MUS 1600 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mambo No. 5, Palladium Ballroom, American Bandstand
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Great speckled bird (cancelled: taking a chance on love. Written by vernon duke arranged by fletcher henderson performed and recorded by benny goodman orchestra with vocalist helen forrest, 1940. New dances such as jitterbug, lindy hop. 1940: benny goodman, fletcher henderson, vernon duke, aaba song form. Musical collaboration: three roles: mambo no. Latin american history and us popular music. Big bands and latin dance music in 1930s-1940s. Cuba and the us, pre- and post-1953. The mambo craze, 1949-55: tropicana club (havana, palladium ballroom (nyc); many cuban-born and puerto rican-born musicians. 5 (1949: overlapping musical patterns played by different sections of the big band, hound dog. Written by jerry leiber and mike stoller. The spread of southern music geographically, socially. The industry rebranding of southern music, 1949. Southern music finally listed on charts in 1940s: hillbilly -> country and western, race -> rhythm and blues. The variety of r&b in late 1940s-50s: jump blues, vocal harmony groups, urban electric blues.
