Chapter 7 Study Items Top 40 radio programming 155 top forty songs that listeners liked the most and became a policy for radio stations to play the top 40 songs Payola 155 a practice that involved record companies paying DJs to put their records in heavy rotation New Technology 156 158 magnetic tape a new way of recording music Tape captured the full range of musical sounds and allowed musicians to rerecord over unsatisfactory parts and add layers of sound FM radio frequency modulation Used higher frequency than AM which gave it better sound quality and was not disrupted by electrical disturbances as often LPs Long playing discs that could play 20 minutes of music 45s a 7 inch 45 r p m that held a single song People could make a stack of 45s and use the record changer to have a stack of favorites television Had such a big success because of the use of recorded and live music performances Bobby soxers 160 fans of swing music usually teenage girls Billboard a music trade journal 81 A magazine that is devoted to the music industry First issued in 1894 Rhythm Blues and Country Western 173 74 a more dignified way of saying race records Became much popular as radio stations expanded WDIA Memphis 174 first radio station dedicated to a black audience covering a song or cover version 176 a new performance of a song already recorded Usually a white artist sings a song recorded by a black artist Jump blues 176 the first commercially successful category of rhythm and blues Listening Frank Sinatra 1915 1998 Nancy With the Laughing Face 1945 and Theme from New York New York 1980 Nat King Cole 1917 1965 Unforgettable 1950 and Mona Lisa 1950 The Weavers Goodnight Irene 1950 P rez Prado 1916 1989 Mambo No 5 1949 Louis Jordan 1908 1975 Choo Choo Ch Boogie 1946 Charles Brown 1922 1999 Black Night 1951 Muddy Waters 1915 1983 I m Your Hoochie Coochie Man 1954 The Dominoes Sixty Minute Man 1951 and Have Mercy Baby Ruth Brown 1928 2006 Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean 1953 Big Mama Thornton 1926 1984 Hound Dog 1953 Bill Monroe 1911 1997 It s Mighty Dark to Travel 1947 Hank Williams 1923 1953 I m So Lonesome I Could Cry 1949 and Hey Good Lookin 1951 Eddy Arnold 1918 2008 Make the World Go Away 1965 Kitty Wells b 1919 It Wasn t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels 1952 Chapter 8 study items Rock n Roll p 200 first used for commercial purposes by Alan Freed Young white kids were requesting the R B records he played Alan Freed p 200 first used the term Rock n Roll Cover version p 203 recording a song that was previously recorded by another artist Solid body electric guitar p 214 developed after WW II First used in rhythm and blues blues and country bands Listening Little Bird Told Me Paula Watson Evelyn Knight Shake Rattle and Roll Big Joe Turner Bill Haley Sh Boom The Chords The Crew Cuts Mystery Train Little Junior Parker Elvis Presley Ike Turner Rocket 88 Bill Haley Rock Around the Clock Chuck Berry Maybellene and Johnny B Goode Little Richard Long Tall Sally and Tutti Frutti Fats Domino I m Walking and Blueberry Hill Elvis Presley Don t Be Cruel and Hound Dog Buddy Holly Peggy Sue and That ll Be the Day Ritchie Valens La Bamba Wanda Jackson Let s Have a Party Connie Frances Who s Sorry Now The Coasters Charlie Brown Chapter 9 study items The Twist 238 39 started as a B side single in 1959 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters Made popular by Chubby Checker in 1960 Chubby Checker 239 41 popularized The Twist Real name is Ernest Evans Popularized the dance The Twist that went along with the music American Bandstand 239 An American music performance show hosted by Dick Clark Phil Spector 241 45 music prodigy decided to become a producer His level of involvement in the song making process was legendary Invented the wall of sound Phillies Records 242 an independent record company set up by Phil Spector wall of sound 242 the characteristic Phillies sound that was remarkably sense and clear teenage symphonies 242 248 251 the thick texture and the presence of strings on wall of sound records Gold Star studios 243 preferred recording venue of Spector Started the move from New York to Los Angeles as the dominant music power wrecking crew 243 the studio musicians that Spector regularly worked with in Gold Star Studios Berry Gordy 246 songwriter producer marketer and founder of Motown records His success surpassed that of Phillies records Motown 246 Record company set up by Berry Gordy Named after Motor City or Detroit Funk Brothers 248 the musicians that served for most of Motown recordings The equivalent to the Phillies wrecking crew Brian Wilson 251 55 founder songwriter arranger and producer of The Beach Boys His model was Spector and became considered the first second generation rock n roller the Beach Boys 251 The most popular American group of the 1960 s Focused on surf or beach music second generation rock n roller 252 53 acknowledged reliance on predecessors by quoting and covering their songs Carved out distinctive new ground for his songs from his predecessors the Beatles 258 59 Made up of John Lenin George Harrison Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr Became popular in America in 1962 First album was Please Please Me Stopped touring in 1966 and became the first famous studio rock band British Invasion bands 256 Bands such as the Who the Kinks the Animals and Eric Clapton also became popular in America The only one to rival The Beatles were The Rolling Stones Made up of Mick Jagger Keith Richards Charlie Wotts and Ronnie Wood World famous and still do international tours concept album 264 an album conceived as an integrated whole with interrelated songs arranged in a deliberate sequence Latin soul 267 Music performed by Latin American artists that became popular in the pop charts in 1963 bossa nova 269 Portuguese for new trend was a blend of sambra rhythms Ameriachi 271 Mexican music in America Performed by a mariachi band created a Mexican style of music Listening Chubby Checker The Twist 1960 Phil Spector productions Be My Baby by the Ronettes 1963 and Uptown by the Crystals 1962 Motown My Girl by the Temptations 1965 and You Can t Hurry Love by the Supremes 1966 the Beach Boys Surfin USA 1963 and Good Vibrations 1966 the Beatles Please Please Me 1962 A Hard Day s Night 1964 Yesterday 1965 Eleanor Rigby 1966 The Rolling Stones I Can t Get No Satisfaction 1965 Ramon Santamaria Watermelon Man 1963 and Ray Barretto El Watusi 1962 Joao Gilberto The Girl from Ipanema 1963 Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass The Lonely
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