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Rocket 88

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By: Jackie Brenston, 1951
Simple verse form
Composer/ Lyricist: Jackie Brenston
Blues and R&B
First rock and roll song

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Great Balls Of Fire

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By: Jerry Lee Lewis, 1958
AABA form
Composer/ Lyricist: Otis Blackwell & Jack Hammer
Rock

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That’ll Be The Day

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By: Buddy Holly and The Crickets, 1957
Verse chorus
Composer/ Lyricist: Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty
Rock n roll

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Over The Rainbow

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By: Judy Garland, 1939
AABA form
Composer/ Lyricist: Harold Arlen
Vocal/ easy listening
Featured in the wizard of oz

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Im Sittin On Top Of The World

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By: Les paul and Mary Ford, 1953
AABA form
Composer: Rey Henderson
Lyricist: Sam Lewis and Joe Young
Vocal/ easy listening
composed in 25 and performed in 53

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Hey good lookin

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By: Hank Williams, 1951
AABA form
Composer/ Lyricist: Hank Williams
Honky tonk
Twang

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St . Louis Blue

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By: Billie Holliday, 1914 (pub), 1925 recording
Composer/ Lyricist: WC Handy
AABA form
Blues
Harmony: 12 bar blues
Lyrics: aab form

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Evil

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By: Howlin Wolf, 1954
Composer: Willie Dixion
Performer: Howlin Wolf
12 bar blues
adult lyrics about infidelity

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Shake, Rattle, and Roll

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By: Big Joe Turner, 1954
Song Writer: Charles f. Calhoun
Performer: Big joe Turner
Vers chorus form
Lyrics about sex

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Blueberry Hill

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By: Fats Domino, 1956
Composer/ lyricist: Al Lewis, Larry Stock, and Vincent Rose
AABA form
lyrics/ vocal timbre - pop
Elec. guitar, drums, horns - R&B

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Jhonny B. Goode

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By: Chuck Berry, 1958
Composer/ Lyricist: Chuck Berry
Simple Verse Form W Refrain
12 bar blues
Rock song about rock

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Tutti Frutti

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By: Little Richard, 1955
Composer/ Lyricist: little Richard, Bump Blackwell, Dorothy LaBostrie
Verse chorus form
Vocal acrobatics

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Tutti frutti (cover)

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By: Pat Boone, 1956
Rock

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Blue moon of Kentucky

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By: Elvis, 1954
Composer/Lyricist: Bill Monroe
B-side of thats all right
Originally performed by: Bill Monroe, Blue Grass boys

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Hound Dog

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By: Elvis, 1956
Composer/ Lyricist: Jerry Lieber, and Mike Stoller
Hokum blues
12 bar blues
Cover of big mama thorton

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Are you Lonesome Tonight

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By: Elvis, 1960
Composer/ Lyricist: Lou Handman, and Roy Turk
Performed: Elvis Presley
Subdued Ballad Style
Crooning

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Blue suede shoes

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By: Carl Perkins, 1955
Composer/ Lyricist? Performed: Carl Perkins
Simple Verse Form
12 bar blues
Stop Time

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Lets Have a Party

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By: Wanda Jackson, 1960
Composer/ Lyricist: Jessie Mae Robinson
Performed: Wanda Jackson
Raspy Vocal Timbre
Rockabiliy

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The twist

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By: Chubby Checker, 1960
Composer/ Lyricist: Hank Ballard
Performed: Chubby Checker
12 bar blues

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Will You Love Me Tomorrow

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By: The Shrielles, 1960
Composer/Lyricist: Gerry Geofin,
Performed: The Shirelles
AABA form
Orchestral Accompaniment
Ambivalence over sexual encounter

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Be My Baby

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By: The Ronnettes, 1963
Composer/Lyricist: Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Berry
Produced: Phil Spector
Performed: The Ronnettes
Wall of sound

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There Goes My Baby

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By: The drifters, 1959
Composer/Lyricist: Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson, George Treadwell
Performed: The Drifters
Produced: Lieber and Stoller
Doo Wop style vocals

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All I have to do is Dream

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By: The Everly Brothers, 1958
Composer/Lyricist: Felice and Boudreax Bryant
Performed: The Everly Brothers
Close 2 part vocal Harmony
AABA

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Surfin USA

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By: The Beach Boys, 1963
Composer/Lyricist: Brian Willson and Chuck Berry
Performed: Beach Boys
Driving guitar
Surfing
Doo Wop style vocals

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I Want to hold your hand

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By: The Beatles, 1963
Composer/ Lyricist: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Performed: The Beatles
AABA form, Tin pan alley, Brill
Driving guitar - chuck berry
Hand Claps - girl groups
Duet singing - everly brothers
Ooos - Little Richard

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Satisfaction

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By: The Rolling Stones, 1965
Composer/ Lyricist: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Performed: Rolling Stones
Prominent electric guitar riff and fuzz tone
Lyrics discussing rampant consumerism and sexual frustration

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My Generation

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By: The who, 1965
Composer/ Lyricist: Pete Townshed
Produced: Shel Talmy
youth rebellion
Simple Verse Form

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Rhythm

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a pattern of long and short notes organized around a beat

