MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Independent Record Label, Dorothy Labostrie, Specialty Records
14 Dec 2017
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White middle class teenagers were tuning in to the regional radio stations (playing black appeal radio ) The white/tpa music industry was so bland and safe because it was right after the horrors of the war, and world war 3 was in sight due to the development of atomic weapons. The popularity of black appeal radio with white teenagers leads to an increase in. Recall that things were divided into rhythm and blues, country and western, and pop. Occasionally a song would become popular on one chart and it would start to climb. In the early 1950"s, the number of crossover hits begins to increase quite dramatically. During this time, the making of popularity charts was remarkably primitive. For the pop chart, you would have to phone around to different record stores (that sold a lot of records to middle class whites) and see what records were being sold.
