MUAR 392 Lecture Notes - Little Jackie, Tambourine, Please, Please, Please
23 May 2012
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Themes: fight for rights, black pride. Luther king jr. brings more militancy, more explicit relations to black power, some influence from groups like black. A new name in the late 1950s for music produced by african americans mixing. R&b music forms with gospel-styled vocal expressions and effects. Key figures in move from r&b and gospel to soul. Southern soul (stax, atlantic: looser, more spontaneous and gospel influenced, downtown , e. g. Northern soul (motown: arrange, smooth, uptown , e. g. the supremes, the. Singing: melismatic, bent notes, call and response. Sometimes: slow tempo, triplet subdivision of beat, Sermons directed at audience in middle of song. Barry gordy jr in detroit, michigan in. A safe, clean image that would help music crossover to white market. At first, by not having pictures of artists" on records. Later, using success of motown to force those who also wanted to benefit from their success to accept racial equality, no segregation.
