MUSIC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cholly Atkins, Hitsville U.S.A., Vibraphone
1 Aug 2018
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Soul to funk: development connected to the civil rights movement and the development of african- Stop in the name of love (1965) white middle-class audience: lowest level of gospel vocal style in motown singers. Important points: vibraphone accepted in jazz, jazz is accepted important american art form, jazz art form that symbolizes the growing respect of african american culture. Berry proud that 70% of records sold to white middle-class: accused of him trying to whiten blacks and integrate with white middle-class. Immensely powerful man of finding and producing of new talent in african american community: fan of finding small recording studios that had something about them, finds one in memphis called stax. Sam and dave: brothers from miami florida. Stax more focused on soul music and producing best soul music. James brown: knew exactly what he was doing, death of kennedy = drive towards civil rights begins to fault, more resistance against civil rights movement, town of selma.
