Popular Music in America

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Lecture 24

• Popular Music in America

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Early Rock and the Global Scene

• Pre-Rock 'n' Roll Rhythm and Blues styles after
  WWII. Ray Charles, Muddy Waters
• Jump - Boogie Woogie - Louis Jordan"Choo-Choo-C
  h-Boogie" Louis Jordan (1946)

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Pre-Rock 'n' Roll

• Electric Blues - T.Bone Walker, B. B. King
• Country - Honky Tonk and Rockabilly" styles -
  Hank Williams, Elvis Presley
• "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" (1954) Joe Turner 4-2

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The Emergence of Rock 'N' Roll 1955 - 1960

• "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley and the
  Comets.
• Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (1926-)
  the most influential RR musician of the era.
• "Johnny B. Goode"

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Elvis Presley (1935-1977)

• Possibly the most popular entertainer of the
  century and RR "strongest and most distinctive"
  voice.
• You Aint Nothin But a Hound Dog (1956)

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Rock, A New Musical Language

• British "invasion" - Beatles, Stones, The Who,
  Led Zeppelin, Elton John, David Bowie, Seal , U2
• Rock rhythmic concept - straight beat
• The Beatles - borrowed heavily from Rock 'n' Roll
• "Long Tall Sally" Little Richard (1956) - (1964)
  

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World Music - Popular Music from the Third World

• Latin Styles
• Afro-Cuban
• Rhythmic Complexity
• Latin Jazz
• Tito Puente
• Mambo King
• Complication

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World Music

• Global Pop
• American Folk Styles
• Creole Zydeco
• Cajun
• BeauSoleil with
• Michael Doucet
• Think of Me

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Assignment

• Read Chapters 71 - 73