World War 2 Late 40s through early 60s “The Greatest Generation” “Silent Generation” “Uncommitted Generation” “Years of Repose”

OR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh2ZoMPBUwo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULK_PNaS6d0 OR

Video clips are in DVD used in “Pop Culture, cont.” lesson”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfhYdoVQSJA&feature=related 2:50

Big Business 100 corporations had 70% of all output Conglomerate: major corporation controlling smaller companies AT&T, GE, GM, IBM “What’s good for General Motors is good for the country” White-collar jobs surpassed blue-collar jobs Change from industrial to post-industrial era A few big networks and ad agencies

Franchise: entrepreneurial company with similar products in many locations

Consumerism Credit cards From 8 to 4,000 shopping malls “Never before have so many owed so much to so many” From 8 to 4,000 shopping malls Planned obsolescence

Wham-O

Chuck Taylor Converse All Star

Commuting businessmen from suburbs feel dissatisfied

Employees are “company people”; conformity rewarded, creativity lost Shift in dominant American personality – more focus on being liked than being independent

In The Lonely Crowd, David Riesman argued that A) Americans were becoming too concerned about what others thought of them B) the “military-industrial complex” was dominating American values C) elderly Americans were being ignored by the government D) the plight of Native Americans should become a major focal point of American politics

The development of large-scale organizations and bureaucracies resulted in A) a new generation of self-reliant individuals eager to work within the organizations B) a group of young poets, artists, and writers generally known as the “beats,” who praised the new developments and their effect on society C) an increase in the number of white-collar workers to the point where they outnumbered blue-collar laborers for the first time D) a major decline in people who enjoyed television

Ridiculed mass-produced suburbs as “homogeneous, postwar Hell”

“the key figure in all suburbia” “home manager, hostess, mother, civic worker – all while preserving her figure” “isolated, bored, unfulfilled”

“Pink-collar ghetto”

the “Baby Boom” was the upsurge in the birth rate between 1941 and 1963; the exact beginning date is debated in the range of 1941-45 Like a “pig passing through a python”

UNIVersal Automatic Computer

Dr. Drew and Blood Banks Dr. Salk and Polio Vaccine

The “jet age” started with the 707, after its first flight on July 15, 1954. Since then, Boeing introduced the 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 and 787 Dreamliner. Of these, only the 707, 727 and 757 are no longer in production.

Key Themes Commercial Success Individualism (pioneer) Trendsetter

Rock and Roll “Race” music “Covers” “Crossover” hits Origin of genre’s name movement of a ship at sea (rocking fore and aft and rolling side to side) spiritual fervor sexual analogy

“Tutti Frutti” by Little Richard 1955 Original lyrics, “Tutti Frutti, good booty” were too controversial, so replaced with “Tutti Frutti, all rooty!” (slang for "all right”) Pat Boone Little Richard

“Louie, Louie” by Richard Berry 1956 A school district superintendent in Michigan banned the high school band from playing it. “The lyrics are raunchy.” In early 60s, the FBI spent two years investigating the lyrics before finding them “unintelligible at any speed.” The Kingsmen Richard Berry

Elvis Presley’s “That’s All Right” Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm with “Rocket 88” in 1951  Big Joe Turner’s “Shake, Rattle and Roll”

Alan “Moondog” Freed Father of Rock and Roll “My Baby Rocks Me with a Steady Roll” “A river that has absorbed many streams” Promoted African-American artists Live concerts with racially mixed audiences "rock and roll is a river of music that has absorbed many streams: rhythm and blues, jazz, rag time, cowboy songs, country songs, folk songs "father of rock'n'roll" due to his promotion of the style of music, and his introduction of the phrase "rock and roll", in reference to the musicalgenre, on mainstream radio in the early 1950s. He helped bridge the gap of segregation among young teenage Americans, presenting music by African-American artists (rather than cover versions by white artists) on his radio program, and arranging live concerts attended by racially mixed audiences

Elvis Presley provided the sex appeal

Bill Haley and His Comets “Rock Around the Clock” The first to achieve big commercial success

All of the following artists are African-Americans who have had vast influence on popular music except A) Big Joe Turner B) Chuck Berry C) Bill Haley D) Little Richard

Origins of Rock and Roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T72irGLamq4

Song / Artist Themes / main points Treasure or Trash?

“Hound Dog” Elvis on Ed Sullivan Show “Tutti Frutti” Little Richard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFq5O2kabQo “Tutti Frutti” Pat Boone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEIcC9w7nf0 “Louie Louie” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx-8_GI4d2c “Hound Dog” Big Mama Thornton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4tILEQ5dDM “Hound Dog” Elvis on Ed Sullivan Show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGZm7EOamWk “Shake, Rattle, and Roll” Big Joe Turner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Feq_Nt3nM “Shake, Rattle, and Roll” Elvis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMfX4fEGYZc

“Rocket 88” Ike Turner “That’s All Right” Elvis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWgprZu4Hk4 “Rocket 88” Ike Turner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbfnh1oVTk0 “Rock Around the Clock” Bill Haley and His Comets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwG9HWC_tmM&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL158D3D16C24B7DA2 “Maybellene” Chuck Berry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvKDr8AgvK8 start at 0:45

The Day the Music Died February 3, 1959 Phrase from Don McLean’s 1971 song “American Pie” The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, and Richie Valens died in plane crash in Iowa The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) Charles “Buddy” Holly Ritchie Valens

“Peggy Sue” Buddy Holly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQiIMuOKIzY “La Bamba” Richie Valens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp6j5HJ-Cok “Chantilly Lace” Big Bopper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-by5e4saI The Day the Music Died: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9M6u7-9yNE 6 mins The Meaning of Don McLean’s “American Pie” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qP1W3XSdvw stop @ 4:05