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1 Friendly Warning: Multi-Chapter Test (# 3) Covers Chapters 5-6-7 Thursday, 9 April 2015 (one week from today)

2 Chapter 7 “Choo Choo C’ Boogie” : The Post-War Era, 1946-1954

3 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

4 Mambo! Ballroom dance, c. 1930s (Cuban origins) Derived from Danzón, montuno section Modular form (repeated short ideas) Peak of popularity - 1950s -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 (1916-1989) – leading exponent of the “mambo”

5 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 - 1954 originals – YouTube (Text book LG, p. 217-8)Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano - 1954 originals – YouTube Leonard Bernstein, West Side Story, “Mambo” - West Side Story - Mambo! - YouTubeWest Side Story - Mambo! - YouTube

6 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)

7 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”

8 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”

9 Louis Jordan (1908-1975) 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 - 113 weeks at No. 1 (all-time leader) - 18 # 1 hits, 54 top ten records (1940s) “King of the Juke box”

10 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.221-23) (1946, # 1 R&B, # 7 Pop)Choo Choo Ch'boogie - Louis Jordan – YouTube LOUIS JORDAN - AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS- 1956 – YouTube (1946, # 1 R&B, # 6 Pop)LOUIS JORDAN - AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS- 1956 – 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

11 “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. 225-6) - 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

12 “Doo Wop” (Vocal Harmony Groups) Based in Gospel Quartets Mills Brothers (1930-68) - 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

13 Ruth Brown (1928-2006) Southern Gospel traditions Big band, club singer Signed to Atlantic Records - “House that Ruth Built” - leading R&B singer (1949-55) Ex. - RUTH BROWN - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean – YouTube (Text book LG, p. 228-30)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”

14 Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton (1926-1984) Southern Baptist Vaudeville Circuit Houston, TX nightclubs “Rough” personality Exs. - Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952) Blues - YouTube (Text book LG, p. 228-30) - Big Mama Thornton "Ball And Chain" - YouTubeBig Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952) Blues - YouTubeBig Mama Thornton "Ball And Chain" - YouTube

15 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 1950 - 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

16 Eddy Arnold (1918-2008) 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

17 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. 233-4) - 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 (1911-1997) Foggy Mountain Boys NOT YET COVERED IN CLASS. Will be explained on 7 Apr 15

18 Honky Tonk Rough, rowdy, working class establishments Real life topics: alcohol, infidelity, jail, etc. Amplified string band, w/ piano (& drums?) Ernest Tubb (1914-1984) - Walkin' the floor over you - Ernest Tubb – YouTube (1941)Walkin' the floor over you - Ernest Tubb – YouTube Hank Thompson (1925-2007) - Hank Thompson - Wild Side Of Life - YouTube (1952)Hank Thompson - Wild Side Of Life - YouTube Kitty Wells (1919-2012) - Kitty Wells - It Wasnt God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – YouTube (“Answer” Song, 1952) (Text book LGs, p. 234-5)Kitty Wells - It Wasnt God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – YouTube NOT YET COVERED IN CLASS. Will be explained on 7 Apr 15

19 Hank Williams (Sr.) (1923-1953) 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. 237-8)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

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


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