MUSI 1530 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Big Mama Thornton, Johnny Otis, Trets
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Began her professional career at the age of sixteen. In 1949, signed with the new independent label atlantic records. Written by johnny wallace, herbert j. lance, and charles singleton. Held the number one position on the r&b charts for five weeks in 1953 and reached number twenty-three on the pop charts. The form is another example of blending of blues and tin pan alley-derived forms: the twelve-bar form here is expanded by adding four extra bars in the middle of the song. Brown"s vocal style: warm, somewhat husky tone, strong rhythmic feeling, little upward squeals at the ends of words such as mama , man , and. Began her career as a professional singer, drummer, harmonica player, and comic on the black vaudeville circuit and later settled in houston, where she sang in black nightlubs. In the early 50"s, arrived in la and began working with johnny otis, a greek-american. Written by jerry lieber and mike stoller.