07:700:290 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Rhythm And Blues, Rock Music, New York City
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Gospel melded with blues turned to rhythm & blues. Country melded with guitar blues, turned into rockabilly. Rhythm & blues melded into rockabilly with some jazz swing. All of these elements combined played a part in forming rhythm & blues- and later as whites were attracted to it, it became known as rock n" roll. Americans had more leisure time; from 1940-1954, family income grew 25% With this extra money, americans bought tv"s, radios, and cars. This is what contributed to the mass consumption of rock and roll. By 1953 more than 300 tv stations were broadcasting to more than 27 million. Music shows went from radio to tv to fill broadcasting programming. By 1963, more than 12 million consumers, many of them teens, bought the hand held radio each year. It offered them an on the move and inexpensive means of experiencing the exciting new music called rock"n"roll. Car radios became standard equipment by the mid 50"s.
