MUS-Z - Music MUS-Z 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Trixie Smith, The Crew-Cuts, Cleveland Arena
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Rock & roll first appeared in the united states. Rock & roll was originally a term used to describe sexual intercourse. Trixie smith my man rocks me (with one steady roll) . This song has a clear underlying message of sex. Moondoggers : he was the first to organize a rock & roll concert. Cleveland arena march 21, 1952: turned into a riot due to how many people showed up. Rock "n" roll was an inevitable outgrowth of the social and musical interactions between blacks and whites in the south and southwest. robert palmer. Song recorded by the chords (black), but redone by the crewcuts (white: the crewcuts sold more because they were white and had a better record company. Chess records run by the two white polish brothers. Sun records company that recorded both white and black artists together.