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Pop Music
AABA structure with European roots
entertainment/simple "puppy love"
ii V I (minor 2 chord 5, 1) harmony
theme and variation
Major record labels
mid 70s lead to birth of major labels as we know them
went from 30 or more to 6-8 record labels
Sam Phillips and Memphis scene (blu pay attention to his part)
Sun Records indie label without very good distribution
sold Elvis to RCA
sold BB King to Chess Records
Sun Sudio still in Memphis and offers tours, also still used
rockabilly= R&B + country western
"Rocket 88" called 1st rock n roll song recorded
Jackie Brenston on vocals and sax
Ike Turner- piano and composer (uncredited at the time)
Carl Perkins "Blue Suede Shoes"
guitar, vocal, and song writer
blues and country guitar style
blues based music with pop like themes
On Sun Records:
Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison "oobie doobie"
Charlie Rich
Jerry Lee Lewis
Lewis, Perkins, Elvis, and Johnny Cash sang a gospel song and Sam Phillips recorded it "Down by the Riverside"
they were called "the million dollar quartet"
Buddy Holly and his band the Crickets
1 of the 1st teen songwriters
"That'll be the Day" good hook. he knew how to write them
Richie Valens "La Bamba"
Bob Keane producer Del Fi Records
Gold Star Studios Reverb chamber
"Come on Lets go" "Donna" b-side aaba structure
vocal and guitar hooks
"Summertime Blues"
"La Bamba" based on Norteno Music (northern Mexican folk music)
February 1959 plane crash Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and a celebrity DJ named the Big Bopper parished
Everly Brothers "Wake Up A little Suzy"
very Holly-like in theme
originally a country duo they come up singing rockabilly
"Rip it Up" Little Richard cover
AABA structure with European roots
entertainment/simple "puppy love"
ii V I (minor 2 chord 5, 1) harmony
theme and variation
Major record labels
mid 70s lead to birth of major labels as we know them
went from 30 or more to 6-8 record labels
Sam Phillips and Memphis scene (blu pay attention to his part)
Sun Records indie label without very good distribution
sold Elvis to RCA
sold BB King to Chess Records
Sun Sudio still in Memphis and offers tours, also still used
rockabilly= R&B + country western
"Rocket 88" called 1st rock n roll song recorded
Jackie Brenston on vocals and sax
Ike Turner- piano and composer (uncredited at the time)
Carl Perkins "Blue Suede Shoes"
guitar, vocal, and song writer
blues and country guitar style
blues based music with pop like themes
On Sun Records:
Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison "oobie doobie"
Charlie Rich
Jerry Lee Lewis
Lewis, Perkins, Elvis, and Johnny Cash sang a gospel song and Sam Phillips recorded it "Down by the Riverside"
they were called "the million dollar quartet"
Buddy Holly and his band the Crickets
1 of the 1st teen songwriters
"That'll be the Day" good hook. he knew how to write them
Richie Valens "La Bamba"
Bob Keane producer Del Fi Records
Gold Star Studios Reverb chamber
"Come on Lets go" "Donna" b-side aaba structure
vocal and guitar hooks
"Summertime Blues"
"La Bamba" based on Norteno Music (northern Mexican folk music)
February 1959 plane crash Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and a celebrity DJ named the Big Bopper parished
Everly Brothers "Wake Up A little Suzy"
very Holly-like in theme
originally a country duo they come up singing rockabilly
"Rip it Up" Little Richard cover