Friendly Warning : Test # 2 this coming Thursday 19 July 2012 Covers “1950s”: Chapters 2 & 3
Rockabilly Pop Nashville goes “Brill Building” Ricky Nelson ( ) TV star (family show) Examples - YouTube - Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary- Lou - YouTube - Rick Nelson: I got a WomanYouTube - Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary- LouYouTube - Rick Nelson: I got a Woman The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ( )
Everly Brothers Nashville-based songwriters Strong country element YouTube - Everly Brothers (Bye Bye Love)YouTube - Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers - YouTubeWake Up Little Susie - Everly Brothers - YouTube YouTube - Everly Brothers - All I have to do is dream + Cathy's ClownYouTube - Everly Brothers - All I have to do is dream + Cathy's Clown
Roy Orbison ( ) Wink, Texas Songwriter-singer 3-4 octave voice - use of falsetto Complex arrangements Examples - Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely (A Black & White Night) – YouTube - Roy Orbison ---- Pretty Woman with lyrics – YouTube - Roy Orbison Crying Lyrics - YouTubeRoy Orbison - Only The Lonely (A Black & White Night) – YouTubeRoy Orbison ---- Pretty Woman with lyrics – YouTubeRoy Orbison Crying Lyrics - YouTube
California Surf Music West Coast (Los Angeles) - Eclectic Mix of sounds - black & white doo wop - girl groups, glee clubs, etc. Surfing, Cars, & Girls Jan & Dean: Jan & Dean – The Little Old Lady From Pasadena (Great color video) – YouTubeJan & Dean – The Little Old Lady From Pasadena (Great color video) – YouTube The Ventures (Instrumental Rock) - used Fender Guitars & studio effects - The Ventures - Walk don't run (1960) – YouTube - YouTube - The Ventures Live: Wipe Out (12-bar Blues)The Ventures - Walk don't run (1960) – YouTubeYouTube - The Ventures Live: Wipe Out
The Beach Boys 3 brothers, cousin & a friend Brian Wilson – leader, composer & producer Multi-part vocal harmonies Exs. - Beach Boys - Surfin' USA (1963 clip with David Marks!) – YouTube (cf. Chuck Berry, “Sweet Little Sixteen”) - YouTube - Beach Boys - I Get Around - Beach Boys - Barbara Ann - YouTubeBeach Boys - Surfin' USA (1963 clip with David Marks!) – YouTubeYouTube - Beach Boys - I Get AroundBeach Boys - Barbara Ann - YouTube
Folk Music Revival Favorite of College students - “serious,” but not parent’s - issue-oriented Roots in 1930s-40s Populist & Leftist Politics YouTube - woody guthrie-this landYouTube - woody guthrie-this land Associated w/ Communists in 1950s (wrongly) Weavers - Goodnight Irene - YouTubeWeavers - Goodnight Irene - YouTube Woody Guthrie ( ) Pete Seeger and The Weavers
The Kingston Trio Bay Area College grads Gigs in local clubs Calypso & Pop sounds Capital Records contract “Tom Dooley” – 1958 Grammy “Best C & W” Commercial Sound - overdubbing - reverb Ex. YouTube - The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1958 Capitol records) LyricsYouTube - The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley (1958 Capitol records) Lyrics
Peter, Paul & Mary “A tall blond, a funny guy and a good-looking guy” Folk “supergroup” Slick sound, but strong political identity YouTube - Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the Magic DragonYouTube - Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the Magic Dragon YouTube - Peter Paul & Mary - Blowin in the windYouTube - Peter Paul & Mary - Blowin in the wind (cf.) Blowin' in the wind - Bob Dylan - YouTubeBlowin' in the wind - Bob Dylan - YouTube
Test # 2 Materials end here Anything after this slide is on Test # 3
“If you can remember anything about the sixties, you weren’t really there.” - Paul Kantner, guitarist of the Jefferson Airplane
22 November 1963
Martin Luther King Memphis, 4 April 1968 Washington, DC, 28 August 1963
Vietnam & Kent State 4 May
1968 Election
Protests
20 July 1969
TV and Movies
Woodstock 1969