MUH 2019 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Good Golly, Miss Molly, Leave It To Beaver, Mccarthyism
6 Oct 2016
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Race relations will finally start to work out. Levit was a builder who bought a big chunk of land in long island: returnees from war need a small moderate house for the family. Need cars to get from middle of nowhere to get to things you needed. 1955 blackboard jungle film: families that are not whole with chances are left in the city, these city kids are rowdy, there are urban problems. Came up with the name rock n roll . Whbq memphis (560 am: local, 5000 watt station. Ain"t that a shame (r&b #1, pop #10, 1955) Roll over beethoven (1956, r&b #2, pop #29) Johnny b goode (1958, r&b #1, pop #8) Duck walk during performance/guitar solo was his trademark: duck walk was moving about in a squat like position. Long tall sally (1956, pop #6, r&b #1) Good golly miss molly (1958, r&b #4, pop #10) Throwing voice into high notes are his trademark.
