneer was Bill Monroe
banjo, fiddle, guitar, etc. |
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| cool style of rhythm and blues blend of blues and pop |
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postwar urban blues
tradition of Charley Patton and Robert Johnson
amplified instruments
rougher style |
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postwar country "hard country"
texas and oklahoma, conveyed the sound and ethos or roadside bar |
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first commercially successful category of R&B
afer WWII
smaller than big bands
boogie-woogie based |
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Trombonist and bandleader
peppy, clean-sounding style
appealed to small town people |
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Influential jazz enthusiast
Helped many artists like Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin secure recording contracts |
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"king of swing"
popularity of band helped establish the swing era
first white band leader to hire black musicians |
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musician, bandleader and arranger
credited with inspiring the rise of swing |
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Black pianist and bandleader
band known for improv. style and strong sense of swing |
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| Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington |
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Pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader
most imp. of 20th century
unusual musical forms, instrument combos and distinctive tone colors |
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Most pop. hillbilly singer of swing
joined Grand Ole Opry
performed in style self-consciously rooted in southern folk music |
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Fiddler from east texas "texas playboys" pioneered western swing
widely regarded as pioneers of modern country and western music |
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First successful singing cowboy
film star
"western" component
deep baritone voice and crooner smoothness |
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Spanish violinist, bandleader and filmstar "Rhumba King"
popularized latin music
recorded "brazil" |
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(Francis Albert)
Italian family
crooning style and bel canto technique |
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Most successful black recording artist postwar
piano improviser
elaborate orchestral arrangements |
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Cuban pianist, organist and bandleader
popularized mambo through Latin America/US
"Mambo No. 5 |
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Saxophone player recording for Decca Records
most successful and influential jump band
successful audience pre/post war |
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"Father of Chicago Blues"
sang in country style
greatest influence on the British blues boom |
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"Miss Rhythm"
Pro career at age 16
Atlantic Records
Most pop. black female vocalist in America |
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Pro career as singer, drummer, harmonica and comic
tough woman
"Hound dog" |
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Partially deaf
"Prince of Wails"
paved the way for rock n roll stars of later 50s |
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sold more records than any other female singer of early 1950s
"all my love" "The doggie in the window" "Tennessee Waltz" |
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Most pop. country crooner
dominated country charts and top 40 in pop chart |
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first honky-tonk performers
harder-edged country sound
amp instruments |
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started Blue Grass Boys
joined cast of Grand Ole Opry |
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pop variation of honky-tonk
mixed it with western swing |
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married Johnny Wright
appeared with him on radio
"sweet kitty wells" |
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most significant single figure to emerge postwar in country music
top ten records on country charts
"Lovesick blues" "Cold, cold heart" "Jambalaya" "Your cheating heart" |
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| vocal sining without instrumental accompaniment |
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a version of a prev. recorded performance
aimed to cash in on its success |
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| electrically amplified guitar |
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reverberation
prolongation of sound
acoustical space created by reflective surfaces
naturally/electronically/digitally |
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| illegal practice of paying bribes to radio DJs to get certain artists played more |
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| behind the scence role at record company, responsible for booking time in studio, hiring back up singers, engineering process, etc. |
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Black musical genre emerging after WWII
replacing "race records" |
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commercial and marketing term in mid 1950s
new target audience
encompassed variety of styles (r&b, country and pop) |
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vigorous form of country and western
rhythms of black R&B and electric blues
Carl Perkins and young Elvis Presley |
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| technique involving the use of nonsense syllables as a vehicle for wordless vocal improv |
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| solid-body electric guitar |
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| electrically amped guitar first used in R&B, blues and country bands |
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| song form that employs the same music for each poetic unit in the lyrics |
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DJ and concert promoter
"pied piper" of rock n roll |
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"blues shouter"
signed with Atlantic
"Shake, Rattle and Roll" |
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R&B black male vocal group
orig. version of "sh-boom" |
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| white male vocal group whose cover of "sh-boom" was one of two biggest pop hits |
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DJ and western swing bandleader
Bill Haley and the Comets
successful cover versions of R&B hits |
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| Herman "Little Junior" Parker |
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Singer, songwriter and harmonica player
Little Junior's Blue Flames
"Mystery train" |
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| Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry |
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lyricist and songwriter, rock n roll vocal stylist
pioneering electric guitarist
1st black musicians to consciously forge his own R&B styles
"duck walk" |
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Charles Hardin Holley
early rock n roll guitarist, singer and songwriter
killed in plane crash |
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| Richard Wayne Penniman "Little Richard" |
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Flamboyant early rock n roll singer and pianist
uninhibited shouting style
"Tutti-Frutti"
"Long Tall Sally" |
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established as an R&B singer and pianist
rock n roll star
R&B tinged hits
"Aint it a shame" "Blueberry hill" |
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"The king of Rock n Roll"
the country side of the music world star |
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most pop folk groups of rock n roll era
kept interest in folk music
"Tom Dooley" |
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"queen of rockabilly"
multitalented singer, instrumentalist and songwriter |
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| Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller |
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songwriting and producing team of the early rock n roll years
wrote "hound dog"
wrote hits for elvis presley and the coasters |
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rock n rolls vertical tin pan alley
It was home to many pop-rock songwriting teams during the early 1960 |
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album conceived as an integrated whole
arranged in deliberate sequence |
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Nickname of Mowtown Records
founded by Berry Gordy |
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teen-oriented rock n roll song using twelve-bar blues structure
hip-swiveling dance step |
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describe studio production techniques of Phil Spector
multiple instruments
amount of echo
carefully controlling balance of record |
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| singer who became famous for cover of "the twist" |
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| host of pop. teen-oriented tv show American Bandstand |
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"first tycoon of teen"
"wall of sound"
studio productions and techniques |
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| studio musicians who worked regularly with Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios |
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| founder of motown records |
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black female vocal group
motown records
"you cant hurry love" |
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black male vocal group feat. w/ motown records
"my girl" |
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studio musicians of motown's house band
james jamerson
benny benjamin
earl van dyke |
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founded in Cali
"california sound"
"Surfin USA"
"Good vibrations" |
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leader and guiding spirit of the beach boys
wrote "Good vibrations" |
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rock group from Liverpool, England
"British invasion"
John Lennon
George Harrison
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr |
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British rock group who cultivated an image as "bad boys"
contrast the Beatles |
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sophisticated approach to country music
fusion of "country" and "cosmopolitan" |
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country music style involving arrangements and vocal presentation
Patsy Cline (most imp.) |
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music played by San Fran bands
"hard rock"
variety of styles |
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Black musical style rooted in R&B and gospel
1960s |
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style of folk that grew in pop. NYC scene
Bob Dylan |
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Robert Zimmerman
urban folk singer and songwriter
"Blowin' in the wind"
"Mr. Tambourine Man"
"Like a Rolling Stone" |
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original, inventive and influential guitarist of rock era
most pop. black rock musician of 1960s |
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country vocalist
crossover hits
"Crazy" "I fall to pieces" |
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"Genius of Soul"
songwriter, arranger, keyboard player and vocalist
R&B, jazz and mainstream pop |
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"deadheads"
San Fran rock scene
more than 3 decades |
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"Godfather of Soul"
acrobatic physicality and remarkable charisma
most influential musician of black music |
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"The Queen of Soul"
gospel music at early age
"Respect" "Think" |
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Successful white blues singer of 1960s
band called Big Brother and the Holding Company |
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vocalist for Jefferson Airplane
most imp. female musician on the San Fran scene |
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guitarist, banjoist and singer
urban fold groups
formed the Grateful Dead |
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