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Rocket 88

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By: Jackie Brenston, 1951
Simple verse form
Composer/ Lyricist: Jackie Brenston
Blues and R&B
First rock and roll song

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Great Balls Of Fire

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By: Jerry Lee Lewis, 1958
AABA form
Composer/ Lyricist: Otis Blackwell & Jack Hammer
Rock

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That’ll Be The Day

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By: Buddy Holly and The Crickets, 1957
Verse chorus
Composer/ Lyricist: Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty
Rock n roll

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Over The Rainbow

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By: Judy Garland, 1939
AABA form
Composer/ Lyricist: Harold Arlen
Vocal/ easy listening
Featured in the wizard of oz

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Im Sittin On Top Of The World

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By: Les paul and Mary Ford, 1953
AABA form
Composer: Rey Henderson
Lyricist: Sam Lewis and Joe Young
Vocal/ easy listening
composed in 25 and performed in 53

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Hey good lookin

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By: Hank Williams, 1951
AABA form
Composer/ Lyricist: Hank Williams
Honky tonk
Twang

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St . Louis Blue

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By: Billie Holliday, 1914 (pub), 1925 recording
Composer/ Lyricist: WC Handy
AABA form
Blues
Harmony: 12 bar blues
Lyrics: aab form

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Evil

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By: Howlin Wolf, 1954
Composer: Willie Dixion
Performer: Howlin Wolf
12 bar blues
adult lyrics about infidelity

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Shake, Rattle, and Roll

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By: Big Joe Turner, 1954
Song Writer: Charles f. Calhoun
Performer: Big joe Turner
Vers chorus form
Lyrics about sex

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Blueberry Hill

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By: Fats Domino, 1956
Composer/ lyricist: Al Lewis, Larry Stock, and Vincent Rose
AABA form
lyrics/ vocal timbre - pop
Elec. guitar, drums, horns - R&B

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Jhonny B. Goode

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By: Chuck Berry, 1958
Composer/ Lyricist: Chuck Berry
Simple Verse Form W Refrain
12 bar blues
Rock song about rock

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Tutti Frutti

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By: Little Richard, 1955
Composer/ Lyricist: little Richard, Bump Blackwell, Dorothy LaBostrie
Verse chorus form
Vocal acrobatics

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Tutti frutti (cover)

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By: Pat Boone, 1956
Rock

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Blue moon of Kentucky

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By: Elvis, 1954
Composer/Lyricist: Bill Monroe
B-side of thats all right
Originally performed by: Bill Monroe, Blue Grass boys

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Hound Dog

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By: Elvis, 1956
Composer/ Lyricist: Jerry Lieber, and Mike Stoller
Hokum blues
12 bar blues
Cover of big mama thorton

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Are you Lonesome Tonight

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By: Elvis, 1960
Composer/ Lyricist: Lou Handman, and Roy Turk
Performed: Elvis Presley
Subdued Ballad Style
Crooning

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Blue suede shoes

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By: Carl Perkins, 1955
Composer/ Lyricist? Performed: Carl Perkins
Simple Verse Form
12 bar blues
Stop Time

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Lets Have a Party

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By: Wanda Jackson, 1960
Composer/ Lyricist: Jessie Mae Robinson
Performed: Wanda Jackson
Raspy Vocal Timbre
Rockabiliy

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The twist

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By: Chubby Checker, 1960
Composer/ Lyricist: Hank Ballard
Performed: Chubby Checker
12 bar blues

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Will You Love Me Tomorrow

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By: The Shrielles, 1960
Composer/Lyricist: Gerry Geofin,
Performed: The Shirelles
AABA form
Orchestral Accompaniment
Ambivalence over sexual encounter

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Be My Baby

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By: The Ronnettes, 1963
Composer/Lyricist: Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Berry
Produced: Phil Spector
Performed: The Ronnettes
Wall of sound

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There Goes My Baby

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By: The drifters, 1959
Composer/Lyricist: Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson, George Treadwell
Performed: The Drifters
Produced: Lieber and Stoller
Doo Wop style vocals

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All I have to do is Dream

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By: The Everly Brothers, 1958
Composer/Lyricist: Felice and Boudreax Bryant
Performed: The Everly Brothers
Close 2 part vocal Harmony
AABA

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Surfin USA

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By: The Beach Boys, 1963
Composer/Lyricist: Brian Willson and Chuck Berry
Performed: Beach Boys
Driving guitar
Surfing
Doo Wop style vocals

