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MUH: 212 Exam 1

History of Rock & Roll First Exam Notes

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Cross Road Blues * Robert Johnson (1911-1938) * Vocalion Records * 1937 *12-bar blues form * AABA Text form * Blues Scale * Bottleneck slide guitar * Moaning vocals Said to have sold his soul to the Devil at a crossroads A part of the 27 club
Hey, Good Lookin' * Hank Williams (1923-1953) * MGM Records * 1951 * AABA Form Died at 29 Had a song released after death
Blue Moon of Kentucky * Elvis Presley (1935-1977) * Sun Records * 1954 * AABA Form His early fashion was influenced by Black music and fashion of Beale St. Inducted into the Army March 1958 and stayed for two years, during which his mother died and he met his future wife
Shake, Rattle, and Roll * Bill Haley & His Comets (1926-1981) * Decca Records * 1954 * 12-bar blues form * Verse-chorus Form Made the first rock record to reach top of Pop charts
Hoochie Coochie Man *Muddy Water (1915-1983) * Chess Records * 1954 * 16-bar blues form (altered) * verse-chorus form * stop time * blues scale basically invented Urban (Chicago) Electric Blues
Speedo * The Cadillacs * Josie Records * 1955 * AABA form * Stop time * Vocables lead signer later joined the Coasters
Tutti Frutti * Little Richard (1932-2020) * Specialty Records * Dec. 1955 * 12-bar blues form w/ chorus * Stop time Bumps Blackwell was the producer Quit in middle of show to become minister, shortly becomes married (neither stick) Beatles open for him
Hound Dog * Elvis Presley (1935-1977) * RCA-Victor Records * 1956 * 12-bar blues form * AAB text form * Stop time
You Send Me * Sam Cooke (1931-1964) * Keen Records * 1957 * AABA form * Stop Time * Melisma(many musical notes per syllable of text)/Vocables Producer was Bumps Blackwell, who was unhappy with Specialty Records head and moved Shot by hotel manager altercation
Johnny B. Goode * Chuck Berry (1926-2017) * Chess Records * 1958 * 12-bar blues form w/ chorus * Stop time Raised Middle class Had songs about teen experiences sent 3 years in prison for transport a 14 girl across state lines in Dec. '59
Venus * Frankie Avalon (1940- ) * Chancellor Records * 1959 * AABA form Teen idol, had a week voice
Da Doo Ron Ron * The Crystals * Philles Records * 1963 * AABA Form * 'Wall of Sound' Production had different lead singers Producer Phil Spector married one of the crystals
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