07:700:290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Crickets, Fats Domino, The Clovers
Document Summary
Gospel melded with blues turned to rhythm & blues. Country melded with guitar blues, turned into rockabilly. Rhythm & blues melded into rockabilly with some jazz swing. All of these elements combined played a part in forming rhythm & blues- and later as whites were attracted to it, it became known as rock n" roll. The integration of blacks and whites would foster an awareness and acceptance of. African american culture, including african american based rock n" roll. Helped make possible the acceptance of black inspired music by white teens. 1954 brown vs. board, banned segregation in public schools. Americans had more leisure time; from 1940-1954, family income grew 25% With this extra money, americans bought tv"s, radios, and cars. This is what contributed to the mass consumption of rock and roll. By 1953 more than 300 tv stations were broadcasting to more than 27 million. Music shows went from radio to tv to fill broadcasting programming.
