Friendly Warning: Multi-Chapter Test (# 3) Covers Chapters Thursday, 9 April 2015 (one week from today)

Chapter 7 “Choo Choo C’ Boogie” : The Post-War Era,

Chapter 7 (outline) Popular Music and Technology Rise of the Big (Name) Singers Urban Folk Music The Mambo Craze Southern Music in the Postwar Era “R & B” (Rhythm & Blues) Vocal Harmony Country and Western Music

Mambo! Ballroom dance, c. 1930s (Cuban origins) Derived from Danzón, montuno section Modular form (repeated short ideas) Peak of popularity s -easy to do Exs. (Perez Prado Band) - MAMBO No 5 - PEREZ PRADO – YouTube (Text book LG, 216-7)MAMBO No 5 - PEREZ PRADO – YouTube Damaso Perez Prado ( ) – leading exponent of the “mambo”

The Mambo Craze (mid-50s) Sophie Tucker – “The Middle Age Mambo” - Sophie Tucker -the middle age mambo - YouTubeSophie Tucker -the middle age mambo - YouTube Ruth Brown – “Mambo Baby” - Mambo Baby - Ruth BrownMambo Baby - Ruth Brown Perry Como – “Papa Loves Mambo” - Perry Como Papa Loves Mambo Perry Como Show '54B&W ORGINALPerry Como Papa Loves Mambo Perry Como Show '54B&W ORGINAL Rosemary Clooney – “Mambo Italiano” - Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano originals – YouTube (Text book LG, p )Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano originals – YouTube Leonard Bernstein, West Side Story, “Mambo” - West Side Story - Mambo! - YouTubeWest Side Story - Mambo! - YouTube

Southern Music – post WW II Billboard (1942) – new “Western & Race” category - later called: “American Folk Records” Billboard (1949) – renames categories - “Race” becomes “Rhythm & Blues” - “Hillbilly” becomes “Country and Western” Growth of these categories on: - Radio (average of more than 1 hour daily) - Jukebox (Southerners generally not in AFM) - Independent record labels (renewed prosperity)

Rhythm and Blues (new term) Was “Race” records for Black consumers Mixture of styles (united by audience) - Urbanized (southern) folk (Blues, etc.) - Gospel harmonies - Tin Pan Alley crooners - “Jump” bands (smaller swing groups) “Indie” labels, small (local) markets Payola (to promote records on black radio) Emergence of “Jump blues”

Rhythm and Blues “Race” records for Black consumers Mixture of styles (united by audience) - Urbanized (southern) folk (Blues, etc.) - Gospel harmonies - Tin Pan Alley crooners - “Jump” bands (smaller swing groups) “Indie” labels, small (local) markets Payola (to promote records on black radio) Emergence of “Jump blues”

Louis Jordan ( ) Born Arkansas - Father : band music teacher - performed on minstrel circuit Chick Webb band (to 1938) - LJ develops stage persona - non-threatening, comedic actor Leads own nine-piece band - soon reduced to “five” Strong cross-over appeal - “Victory Records” - often scores on “white” charts Top black recording artist weeks at No. 1 (all-time leader) - 18 # 1 hits, 54 top ten records (1940s) “King of the Juke box”

Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five Louis Jordan -- What's the Use of Getting Sober – YouTube (1942 # 1 Harlem)Louis Jordan -- What's the Use of Getting Sober – YouTube Caldonia / Louis Jordan – YouTube (1945, # 1 R&B, # 6 Pop)Caldonia / Louis Jordan – YouTube Choo Choo Ch'boogie - Louis Jordan – YouTube (Text book LG, p ) (1946, # 1 R&B, # 7 Pop)Choo Choo Ch'boogie - Louis Jordan – YouTube LOUIS JORDAN - AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS – YouTube (1946, # 1 R&B, # 6 Pop)LOUIS JORDAN - AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS – YouTube Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five ~ Beans and Cornbread (1949) – YouTube (1949, # 1 R&B)Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five ~ Beans and Cornbread (1949) – YouTube Strong Boogie Woogie beat Almost Rock ‘n Roll

“Muddy Waters” (McKinley Morganfield, 1915[?]-1998) Mississippi (plantation work) - harmonica, then guitar - Son House, Robert Johnson - Alan Lomax discovers (1941) Chicago (from 1943) - opens for Big Bill Bronzy - Electric guitar (1945) - Chess Records Exs. - Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man ( Chess 1954) – YouTube (Text book LG p ) - Got My Mojo Working Muddy Waters full version newport jazz - YouTubeMuddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man ( Chess 1954) – YouTubeGot My Mojo Working Muddy Waters full version newport jazz - YouTube

