MUSI 1530- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 185 pages long!)

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King jr: popular music played an important role in defining the character and spirit of this decade, the baby boom generation played a vital role in the major political and cultural events of this period. The producer as artist: phil spector and berry gordy: phil spector (b. He supervised every aspect of his records" sound: the characteristic philles sound was both remarkably dense yet also clear. He reputedly pulled a gun on stevie wonder during a recording session: in february 2003, spector was arrested on suspicion of murder when forty-year-old actress and nightclub hostess lana clarkson was found shot to death in his mansion. Spector claims the death was a suicide: the brill building: rock "n" roll"s tin pan alley, located at 1619 broadway in new york city, which once housed tin. 1929) was an expert songwriter and producer who created pop music based on blues and gospel. A sign hung over the doorway of the house read.