MUSIC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Verbal Abuse, Bus Driver, Mary Ford
1 Aug 2018
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Johnny b. goode (1958) #2 r&b / #8 pop: 12 bar blues with a text heavy narrative, most popular song but not his favourite. Elvis most popular (financially, more this) but chuck berry was more influential. Berry"s impact: everyone wanted to emulate the way he played guitar, chuck wrote songs the new generation started to write songs. The golden age of rock and roll. (1954-1959) Elvis one of the few that fit into division of labour formula: he did not write songs, did not use guitar, people wrote songs for him, career stopped because cover versions weren"t making money anymore. 1954 million; 1959 million: pop top 20: 1955 15% are r"n"r / 1959 42% are in r"n"r, percentage of songs that qualify as rock and roll. Independent share: 1955 21% / 1959 66: controlled by independent record companies. Birth of rock and roll coincides with emergence of civil rights movement: may 1954.
