MUSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Doo-Wop, Simple Verse, Jackie Brenston
9 Jun 2013
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Unit 1: pg 1- 15, 16- 33. Elvis came on the scene in the 1950"s starting a shocking movement that the beatles, Madonna, and prince continued in the coming decades. Term rock and roll is generally used to describe the first wave of rock from 1954- . 1959: others term rock as music after 1964. Rock history in the media. Charts can also be useful to compare certain songs on the way they fared on different charts (ex. Song may be #1 on country music chart, but only #5 on. Charts help to avoid the fan mentality. They are the best instruments to judge listeners changing tastes, even if they are flawed. Four themes of rock development. Four themes (outlines throughout the chapters of the text): social/political/ cultural race/class/gender development of music business development of technology. Music business has changed dramatically since the 1950s, as the rock element of business has grown.
