AMS 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Big Mama Thornton, Freddie Bell, Supper Club
20 Mar 2018
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Moves to memphis in 1948, records that"s all right at independent label sun in 1954. Presley appears on ed sullivan in september and reaches 82. 6% of tv audience. Written by jerry leiber and mike stoller, jewish songwriters from la. Freddie bell, son of italian immigrants, and like haley and pennsylvanian whose white band specializes in r&b--- sort of. Presley sees them perform hound dog in las vegas and likes the arrangement. Live performance on steve allen"s tv show, which precedes recording the song, belittles elvis-- across class and taste lines. Presley may have put some of his anger into the record. Las vega and frank sinatra"s rat pack, liberace. Show tune albums: west side story, my fair lady, sound of music. Tv variety programs, such as andy williams, ed sullivan. Rock and roll embodied wildness, but adult pop rebelled too against mass culture, including: Cool and musically complex jazz becoming america"s other classical music .
