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1 “CHOO CHOO CH’ BOOGIE”: THE POSTWAR ERA, 1946–1954 THE POSTWAR ERA, 1946–1954 *The entertainment industry _____________________________________ after the war. *By 1947, record companies achieved retail sales of over ___________________________________. The previous peak for record sales occurred in 1921. *Independent record labels became an _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Independent Labels *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –Most important blues “race” label –Signed the most popular blues recording artists in Chicago, including _______________________________________________________________________________________________– Founded by Leonard and Phil Chess (Polish Jewish immigrants) * _______________________________________________________________________________________________ –Founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun, son of the former Turkish Ambassador to the United States, and Herb Abramson, former A&R man for National Records –Based in ________________________ 2 –Artist roster included _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ *Record companies began to _______________________________________________________________________________________________ *People under 21 made up _______________________________________________________________________________________________ of the United States. *Many hit records of the 1940s and 1950s were _______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Larger record companies (_______________________________________________________________________________________________) were focusing their attention on _____________________________________________. Popular Music and Technology in the Postwar Era *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_____________________________________________________ than previous methods of recording –Recordings could be _________________________________________________. *“_____________________________________________________________________________________________” –In 1948, Columbia Records introduced _______________________________________________, long-playing discs (__________________________) 3 –In 1949, RCA Victor introduced seven-inch, _______________________—the format for hit singles. *_______________________________________ –Increased influence of _______________________________________ (DJs) on popular music –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ took place in 1939. Rise of the Big Singers *By 1946, the focus of popular attention had shifted away from _______________________________________________________________________________________________ toward a ___________________________________________________________. *Many of the top vocalists started their careers during the swing era. *The musicians’ union recording ban of 1942–44 ___________________________________________________________________________________________. –Many of the _______________________________________________________________________________________________, many times with choral accompaniment. Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) Born in _____________________________________________, into a working-class Italian family 4 *Between 1937 and 1939, worked as a _______________________________________________________________________________________________, a nightclub in New Jersey *Later worked for _______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Sinatra was _______________________________________________________________________________________________, at the ________________________, and in the ____________________, and his popularity soared. *His singing style combined the _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ *He was influenced by female jazz and cabaret singers such as _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Listening: “Nancy (With the Laughing Face)” *Peaked ______________________________________ on the Billboard charts *_________________________________________________ dominate the instrumental accompaniment. *Conventional thirty-two-bar AABA form –Cowritten by the Tin Pan Alley veteran Jimmy Van Heusen and television and film comedian Phil Silvers _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 *The brief orchestral introduction begins with four bars of waltz rhythm (three beats per bar), then shifts into the four beat meter of the song. *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________. Nat “King” Cole (1917–65) *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *In both musical and commercial terms, _______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Born _____________________________________ in Montgomery, Alabama *His family moved to the ___________________________________ when he was four years old. *His father was the pastor of a Baptist church. –_______________________________________________________________________________________________. *He made his first recording in 1936, in _________________________________________________, a jazz band led by his brother Eddie Cole. *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ regularly to the predominantly white pop charts. *Cole’s biggest commercial successes were _______________________________________________ accompanied by elaborate orchestral arrangements. 6 Listening: “Nature Boy” *Written by Eden Ahbez (1908–95) *Performed by Nat “King” Cole *Accompanied by Frank DeVol’s Orchestra –___________________________________________; held the __________________________________ position on the Billboard pop charts for ____________________________. *“Nature Boy” was the _______________________________________________________________________________________________. *The song is in a ____________________________________. –Infrequent in mainstream popular music –Associated in the popular imagination with sadness, longing, and exotic images of the Orient *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________. Urban Folk Music *Showed up on the __________________________________________________________________________ *Combined a number of seemingly contradictory tendencies *Inspired by _______________________________________ yet performed by ______________________________________________ 7 *Drew inspiration from the _______________________________________________________________________________________________ yet was used by the