MUSIC 2II3 Lecture 7: Music 2II3 oct 23 lec 7.docx
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Teen idols: we see a wave of teen idols, young men who were picked primarily because they were attractive matched up by song writers, producers, choreographers who taught them to be pop stars, these are singers who are the peak of the iceberg. Violation of major federal laws: you cannot use a television program to further other business interests that you have, show cannot promote anything that will give you a financial advantage, dick clark owned management company for chubby checker and owned record company who he told to come out with dance record for. He figures out that when you pre record the show you can snip the tape (the shows pacing is now flawless b/c you can take dead air out) this makes it more exciting: bing is the first one to edit shows, also first to do pre recorded laugh tracks (comes up with the idea)
