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History of Rock Final WSU
Final for Music 262 History of Rock and Roll
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Music
Undergraduate 1
12/01/2011

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 J&M Records
Definition

 

First recording studio

Owned by Cosmo Matassa

 

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Bo Diddley
Definition
Wrote song with a salsa beat
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Hound Dog
Definition

Originally Sang by Big Momma Thorton

Written By Leiber and Stoller

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Little Richard
Definition
Wrote Tootie Frootie
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12 Bar blues form
Definition
AAB
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The Byrds
Definition

First folk rock group

Wrote Mr. Tambourine Man

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Fats Domino
Definition

First Nonthreatening black rock artist

Sang Blueberry Hill

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Sam Phillips
Definition

Owned Sun Records

Signed Elvis Presley

 

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Everly Brothers
Definition
Created teh Naishville Sound
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Elvis Presley
Definition

Created Rockabilly

Was the most famous recording artist for sun records

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Ricky Nelson
Definition
Created LA Rockabilly
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Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Definition
First prototype for the self-contained rock band
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3 Famous Do-op groups that lasted
Definition

The Coasters

The Drifters

The Platters

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Ray Charles
Definition
Created Soul Music
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James Brown
Definition
Created Funk Music
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Larry Graham
Definition

Created Slap Bass

Played for Sly and the Family Stone

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The Twist
Definition
Brought all ages together for the first time
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Phil Spector
Definition
Originally wrote for black girl groups
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Beach Boys
Definition
Famous California surf group
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Motown
Definition
Famous recording studio in Detroit
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Bob Dylan
Definition
Played Folk and Folk Rock music
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Haight-Ashberry
Definition
Where the Hippy Movement started
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Jimi Hendrix
Definition

Considered to have redfined the guitar and guitar performance

Was a great showman

Himi Hendrix Experience was his first band

Black community wanted to use black musicians instead of his white musicians

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The Doors
Definition

First big hit was Light my Fire

Music catagorized as doom and gloom

Jim Morrison was the lead singer

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Janis Joplin
Definition
Broke barriers for women in the music industry
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Jim Morrison
Definition

Played in The Doors

"The father of contemorary rock music"

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Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground
Definition

Created speak-singing

Music was a combination of music and art

Used S&M as art on stage

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Art Rock
Definition

A combination of classical and rock n roll

Meant to be listened to from the beginning of the record to the end

Lots of symbolism, imagery and mysticism

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Pink Floyd
Definition

Wrote Money

Name came from Pink Anderson and Floyd Council

Began as a psychedelic band

Biggest album was Dark Side of the Moon

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Frank Zappa
Definition

Named his son Dwezel and his daughter Moon Unit

“Considered one of the most accomplished rock composers of all time”
Known as a satirist

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Proto-Punk
Definition

Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground
“Walk on the Wild Side”
“Was a combination of music and art”

Was a reaction to the hippie movement
MC5
Iggy Pop

Alice Cooper
Was not very commercially successful
Did not have a big impact on the music industry
Involved S&M
Where speak-singing was created

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The 27 Club
Definition

Janis Joplin

Jim Morrison

Curt Cobain

Jimi Hendrix

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Punk
Definition
The Ramones
The Sex Pistols
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The Sex Pistols
Definition
Revolutionary Group
Made fun of the Queen
Anarchy in the UK
Music was banned in the UK
Went to the US to tour
Sid Vicious had a nervous breakdown
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