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Meter

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a steady pulse stream with a regular pattern of accented and unaccented beats - duple, triple, quadruple

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Tempo

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the speed of the beat

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30
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Dynamics

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pp p mp mf f ff

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Melody

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pitches played one at a time in succession

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Harmony

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multiple pitches played at the same time

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Riff

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a repeated melodic figure

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34
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Timbre

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tone color, instrumentation, sound quality

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35
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Rhythm Section

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vocals, lead guitar, drums, bass, piano, (instruments)

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12 bar blues

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I I I I
IV IV I I
V IV I I
C C C C
F F C C
G F C C

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Simple verse form

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AAAA

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38
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Standard Song form

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AABA

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Verse chorus form

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verse - same music/ different text
chorus - same music/ same text

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40
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Phonograph

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first radio

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Radio

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after phonograph

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42
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Tin pan alley

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manhattan, collection of music composers, professional composer and lyricist, standard song form

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George and Ira Gerwish

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popular on tin pan alley

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44
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Big bands

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crooners, swing beats w orchestra, soft sweet singing style

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Crooning

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no microphones so had to had loud “raspy” voice

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46
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Les Paul

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invented solid body guitar, pioneer of overdubbing

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Jimmy Rodgers

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hillbilly string bands

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Singing Cowboy

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crooning side of country and western, movie musicals

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Bluegrass

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fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass

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Honky Tonk

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convergence of previous styles, nasally vocal sound, autobiographical

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Rhythm and Blues

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race records, blues, jazz, gospel, doo wop

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Stop time

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when the vocals and music stop in the song

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Urban Blues

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produced primarily within industry, follows rules, ensemble accompaniment

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Rural Blues

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older, less fixed, heavier dialect, voice and guitar

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Jump Blues

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upbeat, played by small ensembles with horn sections

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Gospel

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many rhythm and blues learned to sing in church

57
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Sun Records

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independant record lablel out of Memphis

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Chess Records

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electric blues, rough emotional directness, expressive vocals, advanced instrumental playing, raw sound, adult lyrics,

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Doo Wop

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A capella singing groups featuring a solo singer against a vocal-chorus accompaniment with lyrics often including nonsense syllables

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Electric Blues

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electric amplification for instruments

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Hokum Blues

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A subset of blues music that pokes fun at various aspects of adult relationships with lyrics that tend to feature double entendres and overt sexual undertones

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Youth culture

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Parents don’t know what kids are listening to because of cars with radios

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DJ

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1st prominent radio dj alan freed called rock and roll party

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Crossover

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simple verse form with refrain, 12 bar blues, electric guitar, rock song about a rock

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Cover Song

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Pat Boone made covers of black artist songs and makes them cleaner

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Payola

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paying djs to play a certain song/ artist

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Fats Domino

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whites thought he was white (he was black) performed blue berry hill

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Chuck Berry

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word, music, performed Johnny b. Goode, visual whites thought he was white (he was black) duck walk

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Duck Walk

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performed by Chuck Berry when he performed Johnny B. Goode

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Pat Boone

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made covers of black artist songs that where dirty and made them clean

69
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Little Richard

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like chuck berry, tutti frutti, vocal acrobatics. later clled into ministry in 1957

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Bill Haley

71
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Big Joe Turner

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Elvis Presley

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did lots of covers before he got big, “all right mama” cover big break, gets drafted in 1959, first to chart in top 3 generes strong visual element, adaptable, performer

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Rockabilly

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electric lead guitar, rhythm guitar, upright bass, slapback reverberation, exaggerated body movements

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Jackie Brenston

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Sam Philips

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heard potential in Elvis, made him cover all right mama which gave him the lightbulb for Elvis

76
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Bill Black

77
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Scotty Moore

78
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Slapback

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single echo resulting from non-absorbing surfaces

79
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Colonel Tom Parker

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elvis presleys manager, 9/9/56 ed sullivan show,

80
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Ed Sullivan Show

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hosted elvis presley and the beatles

81
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Johnny Cash

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bridge between rock and country, rockabilly artist

82
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Carl Perkins

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rockabilly artist

83
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Jerry Lee Lewis

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rockabilly artist, scandal in 1958

84
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Brill Building

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becomes offices then music teams rents the offices becomes big building for up and coming artist, like tin pan alley

85
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Buddy Holly

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rockabilly artist

86
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Goffin and King

86
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Aldon Publishing

87
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Teen Idol

88
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American Bandstand

89
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Chubby Checker

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Folk Music

91
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The Kingston Trio

92
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Pop Production

93
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The Coasters

94
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Lieber and Stoller

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Girl Groups

96
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Phil Spector

97
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Wall of Sound

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Sweet Soul

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Rockabilly Pop

100
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Everly Brothers

101
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Surf Rock

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Skiffle

103
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Quarrymen

104
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Brian Epstein

105
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George Maritn

106
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Beatlemania

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people in uk become obsessed with the beatles

107
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The Rolling Stone

108
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The Animals

109
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The Kinks

110
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The Who

111
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The British Invasion

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when the beatles became the most popular artist in the U.S.

112
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Alan Freed

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created payola

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