MUSI 1530 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Moodle, Making Money, The Crew-Cuts
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It was youth speciic generated intensity that younger people would respond to (howlin" wolf). Sociological term refers to two things: a) irst age speciic music popular aimed towards young people (teens) b) rock and roll, referred to white consumpion and interest in black culture, speciically black music. By 1951, young white kids tuning into white staions like allan freed who was irst person to do this. Allan freed, called the show a rock and roll show even though he was playing. R&b black states, gave it this name to difereniate it. Exactly the same things that black radio staions were doing for black kids. They were listening to r&b racist society needed a diferent name, for a diferent social demographic. Rock and roll term used in black culture not referring to music but sex, partying, drinking, going back to at least 1910 (moodle chart with records that use rock and roll ).