record industry to generate millions of dollars in profits The Weavers *The _______________________________________________________ to achieve commercial success *A quartet led by the singer, banjo player, and political activist __________________________________ (b. 1919) *Formed in 1948, they grew out of an earlier group called the _____________________________________, which had included Seeger and Guthrie. *With a repertoire based on American and international folk songs, the Weavers performed at _______________________________________________________________________________________________. *The group was “discovered” at a New York City nightclub by _________________________________, managing director of _____________________________________. *Between 1950 and 1954, they placed ____________________________________________________. *Three members of the group, including Seeger, _______________________________________________________________________________________________ (Their main accuser later admitted that he had fabricated the charges and went to prison for perjury.) 8 *________________________________, unwilling to withstand the heat, _______________________________________________, and the Weavers never again appeared on the pop music charts. “Goodnight Irene” *Singalong version of a song composed by Huddie Ledbetter (a.k.a. Leadbelly, 1889–1949) *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –Number One on the pop charts in 1950 *The strophic form of the song is clearly related to the folk ballad tradition, with a _______________________________________________________________________________________________. *Despite the folksy informality of much of the Weavers’ later work, _______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Helped define a niche in the popular market for folk-based popular music, including the later work of the _______________________________________________________________________________________________ *The Weavers’ use of international materials, including Israeli, Cuban, and South African songs, make them the _____________________________________________________________. Southern Music in the Postwar Era Southern Music in the Postwar Era 9 *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ underwent a series of name changes. *In 1949, Billboard began using the terms __________________________________________ and ________________________________________________ *During the late 1930s and the 1940s, millions of people had migrated from the rural South in search of employment in ___________________________________________________. *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ for southern-derived music. Radio *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ in the popularization of this music. *During the war, a number of white disc jockeys began to mix in black popular music with pop records. *In 1949, ___________________________________________________________, became the _______________________________________________________________________________________________. The AFM Recording Ban and the Rise of BMI *The AFM recording ban of 1942–44, along with the rise of BMI, provided many _______________________________________________________________________________________________. 10 *The success of country and western and rhythm & blues (R&B) music was indebted to the ________________________________________________________________________________________. Rhythm & Blues *Described _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ *A loose cluster of styles rooted in southern folk traditions: –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Jump Blues *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *During the war, the leaders of some big bands were forced to downsize. *Specialized in _______________________________________________________________________________________________, spiced with humorous lyrics and wild stage performances 11 Louis Jordan (1908–75) *Led the most famous jump band, ________________________________________________________ *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Began making recordings for ___________________________________________________ in 1939 *The first jump band musician to appeal to a mass audience *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *His ensemble setup— _______________________________________________________________________________________________ —became the ______________________________________________________________. Listening: “Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie” (1946) *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Released in 1946 by Decca Records *_______________________________________________________________________________________________, reached ______________________________________________________________________________________, and ____________________________________________________________________________________________ *Exemplifies key elements of the jump blues style of R&B *Cowritten by Milt Gabler, Jordan’s producer, and two country and western musicians who worked at a radio station in New York City *The title of the song draws a _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 12 *______________________________ provided an _______________________________________________________________________________________________ during the postwar period. *Form –Series of verses in twelve-bar blues form, alternated with an eight-bar chorus –Combines ___________________________________________________________________________________ Blues Crooner Style –Dominated by a __________________________________________________________________________ –The roots of this urbane approach to the blues reach back to a series of race recordings made in the late 1920s and 1930s by -_______________________________________________________________________________________ -_______________________________________________________________________________________ Cecil Gant (1913–51) *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *The “G.I. Singsation” *Recorded a love song called “I Wonder” –Sung in a gentle, slightly nasal, bluesy style –Accompanied only by his own piano playing 13 –Reached _______________________________________________________________________________________________ and attracted attention from some white listeners. –Gant was never able to repeat the success of his first hit. Charles Brown (1922–99) *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ – _______________________________________________________________________________________________ –Studied _________________________________________, graduated from college in 1942 at the age of twenty –His smooth, sensitive, somewhat forlorn vocal style (_______________________________________________________________________________________________) attracted attention. –He began to develop a national reputation with the release of “Drifting Blues,” one of the top-selling R&B records of 1945 and 1946. Listening: “Black Night” *Written by Jessie Robinson; performed by Charles Brown and His Band; released in 1951 *One of Brown’s most successful recordings, ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 *“Black Night” did not show up on the pop charts, because of ________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Form –Twelve-bar blues *Lyrics –Convey a ________________________________________________________________________________________________, evoked by the coming of night Chicago Electric Blues *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ -Derived more directly from the Mississippi Delta tradition of Charley Patton and Robert Johnson *Chicago was the terminus of the Illinois Central railroad line, which ran up through the Midwest from the Mississippi Delta. *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ as a commercial phenomenon by World War II. *The old Delta blues emerged in a _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 15 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) (1915–83) *“Discovered” in the Mississippi Delta by Allan Lomax in 1941 *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Played _______________________________________________________________________________________ *The _______________________________________________________________________________________________ in the 1960s Listening: “Hootchie Cootchie Man” *Muddy Waters, 1953 *Features Muddy’s lineup in the early 1950s: –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Combines blues form with strophic verse-chorus structure *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Vocal Harmony Groups *Although this tradition is today sometimes called “___________________________________,” the earliest performers did not use this term. 16 –During the postwar era, variants of the African American vocal harmony tradition, both sacred and secular, moved into the R&B market. The Dominoes *The vocal harmony group most responsible for moving away from the poporiented sound of the Mills Brothers –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Led by vocal coach Billy Ward *In 1950, Ward started rehearsing with a number of his most promising students and a seventeen-year-old tenor singer named _____________________________ (1932–72). “Have Mercy Baby” *The Dominoes pushed vocal-group R&B firmly in the direction of a _______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Recorded in ____________________________________________________, and released by Federal Records in 1952 *It was the first record to combine –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________, and –_______________________________________________________________________________________________. 17 Johnnie Ray (1927–90) *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Rose to become one of the biggest international pop stars of the early 1950s *Crowned the “_______________________________” and parodied as the “_______________________________________________________________________________________________” *His hit “Cry” reached _______________________________________________________________________________________________ –He was the __________________________________________________to reach the top of the black charts between 1946 and 1956. Women in R&B: Ruth Brown (b. 1928) *“_____________________________________________________________________________________________” *Born in __________________________ *Began her professional career at the age of sixteen *In 1949, signed with the new independent label _______________________________ Listening: “Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean” *Written by Johnny Wallace, Herbert J. Lance, and Charles Singleton *Performed by Ruth Brown 18 *Released in _______________________ *Held the Number _______________________________________________________________________________________________i n 1953 and reached _______________________________________________________________________________________________ *The form is another example of the _______________________________________________________________________________________________– The twelve-bar form here is expanded by adding four extra bars in the middle of the song. *Brown’s vocal style: –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Big Mama Thornton (1926–84) *Born in ____________________________________________________ *The daughter of a Baptist minister *Began her career as a _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ and later settled in Houston, where she sang in black nightclubs 19 *In the early 1950s, arrived in Los Angeles and began working with Johnny Otis, a Greek-American drummer Listening: “Hound Dog” *Written by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller *Sung by Big Mama Thornton *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Thornton’s __________________________________________________________________________________ projects a stark image of female power rarely, if ever, expressed in popular music of the 1950s. *The bluntness of the lyrics is reinforced by the musical accompaniment. *The tempo is relaxed, and the performance is energetic but loose. *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ The Postwar Era Patti Page (b. 1927) *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ -Had success with love songs and novelties like “The Doggie in the Window” (______________________________________________________________________________________) 20 *Her biggest hit was a recording of the “Tennessee Waltz.” –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Country Crooners *Eddy Arnold (b. 1918) –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ -Dominated the country charts from 1947 to 1954 and scored eleven Top 40 hits on the pop charts –Arnold began his career as a country singer on local radio shows in his native Tennessee