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I Want to hold your hand
By: The Beatles, 1963 Composer/ Lyricist: John Lennon and Paul McCartney Performed: The Beatles AABA form, Tin pan alley, Brill Driving guitar - chuck berry Hand Claps - girl groups Duet singing - everly brothers Ooos - Little Richard
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Satisfaction
By: The Rolling Stones, 1965 Composer/ Lyricist: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Performed: Rolling Stones Prominent electric guitar riff and fuzz tone Lyrics discussing rampant consumerism and sexual frustration
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My Generation
By: The who, 1965 Composer/ Lyricist: Pete Townshed Produced: Shel Talmy youth rebellion Simple Verse Form
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Rhythm
a pattern of long and short notes organized around a beat
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Meter
a steady pulse stream with a regular pattern of accented and unaccented beats - duple, triple, quadruple
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Tempo
the speed of the beat
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Dynamics
pp p mp mf f ff
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Melody
pitches played one at a time in succession
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Harmony
multiple pitches played at the same time
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Riff
a repeated melodic figure
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Timbre
tone color, instrumentation, sound quality
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Rhythm Section
vocals, lead guitar, drums, bass, piano, (instruments)
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12 bar blues
I I I I IV IV I I V IV I I C C C C F F C C G F C C
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Simple verse form
AAAA
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Standard Song form
AABA
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Verse chorus form
verse - same music/ different text chorus - same music/ same text
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Phonograph
first radio
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Radio
after phonograph
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Tin pan alley
manhattan, collection of music composers, professional composer and lyricist, standard song form
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George and Ira Gerwish
popular on tin pan alley
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Big bands
crooners, swing beats w orchestra, soft sweet singing style
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Crooning
no microphones so had to had loud "raspy" voice
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Les Paul
invented solid body guitar, pioneer of overdubbing
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Jimmy Rodgers
hillbilly string bands
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Singing Cowboy
crooning side of country and western, movie musicals
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Bluegrass
fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass
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Honky Tonk
convergence of previous styles, nasally vocal sound, autobiographical
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Rhythm and Blues
race records, blues, jazz, gospel, doo wop
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Stop time
when the vocals and music stop in the song
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Urban Blues
produced primarily within industry, follows rules, ensemble accompaniment
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Rural Blues
older, less fixed, heavier dialect, voice and guitar
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Jump Blues
upbeat, played by small ensembles with horn sections
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Gospel
many rhythm and blues learned to sing in church
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Sun Records
independant record lablel out of Memphis
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Chess Records
electric blues, rough emotional directness, expressive vocals, advanced instrumental playing, raw sound, adult lyrics,
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Doo Wop
A capella singing groups featuring a solo singer against a vocal-chorus accompaniment with lyrics often including nonsense syllables
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Electric Blues
electric amplification for instruments
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Hokum Blues
A subset of blues music that pokes fun at various aspects of adult relationships with lyrics that tend to feature double entendres and overt sexual undertones
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Youth culture
Parents don't know what kids are listening to because of cars with radios
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DJ
1st prominent radio dj alan freed called rock and roll party
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Crossover
simple verse form with refrain, 12 bar blues, electric guitar, rock song about a rock
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Cover Song
Pat Boone made covers of black artist songs and makes them cleaner
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Payola
paying djs to play a certain song/ artist
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Fats Domino
whites thought he was white (he was black) performed blue berry hill
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Chuck Berry
word, music, performed Johnny b. Goode, visual whites thought he was white (he was black) duck walk
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Duck Walk
performed by Chuck Berry when he performed Johnny B. Goode
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Pat Boone
made covers of black artist songs that where dirty and made them clean
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Little Richard
like chuck berry, tutti frutti, vocal acrobatics. later clled into ministry in 1957
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Bill Haley
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Big Joe Turner
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Elvis Presley
did lots of covers before he got big, "all right mama" cover big break, gets drafted in 1959, first to chart in top 3 generes strong visual element, adaptable, performer
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Rockabilly
electric lead guitar, rhythm guitar, upright bass, slapback reverberation, exaggerated body movements
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Jackie Brenston
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Sam Philips
heard potential in Elvis, made him cover all right mama which gave him the lightbulb for Elvis
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Bill Black
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Scotty Moore
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Slapback
single echo resulting from non-absorbing surfaces
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Colonel Tom Parker
elvis presleys manager, 9/9/56 ed sullivan show,
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Ed Sullivan Show
hosted elvis presley and the beatles
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Johnny Cash
bridge between rock and country, rockabilly artist
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Carl Perkins
rockabilly artist
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Jerry Lee Lewis
rockabilly artist, scandal in 1958
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Brill Building
becomes offices then music teams rents the offices becomes big building for up and coming artist, like tin pan alley
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Buddy Holly
rockabilly artist
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Goffin and King
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Aldon Publishing
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Teen Idol
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American Bandstand
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Chubby Checker
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Folk Music
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The Kingston Trio
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Pop Production
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The Coasters
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Lieber and Stoller
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Girl Groups
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Phil Spector
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Wall of Sound
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Sweet Soul
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Rockabilly Pop
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Everly Brothers
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Surf Rock
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Skiffle
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Quarrymen
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Brian Epstein
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George Maritn
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Beatlemania
people in uk become obsessed with the beatles
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The Rolling Stone
108
The Animals
109
The Kinks
110
The Who
111
The British Invasion
when the beatles became the most popular artist in the U.S.
112
Alan Freed
created payola

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