MSC HST 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Jackie Brenston, Tina Turner, Ike Turner
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Jump blues- rose out of unemployed swing musicians, but despite that, since he was black, there was a lot of segregation so they would have to perform once for blacks and one for white. Ruth brown: aka miss rhythm , most famous african american vocals in 3 years, she was ripped off by the recording industry . Her days, this happened all the time. It was so bad that at the peak of her career, she wasn"t earning enough for her kids. So she becomes a domestic maid for someone gets rediscovered in 70s and her career is rebooted. Bo diddley : didn"t rely on blues beat very much, very good guitar player. Ike turner: the kings of rhythm, jackie brenston and his delta cats, rocket 88 (1951, has a career that spans over half a century, he marries tina turner! Ray charles: what"d i say (1959)- parts 1 and 2. R&b meant you were probably african american.
