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entertainment biz grew rapidly after war.
indy labels became important force in entertainment industry |
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| what were the 2 main indy labels of the post war era? |
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chess records (race records, signed muddy waters) AND
atlantic records |
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| this postwar era saw the first magnetic tape which had better sound quality and allowed over dubs/ edits |
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radio increased the influence of DJ's on pop music
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first commercial FM broadcast |
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by 1946 the musical focus was switched from big band leaders to vocalists
(the musicians union recording ban had to do with this) |
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-heavily promoted on radio
-influenced by female jazz songers like billie holliday |
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most successful black recording artist of the post war era
-he was a crooner
-one of the first black artists to break into white pop culture |
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| The Weavers- what were they known for |
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| First urban folk group to achieve commercial success and first world beat artist (using different cultural music) |
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| What politically active band was accused of being communist and then got dropped from their record label |
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| What was the first radio station to be dedicated to a black audience? |
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| first successful category of r&b |
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| black artist that led the most famous jump blues band |
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black GI, who played blues crooner style.
recorded "i wonder" made it to # 1 billboard |
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| most succesful blues crooner of 40s and 50s |
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| urban blues tradition of the post war era that used electric guitars. blues came up the Mississippi |
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| chicago electric blues player founded in Mississippi who influenced the rolling stones |
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| first vocal group to break away from the pop sound shown by the mills brothers (gospel influence) |
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First white artist to be on black charts.
Partially deaf and reached #1 on both rnb and pop charts with "cry" |
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| female rnb artist who was claimed "miss rhythm" and who was big on rnb charts |
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| rnb /gospel singer who was a multi instrumentalist |
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| country western artist who sold more records than any other female artist of the 50s "the doggie in the window" |
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most popular of country crooners
+ considered a sell out |
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| father of bluegrass who developed the chop chord rhythm of hits on 2 and 4 for madolin |
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| honkey tonk style of music |
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born in oil boomtowns of TX and OK ater WW2
adapted music to accommodate partying style |
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| who was a disciple of jimmie rodgers and was one of the first honkey tonk performers? |
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| kitty wells - honkey tonk |
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first female superstar of country
she answered hank thompsons song about god who made honkey tonk angels |
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who was considered the symbol of honkey tonk style and was influenced by gospel.
also wrote hey good lookin |
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| who was the DJ and concert promoter who was dubbed the pied piper of rock n roll |
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| supported rnb and started a rock radio show in cleaveland. was a national celeb |
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| 50's rock and roll was shaped by.. |
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| record sales tripling and the sale of radios/ record players |
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| what was bill haley and the comets biggest hit? |
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| rock around the clock --- popularized by blackboard jungle |
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| black rocker wrote original rock songs |
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| what artist started the gender blend and was a rnb player earlier in his career/ had the hit tutti fruiti |
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first black american to beat white cover versions of the 50s
had boogie woogie influence and rnb |
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| what performer did covers and had his contract boughten from sun by RCA |
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| what rock n roll star was known for his music and started in country before rock |
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| who established the line up of 2 guitars bass and drums for a band? |
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| Mexican american who had a short career due to a plane crash with buddy holly/ guitar playing was influenced by dick dale |
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| what female artist of the early rock era has a cult following/ has a lasting effect on rockabilly/ wrote hard headed woman |
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| what group consisted of 5 african american school girls from harlem that scored a hit called mr lee in 1957 |
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| who was the first female recording star of the rock n roll era? |
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| who was a female rock n roll artist w/ a fiesty public image and wrote "sweet lovin" |
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| who was the most innovative song writing team of the early rock era (were not recording artists)/ wrote charlie brown) |
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| jerry lieber and mike stoller |
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| what was the 1960s music most known for |
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| early 60s teenage symphony |
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| the twist (redone by chubby checker) and other dance songs were played on american band stand |
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what artist and producer invented the wall of sound (echo reverb etc)
aka "the first tycoon of teen" |
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| rock n rolls tin pan alley |
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| expert producer (MOTOWN) who created the blues/gospel/pop genre appealing for both blacks and whites |
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| house band for benny gordy that has more hits than beatles or beach boys |
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| what band, formed by brian wilson in hawthorne ca was HUGELY influenced by chuck berry? |
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| most commercial success in the 20th century, performed modelling after buddy holly |
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| what british rock band didnt act like the beatles in the good boy sense and played more traditional rock style than the beatles |
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| who produced the first concept album |
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| brian wilson/ beach bys/ PET SOUNDS |
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| what genre is Portuguese for "new trend" and is a blend of samba and Brazilian traditional song |
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| what mexican influenced group produced the lonely bull and the taste of honey |
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| herb alpert and the tijuana brass band |
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| 60s .... people were adding mad instrumentation to country labeling it country-politan |
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| who was the first country western/ rnb crossover artist to hit the pop and country charts |
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| /who was the first famous soul musician |
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| who is sampled more than anyone in history |
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| who influenced the sound of black music the most in the 60's |
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| james brown (also started critiquing social problems. also shaped music performance) |
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| the queen of soul from a gospel family who had 13 million-sellers and 13 top ten hits |
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| who was considered the first poet of the mass media/? |
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| what URBAN FOLK group released "sound of of silence" with a full band (behind their backs the band was added) |
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| what group is named the first nationally successful band out of SF |
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| who was the most successful white female blues singer of 60s? |
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| what band had a career that spanned 3 decades and took place in acid tests |
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| who was the most influetial, innovative, and original guitarist of the rock era? |
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| what british blues player was a member of the yard birds and later formed cream? |
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| in the 70s how did the technology affect the music biz |
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tapes , 8 tacks and records all exist.
more advanced technology and longer records |
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| album oriented rock aged towards young men featured hard rock like led zeppelin |
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| what was the first hit in 70s |
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| rain drops keep falling on my head |
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| what group in the 70s still had the post war era honky tonk sound and had songs about hard times |
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| spent 3 years in jail/ rough and tumble / original country sound/ rips on ppl for smoking weed even though he smokes mad ganja |
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| what are the two concept albums that were talked about in class? |
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| what artist had the ater ego ziggy stardust |
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| who is often regarded as a pioneer of glam rock |
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| what is the Joni mitchell piece of work "blue" about |
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love
this was big hit in the uk |
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| what was marvin gayes album "whats goin on" about |
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| what is unique about the emerson lake and palmer album, "pictures at an exhibition" |
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they took classical piano pieces from russian composer and played them in their style in a live album
this band sold out huge stadiums/ went to music school |
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| what is unique about the album "exile on main street" by the rolling stones? |
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| double album that is unpolished blues based , raw, and recorded in keith richards basement |
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| what did led zeppelin have a huge involvement in as far as creating evolution of a new genre? |
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| what mexican artist came to SF and was influenced by jazz artists like miles davis and rock artists like jimi hendrix? |
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| what is unique about santanas self titled album? |
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| all in spanish /mostly instrumental |
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| what album is black magic woman on (by santana) |
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| abraxas -- this album sells over a million copies and goes to #1 |
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| what were the factors that aided the rise of disco |
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motown soul and funk influences
dance music
used synths/ sampling
used dj's instead of bands (cheaper)
opposite of rock |
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| what is the song bad girls about ? by donna summer |
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| what are the 5 things that define disco |
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the simple beat
steady medium fast tempo
straight forward repetitive song forms
straight forward subject matter
limited harmonic vocab (simple) |
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| sugar hill gang were the first popular rap group and came from the disco era |
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