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1 The 1950s

2 Little Richard The purest prototype of hard, mainstream rock was Little Richard Early years Specialty Records

3 Tutti Frutti Chorus twelve-bar blues Instrumentation and performers Performance style Religion

4 Chuck Berry Early years Muddy Waters and Chess Records Musical hits

5 Maybelline Created beat of rock and roll from two blues sources Backbeat Boogie woogie Little Richards Listen for boogie woogie rhythm in electric guitar (normally in pianist)

6 Maybelline “ Ida Red” heavy back beat; prominent guitar “voice”; honky-tonk transformed refrain-frame form one chorus conventional blues verses are interpolated

7 Johnny B. Goode solo breaks boogie woogie pattern double note licks

8 Johnny B. Goode convergence of early rock style backbeat eight-beat rhythm strong rhythm guitar assertive guitar lead

9 Great Balls of Fire Overtly sexual surpassed even Elvis and Little Richard 1:48 of ecstasy

10 Great Balls of Fire most teen-themed songs impersonal often lyrics talk about what “will” happen sliding glissandos

11 That’ll be the Day Chuck Berry’s “Maybellene” Blues chords Unusual sequence

12 Not Fade Away Not dance music 3 regular rhythms unconventional drumming clave rhythm

13 Not Fade Away accents play against the beat backup vocalists strong accent No bass or rhythm guitar

14 Not Fade Away No one marks time Rhythmic bearing Rock and roll can be more than dance music

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