MU121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chess Records, Rockabilly, White Trash
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Verse: a section with repeating music and non-repeating lyrics. Chorus: a repeating section of a song with a repeated lyric that is the focus of song. Bridge: a section that acts as a contrast to the verse but is usually not the focal point of the song and does not include the memorable hook. They essentially collapsed the three genres (pop, country, r&b) to form rock n" roll: of these three genres, r&b had the most direct musical influence on rock n" roll. In fact, early rock n" roll songs, such as jackie brenston"s rocket 88, were considered r&b songs at the time and elvis"s first singles were called either country or rockabilly. One of the first black artists to achieve success on the pop charts when maybellene came out. First artist of the rock era to gain serious attention form major labels and have hits on all three charts at the same time.
