MUS 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Scotty Moore, Bill Haley, Maybelline

• School: CSU
• Department: Music (Applied)
• Course: MUS 161
• Professor: Frank Vazzano

Document Summary

Recorded first record, played the acoustic guitar. Sam phillips linked up elvis with scotty moore (electric guitar) and bill black (bass) Elvis and his guys began playing and singing that"s alright and. These two songs became elvis" first mainstream record. Phillips sells elvis" contract to rca/victorfor ,000. Responsible for putting all elements of rock and roll together to create the genre. Played at the cosmo club every weekend. Worked old-school country songs into his setlist like ida red and changed the name of it to ida mae. 1955: played his demo for chess records, changed name from ida. Red/mae to maybelline became the biggest selling r&b record of the year even though the roots of the song is hillbilly music. Rock around the clock - bill haley and the comets.