MUSIC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Crazy Man, Crazy, Multiple Choice, Music Idol
1 Aug 2018
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Radio post wwii: making black culture more well-known, really gets going when tv comes, major radio change to tv. Cross-over hit: rhythm and blue or country and western, cross over to pop music hit list, white urban northern audience started to listen to this. One of the most famous of the cover versions was: little richard (richard wayne penniman, born 1932, macon georgia, first big hit was tutti frutti , released late 1955 on speciality records (lyrics revised by dorothy labostrie) Pat boone: born 1934, was just breaking as a pop star in 1955, early 1956, releases a cover of tutti frutti , no r&r, #10 pop chart usually pass original (safer version for teenagers) Cover versions: sh-boom : not quite rock and roll yet, r&b fused in country and pop music. The chords/the crew cuts: the chords: june 1954/cat records. 4: the crew cuts: july 1954/mercury records.
