MU 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Bill Haley, Alan Freed, Carole King
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Chapter 40: rock and roll begins dates back to the 1920"s. Although the music known as rock and roll" got its start in the 1950"s, the term itself: rocking and rolling was a euphemism for sexual intercourse. The name was attached to music by a cleveland d. j. Like haley, elvis presley came to the scene in 1953 singing a rockabilly style but with a grittier vocal sound than haley: rockabilly with a black man"s rhythm. Early rock and roll" is a mix of country and r&b. King of rock and roll": his contributions extend beyond his commercial success. Mystery train 1955: a remake of junior parker"s boogie-based r&b version without the nasal twang that was popular in so many of the country songs at the time. Chapter 42: the architects of rock and roll. The crucial difference between r&b and r&r was not race but rhythm: white performers of r&r were drawn to a more active rhythm than r&b performers.
