© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill The World of Music 6 th edition Part 2 Listening to American Music: Folk, Religious, Pop, and Jazz Chapter 5: American Popular Music

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music American Popular Music Tin Pan Alley Country African American-Influenced Blues Gospel Motown Rap Pop/Rock

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Common Traits of Popular Music Simple and Tuneful Singable Repetitive Three (or less) Chords Strong Beat and Regular Meter Clear Phrases

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Measuring a Song’s Popularity Radio/Jukebox Play Sales Downloads

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Colonial American Music Opera Melodies Scottish and Irish Airs Hymns German Art Songs

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Songs by Steven Foster Swanee River (Old Folks at Home) Oh! Susanna My Old Kentucky Home Old Black Joe Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair Beautiful Dreamer

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Where to Hear Tin Pan Alley Songs Vaudeville Broadway Musicals Films Nightclubs Radio and Recordings Jazz Concerts

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Tin Pan Alley Names Composers Jerome Kern Cole Porter George Gershwin Irving Berlin Richard Rodgers Performers Al Jolson Eddie Cantor Rudy Vallee Kate Smith Paul Whiteman Bing Crosby

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Vaudeville Shows Singers Dancers Comedians Jugglers Child Performers Animals Dramatic Sketches

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Broadway Musicals Musical Play National Tours Then Strike Up the Band Porgy and Bess Now The Producers Spam-a-lot

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Singers Who Act(ed) Then Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra Barbra Streisand Now Jack Black Jennifer Lopez 50 Cent

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Radio and Recordings Invention of the Term, “Hit” Folk Styles Now Preserved Fame for Formerly Obscure Artists Aided the Spread of Jazz

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Country Music Hillbilly Cowboy Songs Western Swing Bluegrass Nashville Sound Grand Ole Opry

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Bluegrass Mountain Music Instruments Acoustic guitar Fiddle Mandolin Bass Fiddle Banjo Artists Then Bill Monroe Lester Flatt Earl Scruggs Artists Now Alison Krauss Nickel Creek Nashville Bluegrass Band

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music The Nashville Sound Grand Ole Opry Influential from Roy Acuff Chet Atkins Made Nashville an important city in the American music industry

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Popular Music with African-American Roots Motown Gospel Rhythm & Blues Boogie Woogie Soul Rock

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music British Invasion Served (Mostly) Urban Whites Influenced by American Rhythm & Blues Everly Brothers Buddy Holly Chuck Berry Little Richard Groups The Beatles The Rolling Stones The Who Pink Floyd Strongly Influenced Future Rock Bands

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music New Technologies Create Rock Genres Sound Amplification Studio Manipulations Synthesizers MIDI Sampling Mixing Acid rock Art rock Blues Rock Folk Rock Gospel Rock Industrial Rock New Wave Punk Southern Rock Metal

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Rap and Hip-Hop Embraced Technology Socially Aware New use of Turntable (for scratching) Led by Black Males From Urban Arts Street Poetry Rap Music Graffiti Break Dancing

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Chapter Summary Why do you think modern Historians study popular music? Why do you think so many popular artists “cross over?” How did the record companies influence the development of popular music? What changes occur when music moves from a local style into the mainstream?

© 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved McGraw-Hill Part II Listening to American Music Chapter 5 American Popular Music Image Credits Slide 4Milton Montenegro/Getty Images Slide 9Royalty-Free/CORBIS Slide 13Royalty-Free/CORBIS