MUSC 2150 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 3: The Day The Music Died, Norman Petty, The Crickets
27 Feb 2018
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Week 3 the birth of rock and roll. Paving the way for rock and roll (75-85) Conservative values reflected in popular tv shoes. Birth of modern civil rights movement, playboy and rock and roll. Going on at the time: cold war. Wwii americans & soviets had been allies in struggle against axis powers: both parties remained acutely suspicious of one another. Americans convinced communists trying to infiltrate their culture and overthrow. Out of strange technology, spaceflight, and communist paranoia came a distinctly american passion for sci-fiction stories & movies. Economic prosperity increased after wwii increased after wwii: american economy boomed, spurred by strong demand for new houses. Americans began spending more time in cars, many equipped with am radios: played significant role in development of rock and roll teens tuned into rock and roll rhythm and blues well out of earshot of parents. Rock & roll rebelliousness found way into teens cars traditional middle-
