MUSC 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Vernon Dalhart, Roy Acuff, Singing Cowboy
Document Summary
Carter family and jimmie rodgers: carter family (cid:862)do(cid:272)(cid:863) his (cid:449)ife sara a(cid:374)d her sister may(cid:271)elle fro(cid:373) virgi(cid:374)ia foothills, played anglo-american folk, hymns , tpa style songs, ralph peer (remember him?) Copyrighted all songs (cid:862)keep o(cid:374) the su(cid:374)(cid:374)y side(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1006)(cid:1012)(cid:895) Rhythm and blues and country and western: post-wwii (cid:374)a(cid:373)es for (cid:449)hat (cid:862)ra(cid:272)e (cid:373)usi(cid:272)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)hillbilly musi(cid:272)(cid:863) Late 1930s and 40s, migration of southeners to northen urban centers spread demand for this music: radio also popularized there genres. Post- wwii music technology: radio- boomed in 1930s genre-specific programs like grand ole opry spread music to new audiences growth of fm radio (better sound, stereo) But soon music became essential to tv programming. Thompson (and the brazos valley boys: mainstream country emerges with patti page (best selling female singer of the early 1950(cid:859)s(cid:895) (1925-53) wrote and sang his own songs, 36 top -10 records. Musi(cid:272) (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es (cid:862) ta(cid:374)dards(cid:863) (cid:862)hey good looki(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1009)(cid:1005)(cid:895) (cid:271)orro(cid:449)s fro(cid:373) ti(cid:374) pa(cid:374) alley (cid:373)odel i(cid:374) for(cid:373)