MUS 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: The Five Keys, Benny Goodman, Mahalia Jackson
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Jump band + vocal quartet style: earliest performers did non use the term doo-wop , during the postwar era, variants of the african american vocal harmony tradition moved into the r&b market. The dominoes: vocal harmony group most responsible for moving away from the pop-oriented sound of the mills brothers, created a harder-edged sound more closely linked to black gospel music, led by vocal coach billy ward. Doo-wop gospel features: lead vocal style, sustained harmonies, slow tempo, triplets in accompaniment, use of non-lexical syllables (percussionizing) Slow ballad style: often covered tin pan alley white pop ballads, glory of love, originally a #1 hit from benny goodman in 1936, was made into an r&b song by the five. Keys in 1951 and went to #1: i only have eyes for you, a 1934 hit and a favorite of singers like frank sinatra, was made into a doo- wop song by the flamingos in 1959.
