Modern Popular Music September 21 2011 Wednesday 1960s events Kennedy President Historical events James Meredith Rise of Teen Idols Ricky Nelson Fabian Our teen idols Backstreet Boys Disney Channel Rebecca Black Phil Spector Wall of Sound record company owner Spector and the rise of Girl Groups like The Ronettes The 1960s The New Frontier 1960 Greensboro sit in at segregated lunch counter inspires other sit ins throughout the South First televised U S presidential debate held between John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon Kennedy is elected President Birth Control pills made available 1961 Kennedy announces goal of landing a man on the moon Berlin Wall erected the bay of Pigs invasion 400 U S Army special Forces sent to south Vietnam Malcom X advocates black power 1962 James Meredith integrates University of Mississippi and Kennedy sends in the army to quell the uprising that followed Ricky Nelson 1940 1985 First modern teen idol Played himself in sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie Harriet Debuted as a singer on the show in 1957 and transitioned into a musical career The Rise of Teen Idols Early 1960s Manufactured teen idols become major part of music industry songs written by Brill Building songwriters Tin Pan Alley Most idols had clean cut image to fit into American Bandstand model Major teen idols included Fabian Frankie Avalon Neil Sedaka and Bobby Rydell Fabian Hound Dog Man 1959 Lou Pearlman Disney Records Ark Music Factory Created and managed boy bands like backstreet boys NSync O town LFO take 5 Natural us5 2008 sentenced to 25 years prison for illegal financial activities manufactures pop stars through TV film radio record production synergy Has not suffered same losses as other record companies 2000s produces records and music videos for new young singers for a fee including Black s Friday Cofounders Patrice Wilson lyrics and Clarence Jey music also write the songs Phil Spector b 1940 songwriter producers One of the most influential record producers of all time Owned and operated Philles records by age 21 Extremely controlling he supervised every aspect of a record s sound Wall of Sound Spector s trademark production technique with densely layered orchestration a lot of echo and clear vocals up front Spector and Girl Groups Preferred working with female vocal groups The Righteous Bros one of the few male groups he worked with Worked with songwriters from New York s Brill Building The Ronettes Be My Baby 1963 Female vocal groups with Brill Building songs flourished
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