Genres and subgenres
Style prevalent in the west and southwest.
Once this group of people heard rhythm and blues on the radio, they developed a taste for it, which then set the stage for rock and roll.
Who are teenagers?
The first of the singing cowboys to appear in a long string of movies set in the Wild West.
Who is Gene Autry?
The sheet music business that was concentrated in New York City.
What is Tin Pan Alley?
A device placed under the strings that converts string vibrations into an electrical signal for an amplifier.
What is an electric pickup?
Music assumed for low income white listeners.
What is Country Western?
The most important radio show for the genre was this playing on WSM in Nashville.
What is the Grand Ole Opry?
“Hoochie Coochie Man” (1954)
Who is Muddy Waters?
Inventor of the solid-body electric guitar.
Who is Les Paul?
Anything that is not connected with religion, spiritual matters, or the church.
What is secular?
Music assumed for low income black listeners.
What is Rhythm and Blues?
The first broadcast was in this year from stations in Pittsburgh and Detroit. They would air a blend of news, local information and live music.
Adapted the lyrics in his cover of "Shake, Rattle and Roll."
Who is Bill Haley and the Comets?
Sometimes performers who moved from gospel music to pop had feelings of guilt that they may have “sold out.” This feeling would continue into what genre for both whites and blacks.
What is rock and roll?
Sentimental type singing largely dependent on mechanical amplification, in the early days by megaphone and now by microphone.
What is crooning?
Genre where singers were merely featured soloists.
Network radio helped create a national audience, but in the 1940s, the shift moved to this.
What is television?
His successful singing career was much owed to his vocal phrasing and technique to musicians he work with during the big band era.
Who is Frank Sinatra?
This major historical event influenced the sharing and exposure of many different genres of music.
What is WWII?
A genre of music featuring a banjo.
What is Bluegrass?
Common of the genre was group singing contests from different parts of the neighborhood.
What is doo-wop?
WDIA in this city began programming and advertising to the local black population by playing blues records supported by sponsors who welcomed black clientele.
What is Memphis?
“I’m Sitting on Top of the World”
Who is Les Paul and Mary Ford?
This label produced music with a rough edge, done with simple equipment and had a raw, unsophisticated sound.
What is Chess?
Process by which a musician records on instrument part and then another part so that the two parts sound together when played back.
What is overdubbing?