MUSC 171 Study Guide - Final Guide: Country Blues, Steve Dahl, The Ronettes
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Domino (named after body size: white audiences scared, hound dog. 1: improv, 12 bar sections, backbeat, low end emphasis, aab lyrics, more sexual, raspy powerful gospel sound, blued notes, irregular length of section improv. All of these make this performance based music. Elvis presley: trends of cover versions, sam phillips. Grew up in alabama, moved to memphis, 1950 opens memphis recording. In 1952 he opens a recording company called sun records. Not only to record but to distribute records: in 1954 elvis records for his mother, he was a truck driver, s. phillips found what he was looking for, memphis: Between 1910-1930, the great migration, 1. 3 million black people going north to escape racism and get jobs. Gateway to the north, many blacks settled during the migration. Wdia (making black waves), in 1947 it went on air, 1948 all black music. #1 in memphis, first all black station in the u. s. Industry welcomed the beatles: 3 beatles periods, early 1962-1964.
