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Explore the music landscape post-World War II, from the Mambo craze to Rhythm & Blues. Discover the rise of big singers, urban folk music, mambo dance, and the evolution of country and western music. Delve into the careers of notable artists like Louis Jordan, Muddy Waters, and Ruth Brown, and learn about the emergence of vocal harmony groups and the influence of gospel traditions. Uncover the fusion of genres, the impact of indie labels, and the mainstreaming of country music in the postwar era.

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Friendly Warning: Multi-Chapter Test (# 3)

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  1. Friendly Warning:Multi-Chapter Test (# 3) Covers Chapters 5-6-7Thursday, 7 April 2016(nine days from today)

  2. Chapter 7 “Choo Choo C’ Boogie” :The Post-War Era, 1946-1954

  3. Chapter 7 (outline) Popular Music and Technology in the Postwar Era The Rise of the Big Singers Urban folk Music: The Weavers The Mambo Craze (1949-1955) Southern Music in the Postwar Era Rhythm & Blues Vocal Harmony Groups Country and Western Music

  4. Mambo! • Ballroom dance, c. 1930s (Cuban origins) • Derived from Danzón, montuno section • Modular form(repeated short ideas) • Peak of popularity- 1950s-easy to do • Exs. (Perez Prado Band)- MAMBO No 5 - PEREZ PRADO – YouTube (Text book LG, 216-7) Damaso Perez Prado (1916-1989) – leading exponent of the “mambo”

  5. The Mambo Craze (mid-50s) • Sophie Tucker – “The Middle Age Mambo”- Sophie Tucker -the middle age mambo - YouTube • Ruth Brown – “Mambo Baby”- Mambo Baby - Ruth Brown • Perry Como – “Papa Loves Mambo”- Perry Como Papa Loves Mambo Perry Como Show '54B&W ORGINAL • Rosemary Clooney – “Mambo Italiano”- Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano - 1954 originals – YouTube (Text book LG, p. 217-8) • Leonard Bernstein, West Side Story, “Mambo” - West Side Story - Mambo!

  6. Southern Music – post WW II • Billboard (1942) – new “Western & Race” category - later called: “American Folk Records” • Billboard (1949) – renames categories - “Race” becomes “Rhythm & Blues” - “Hillbilly” becomes “Country and Western” • Growth of these categories on: - Radio (average of more than 1 hour daily) - Jukebox (Southerners generally not in AFM) - Independent record labels (renewed prosperity)

  7. Rhythm and Blues (new term) • Was “Race” records for Black consumers • Mixture of styles (united by audience) - Urbanized (southern) folk (Blues, etc.) - Gospel harmonies - Tin Pan Alley crooners - “Jump” bands (smaller swing groups) • “Indie” labels, small (local) markets • Payola (to promote records on black radio) • Emergence of “Jump blues”

  8. Louis Jordan (1908-1975) “Kingof theJuke box” • Born Arkansas- Father : band music teacher- performed on minstrel circuit • Chick Webb band (to 1938)- LJ develops stage persona- non-threatening, comedic actor • Leads own nine-piece band- soon reduced to “five” • Strong cross-over appeal- “Victory Records”- often scores on “white” charts • Top black recording artist- 113 weeks at No. 1 (all-time leader)- 18 # 1 hits, 54 top ten records (1940s)

  9. Louis Jordanand His Tympany Five Louis Jordan -- What's the Use of Getting Sober – YouTube(1942 # 1 Harlem) Caldonia / Louis Jordan – YouTube(1945, # 1 R&B, # 6 Pop) Louis Jordan Singalong Choo Choo C'Boogie (Text book LG, p.221-23)(1946, # 1 R&B, # 7 Pop) LOUIS JORDAN - AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS- 1956 – YouTube (1946, # 1 R&B, # 6 Pop) Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five ~ Beans and Cornbread (1949) – YouTube (1949, # 1 R&B) Strong Boogie Woogie beat Almost Rock ‘n Roll

  10. “Muddy Waters”(McKinley Morganfield, 1915[?]-1998) • Mississippi (plantation work)- harmonica, then guitar- Son House, Robert Johnson- Alan Lomax discovers (1941) • Chicago (from 1943)- opens for Big Bill Bronzy- Electric guitar (1945)- Chess Records • Exs.- Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man ( Chess 1954) – YouTube(Text book LG p. 225-6)- Got My Mojo Working Muddy Waters full version newport jazz - YouTube

  11. “Doo Wop”(Vocal Harmony Groups) • Based in Gospel Quartets • Mills Brothers (1930-68)- Ex. Paper Doll • Dominoes (c. 1951)- Billy Ward coachedClyde McPhatter lead • Exs.- Billy Ward and The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man - YouTube

  12. Ruth Brown (1928-2006) • Southern Gospel traditions • Big band, club singer • Signed to Atlantic Records- “House that Ruth Built”- leading R&B singer (1949-55) • Ex.- RUTH BROWN - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean – YouTube(Text book LG, p. 228-30) • Advocate for R&B performers- sued for royalties (and won!) “Miss Rhythm”“The Queen of R&B”

  13. Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton (1926-1984) • Southern Baptist • Vaudeville Circuit • Houston, TX nightclubs • “Rough” personality • Exs.- Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (1952) Blues - YouTube(Text book LG, p. 228-30)- Big Mama Thornton - Ball And Chain

  14. Country and Western Music • Continued broadening of C&W market • Radio Broadcasts in all parts of US- Boston, “Hayloft Jamboree”- Los Angeles, “Hometown Jamboree” • 1/3 of all record sales in 1950 • “Mainstreaming”- pop performers cover country- country performers go “pop” • Patti Page – country crossover- The Tennessee Waltz - singer Patti Page 1950- How Much Is That Doggie In The Window - Patti Page - YouTube

  15. 147 hits on Billboard charts (85 million copies sold!) “Tennessee Plowboy” The “Nashville Sound”- Crooning lead sing- Orchestral accompaniment- Background vocals Exs.- Eddy Arnold - Bouquet of Roses (With Lyrics) – YouTube (1947 crossover)- Eddy Arnold - You Don't Know Me - Grand Ole Opry Classics – YouTube- MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY - EDDY ARNOLD.mpg (1965) Eddy Arnold (1918-2008)

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