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chuck berry

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Maybellene 1955 rnr figure singer songwriter crossover hit and he passed as a 'white person'

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green onions 1962 riff based dance music reverb in the guitar

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misirlou 1962 instrumental surf music super fast wet sound-reverb

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be my baby 1963 contrasting verse-chorus form percussion, backup vocals, string,

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surfin usa 1963 Surf Music: black doo wop, white vocal groups, chuck berry, wall of sound

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please please me 1963 Beatlemania

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tom dooley 1958 start of folk revival one of the biggest hits of the era

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little red rooster 1964 song writing credit given to stones British Invasion blues and blues rock bad boy image vs beatles

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like a rolling stone 1965 bob dylan, but ELECTRIC babbbyyy 6min song so its not pop (still played on radio) 4 long sections one verse and chorus per section

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mr. tambourine man 1965 Formed in LA in 1964 US & UK #1 brings together folk revival Bob Dylan cover

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sound of silence 1964 original acoustic version not a hit when first recorded after Dylan and the Byrds success, the record company added other instruments without S&G's knowledge and released it; became . a hit

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tomorrow never knows 1966 Beatlemania

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good vibrations 1966 took at least 5 months to record unusual sounds/instrument combinations (6 vocalists, fuzz bass, organ, upright bass, cello, etc.)

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white rabbit 1967 Psychedelia

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poor working class family: more exposure to black culture than upper white class summer 1953 vanity recording at sun records July 1954: Elvis gets callback from Marion Keisker session takes of when Elvis plays old r&b tune 1955 Elvis' manager Tom Parker gets him deal 35,000 for the contract from Sam Phillips and 5,000 for Elvis two TV appearances in 1956: breakout year for Elvis nationally international star 1956ish 1958-1960 inducted into the Army Elvis helped establish rockabilly

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scene becomes mainstream and hits a peak in the summer of 1967 aka "The Summer of Love" in 1950s growing interest in psychedelic drugs experimentation with sound

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'meaningful' lyrics with beat and electric instrumentation of rock most songs were newly composed but not all

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record labels and distributors often paid radio DJs to play their records major labels had federal government to investigate indie record label's use of payola to get radio airplay many DJs fired and radio stations formats changed Alan Freed and Dick Clark Freed didn't admit fault, ending his career Clark was cooperative and remained in music bizz

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Radio personality DJ in Cleveland, Ohio one of first to play R&B records for white audience r&b = rock n roll

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major star, well-known white cover artist easy to sell to mainstream pop market lead the 1950s cover phenomenon (white covers of black hits)

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simplicity and repetition; riff based core instrumentation: electric guitars, electric bass, drums, vocals blues-based harmonic structures

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indie DJ; studio owner; producer sun records opens 1952 brought Elvis into music

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one of only a few 1950s female rock and rollers

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more than anyone else, he defined rock-based improvisation new guitar sounds psychedelic sounds

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like the 1950s rock and roll radio shows but for TV filmed in Philly, nationally syndicated as of 1957 Dick Clark is host

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Brill building philosophy of making high-quality pop often worked on one song for months demanded total control at sessions: recording and even releasing the record on his own label two ideas: the idea of the freelance and celebrity producer/producer as artist wall of sound: many instruments in a small pace

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Indian classical instrument 18-21 strings; 6-7 played, the rest are sympathetic (drone) strings

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another influential blues-to-rock and roll figure chess records hyper-masculinity

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Greenwich Village, NYC, 1961 quickly became a leader in music scene although his recording career was slow to take off manager Albert Grossman known for his songwriting abilities had an electric phase major music influence on the mid 1960s transformation from rock and roll to a style that would be called simply Rock

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eclectic influences: black doo wop, white vocal groups, cars, girls, surfing (1964) distinct style of pop group vocal sound

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Formed in Liverpool as a skiffle band called the Quarry Men early live experience and musical training Beatlemania 1962-66 studio band: 67-68

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started as a blues cover named on July 1962 big in UK by late 1963, US late 1964 perhaps delayed because of their bad-boy mage (long hair, scruffy, rebellious)

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a movement of young musicians playing fast, enthusiastic versions of US folk songs

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a rock subgenre that emerges in the early-to-mid 1960s rock and classical instrumentation/arrangements (string, wind, brass) harpsichord

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part of the London blues scene from the early 1960s member of The Yardbirds, but left the group when they recorded more pop-oriented material guitar player

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deemed rock's first 'supergroup' when they formed, all three were well-known musicians in their own right Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker

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