and joined the cast of the ________________________________ in the mid-1940s. *Key elements of his style are evident from his early recordings: –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Bluegrass *Bluegrass music is a style rooted in the venerable _______________________________________________________________________________________________. *Bill Monroe (1911–97) –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –Born in ______________________________________________ *Started playing music at a young age 21 *Influenced by his uncle (a country fiddler) and by a black musician and railroad worker *In 1935, formed a duet with his brother, Charlie •In 1938, started his own group, ____________________________________________, and the following year joined the cast of the _______________________________________ Listening: “It’s Mighty Dark to Travel” *Performed by Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys *Recorded in ________________________________________________________ *Classic example of bluegrass: –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Acoustic stringed instrumentation: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Bill Monroe’s __________________________________________________________________ creates percussive sound occurring in alternation with the bass. *Earl Scruggs’s highly syncopated, three-finger technique on the banjo interlocks with the rhythm of the other instruments. *The string bass provides steady support, playing on the first and third beats of each measure. 22 Honky-Tonk Style *Born in _______________________________________________________________________________________________ *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *____________________________________________________________________________ to be heard. *Songs were about the pleasures and problems of the honky-tonk audience. *Sentimental or religious songs would not have worked. *Country musicians adapted traditional instruments and playing techniques to the rowdy atmosphere of the juke joint. *The typical instrumentation of a honky-tonk band included a _______________________________________________________________________________________________ *The _________________________________________________________________________________________ *Musicians played with a percussive, insistent beat well suited to dancing. *Honky-tonk vocal styles were often directly emotional. Ernest Tubb (1914–84) *Began his career in the 1930s as a disciple of Jimmie Rodgers, the “Singing Brakeman” *By the 1940s, he had developed into one of the first honky-tonk performers, __________________________________________________________________________ roughened by many years of singing in juke joints. 23 *His first big hit was “Walking the Floor over You” (released by Decca Records in 1941). –Secured him a spot on the ______________________________________________________ –Helped him create a nationwide following Hank Thompson (b. 1925) *Created a _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ *His biggest hit was _________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Listening: “The Wild Side of Life” *Recorded in Hollywood *Written by William Warren and Arlie Carter *Based on Warren’s personal experiences with a ________________________________________ *Reflects major theme in honky-tonk music: –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ 24 You wouldn’t read my letter if I wrote you You asked me not to call you on the phone But there’s something I’m wanting to tell you So I wrote it in the words of this song I didn’t know God made honky-tonk angels I might have known you’d never make a wife You gave up the only one that ever loved you And went back to the wild side of life Kitty Wells (b. 1918) *The __________________________________________________________________________________________ *Born in _____________________, married the popular country entertainer Johnny Wright *Began appearing with him on radio in 1938 *Her reputation was spread by network radio appearances. *Kitty Wells ____________________________________________________________________________________, with titles like “Paying for That Back Street Affair” and “Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On.” Listening: “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels” (1952) *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 *The __________________________________________________________________________________________ to top the country and western charts As I sit here tonight, the jukebox playing The tune about the wild side of life As I listen to the words you are saying It brings memories when I was a trustful wife It wasn’t God who made honky-tonk angels As you said in the words of your song Too many times married men think they’re still single That has caused many a good girl to go wrong Hank Williams (1923–53) *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *_______________________________________________________________________________________________ during the immediate post–World War II period *Born into poverty, began singing at an extremely young age *At sixteen, the “_____________________________” had his own local radio show. *His vocal style blended elements of _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 26 Listening: “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” *Evokes the flavor of “old-timey” country music: –Waltz-like triple meter –Straightforward strophic form –The vocals have an intensity that brings the pain behind the words to life. –The vocals _______________________________________________________________________________________________ -Hear that lonesome whippoorwill Listening: “Hey, Good Lookin’” *Written and performed by Hank Williams *Recorded in 1951 *“Hey, Good Lookin’” was a __________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Danceable character and pop-friendly thirty-two-bar AABA form borrowed from Tin Pan Alley models *Teen-friendly lyrics that address cars, dancing, and young romance; terms like _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 27 *The hard-living, hard-loving rambling life that Hank Williams led had its price: –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ –_______________________________________________________________________________________________ *Died on New Year’s Day 1953 after suffering a heart attack in the back of his car on the way to a performance