“Doo Wop” (Vocal Harmony Groups) Based in Gospel Quartets Mills Brothers ( ) - Ex. Paper Doll Dominoes (c. 1951) - Billy Ward coached Clyde McPhatter lead Exs. - Billy Ward and The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man - YouTubeBilly Ward and The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man - YouTube

Ruth Brown ( ) Southern Gospel traditions Big band, club singer Signed to Atlantic Records - “House that Ruth Built” - leading R&B singer ( ) Ex. - RUTH BROWN - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean – YouTube (Text book LG, p )RUTH BROWN - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean – YouTube Advocate for R&B performers - sued for royalties (and won!) “Miss Rhythm” “The Queen of R&B”

Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton ( ) Southern Baptist Vaudeville Circuit Houston, TX nightclubs “Rough” personality Exs. - Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952) Blues - YouTube (Text book LG, p ) - Big Mama Thornton "Ball And Chain" - YouTubeBig Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952) Blues - YouTubeBig Mama Thornton "Ball And Chain" - YouTube

Country and Western Music Continued broadening of C&W market Radio Broadcasts in all parts of US - Boston, “Hayloft Jamboree” - Los Angeles, “Hometown Jamboree” 1/3 of all record sales in 1950 “Mainstreaming” - pop performers cover country - country performers go “pop” Patti Page - The Tennessee Waltz - singer Patti Page How Much Is That Doggie In The Window - Patti Page - YouTubeThe Tennessee Waltz - singer Patti Page 1950How Much Is That Doggie In The Window - Patti Page - YouTube

Eddy Arnold ( ) 147 hits on Billboard charts (85 million copies sold!) “Tennessee Plowboy” The “Nashville Sound” - Crooning lead sing - Orchestral accompaniment - Background vocals Exs. - Eddy Arnold - Bouquet of Roses (With Lyrics) – YouTube (1947 crossover) - Eddy Arnold - You Don't Know Me - Grand Ole Opry Classics – YouTube - MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY - EDDY ARNOLD.mpg (1965)Eddy Arnold - Bouquet of Roses (With Lyrics) – YouTubeEddy Arnold - You Don't Know Me - Grand Ole Opry Classics – YouTubeMAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY - EDDY ARNOLD.mpg

Bluegrass Traditional Country String Bands (only, no drums!) - Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, etc. Virtuoso skill level “Suits and Ties” Bill Monroe & Bluegrass Boys Foggy Mountain Boys (Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs) Exs. - Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys - Blue Moon of Kentucky – YouTube - Bill Monroe - It's Mighty Dark For Me To Travel – YouTube (Text book LG, p ) - YouTube - Flatt & Scruggs Foggy Mountain BreakdownBill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys - Blue Moon of Kentucky – YouTubeBill Monroe - It's Mighty Dark For Me To Travel – YouTubeYouTube - Flatt & Scruggs Foggy Mountain Breakdown Bill Monroe ( ) Foggy Mountain Boys NOT YET COVERED IN CLASS. Will be explained on 7 Apr 15

Honky Tonk Rough, rowdy, working class establishments Real life topics: alcohol, infidelity, jail, etc. Amplified string band, w/ piano (& drums?) Ernest Tubb ( ) - Walkin' the floor over you - Ernest Tubb – YouTube (1941)Walkin' the floor over you - Ernest Tubb – YouTube Hank Thompson ( ) - Hank Thompson - Wild Side Of Life - YouTube (1952)Hank Thompson - Wild Side Of Life - YouTube Kitty Wells ( ) - Kitty Wells - It Wasnt God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – YouTube (“Answer” Song, 1952) (Text book LGs, p )Kitty Wells - It Wasnt God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – YouTube NOT YET COVERED IN CLASS. Will be explained on 7 Apr 15

Hank Williams (Sr.) ( ) Leading Country Singer/Songwriter (pre-rock ‘n roll era) “Honky Tonk” life - born into poverty - itinerant performer - divorced - problems w/ alcohol - dies of drug/alcohol OD Exs. - I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (1949) by Hank Williams – YouTube (1949) - hank williams hey good lookin (1951) - Hank William Sr - Your Cheatin Heart lyrics – YouTube (B-side) (1953, posthumous) (Text book LGs, p )I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (1949) by Hank Williams – YouTubehank williams hey good lookinHank William Sr - Your Cheatin Heart lyrics – YouTube NOT YET COVERED IN CLASS. Will be explained on 7 Apr 15

Anything after this slide is not on next Thursday’s Test # 3