MUSI 1530 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Smiley Lewis, Dewey Phillips, Reverberation
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Scantron marks (hoping to send out tmrw evening) will be out of 20 (i think) Rock and roll (1954-1958: first time see music that is target-marketed to youth (by university, you were already an adult, context for the growth of this music was within the high schools. Prior to 1954, they controlled all the music. There were over 800, but we are only looking at. If someone on the east or west coast re-recorded their music and re-labelled it, there was nothing you could do. 342 top-10 hits issues by the whole record industry (majors and indies) 147 of these hits were rock & roll. 101 were released by independent releases (1/3 of the top 10 hits) 24% of the 55% said elvis presley was their favourite artist. Mid-1950s rock and roll styles: cover versions (crew cuts: sh-boom, vocal group (chords: sh-boom) Considered to be considered the first rock and roll hit:
