History of Rock and Roll 2
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- doo wop
- four part harmony
- falsetto
- when a man sings higher than his normal range
- Elvis Presley
- Brought sex and defiance to rock and roll
- FATS Domino
- The only R&B star to become a rock star
- Alan Freed
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1) First D.J. to program R&B on a white station
2) Promoted integrated concerts
3)Coined the term "rock and roll" - Everly Brothers
- C&W stars turned to rock
- race music
- by a black artist, for a black audience, played on a black station
- Crickets
- A group started by Buddy Holly; the first self-contained group
- call and response
- when a lead singer sings a line, and the background singers echo him/her
- cover version
- a white artist cleaning up an R & B piece
- Muddy Waters
- Rythym and Blues grandfather of Rock
- Hank Williams Sr.
- Country and Western grandfather of rock.
- Neil Sedaka
- Pitted a counter melody w/a melody
- Bill Haley
- Recorded the first rock song
- Buddy Holly
- Influential vocalist w/a staccato, hiccup style
- Beach Boys
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Used falsetto; 3 topics in songs w/elaborate harmony
1) cars
2) girls
3) surfing - Chuck Berry
- Rock's first serious guitar players
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Played a style of piano called "boogie woogie" w/his feet, elbows, and fists
- riff
- a repeated musical phrase