MU121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Downhearted Blues, Simple Verse, Blues
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Mu121 lecture 8 chronicling everyday life, had showy performance style (i. e. duck walk) Little richard: recorded at specialty (hollywood-based independent label), placed 9 hits on pop top 40, cultivated wild man persona. Ain"t it a shame - fats domino (r&b and crossed over to the pop charts) Maybellene - chuck berry (based on ida red ) Down-hearted blues - bessie smith (r&b million-dollar selling hit) All or nothing at all frank sinatra and harry james orchestra. I"m sitting on top of the world les paul and mary ford. I"m your hoochie coochie man muddy waters. Whitening of rhythm and blues music; replaced with covers from white artists. R&b artists often signed away rights to any royalties they could potentially earn. Simple verse: all verses based on same music, no chords. Simple verse-chorus: verses and choruses based on same music. Contrasting verse-chorus: verses and choruses based on different music.
