MUSC 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Baritone Saxophone, Big Joe Turner, Big Mama Thornton
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Early rock and roll: mix of r&b, country. Excluded women: up until r&r music featured women, focused to white audiences, patti page. (cid:862)how (cid:373)u(cid:272)h is that doggie i(cid:374) the wi(cid:374)dow(cid:863) Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374) sa(cid:374)g (cid:862)proper(cid:863) so(cid:374)gs, were repressed: once r&r hit, women declined on the charts. In r&r women are infantilized (talked about as babies) or seen as dangerous. How did r&r begin: smaller radio stations were looking for cheap music. Records got smaller, held 1 song on each side, cheap: the circulation of the 45 record. Made music more affordable: smaller independent radio stations became chains of small record stations. Todd soriz + gordin m. (cid:272)reated (cid:862)top 4(cid:1004) radio(cid:863: r&b and r&r still divided by race up until this point. Big joe turner (cid:862) hake rattle and roll(cid:863) Sexual lyrics dance music for black people. 1950s post war: kids with money, more car radios. More radio friendly tag at end.
