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Music 162
Lecture 1 (Rhythm and Blues and Country Western)
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04/28/2010

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Term
What was the name of the new genre that evolved from the original blues?
Definition

Rhythm and Blues

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R & B

Term
In what year did the music industry start using the term "Rhythm and Blues"?
Definition
1949
Term
What was the first commercially successful category of R & B music?
Definition

Jump Blues

 

Term
What was significant about Jump Blues?
Definition

They were:

  • Uptempo
  • Combination of Big Band Jazz (swing) and blues music
  • Downsized form of Big Band Jazz
Term
"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" is an example of what style of music?
Definition
Jump Blues
Term
Who sang "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"?
Definition
Louis Jordan (with his band Tymphany 5)
Term
In what year was "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" recorded?
Definition
1946
Term
What is a riff?
Definition
A repeated short pattern
Term
What style of rhythm and blues evolved from country blues?
Definition
Electric Blues
Term
What distinctive instrumentation is used in electric blues?
Definition
Electric guitar and amplified harmonica
Term
"Hoochie Coochie Man" is an example of what style of music?
Definition
Electric Blues
Term
Who sang "Hoochie Coochie Man"?
Definition
Muddy Waters
Term
In what year was "Hoochie Coochie Man" recorded?
Definition
1954
Term
What is stoptime?
Definition
When the beat of a song is suspended (or just sounds like it).
Term
What is a shouter?
Definition
An early R & B performer in a jump-style band who produced high-energy, blues-based vocals that nearly shouted.
Term
Which female shouter recorded "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" in 1953?
Definition
Ruth Brown
Term
What female shouter recorded "Hound Dog" in 1953?
Definition
Big Mama Thornton
Term
When people moved to urban areas from the rural south, early country or "hillbilly music" turned into what new style?
Definition
Honky Tonk
Term
What is Honky Tonk?
Definition
"A loud, earthy country music style, flavored with steel pedal guitar and lyrics about love and partying."
Term
When was Honky Tonk invented?
Definition
The 1940's.
Term
What three country songs we listened to had the same melody?
Definition
"The Wild Side of Life", "Great Speckled Bird", and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels"
Term
Who sang "The Wild Side of Life" and in what year?
Definition
Hank Thompson and His Brazos Boys, 1951
Term
Who sang "Great Speckled Bird" and in what year?
Definition
Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans, 1936
Term
Who sang "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angeles" and in what year?
Definition
Kitty Wells, 1952
Term
Why was Kitty Wells famous?
Definition
She was the first female country music super star.
Term
Why did Kitty Wells sing "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"?
Definition
  • As a response to "The Wild Side of Life".
  • Claiming that women weren't to blame for all relationship problems.
  •  Giving a female perspective on country music.
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