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10 pan alley was …… in the 60s

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still alive and well

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brill building

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home to several music publishers

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Brill building songwriting team

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Hal David and Burt Bacharach

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Main vocalist of Brill Building

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Dionne Warwick

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characteristics of Hal David and Burt Bacharach

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  • wide melodic leaps
  • unusual chords and chord progressions
  • irregular rhythms
  • unconventional forms
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What years were an artistic commercial high point for broadway

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1955-1965

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most of pre rock musicals were about what?

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long ago/ far away

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rock era musicals were about what?

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present/ recent past

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most revolutionary musical

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Hair

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Hair Musical

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embodies countercultural attitudes in almost every aspect

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Andrew Loyd Webber

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  • most commercially successful musical theater composer of rock era
  • musical theaters British Invasion
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Stephen Sondheim

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  • most versatile composer of this generation

- total integration of song and story was his trade mark

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2 reaction to be-bop

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1) cool jazz

2) avant-guarde/ free jazz

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Avant-Guarde

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  • more complex than be-bop

- sometimes no chordal instrument

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John Coltrane

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“chasing the Trane”

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Jazz Rock

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  • Miles Davis
  • Put out 2 albums in 1969
  • 1st called “in silent way”
  • 2nd called “bitches brew”
  • right of passage to be in his band
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Instrumentation for jazz rock

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piano, guitar, electric bass, drums, extra percussion

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Fusion

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Weather report: Jaco Pastirous

  • electric bass virtuoso
  • “bird lana”
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Wynton Marsalis

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started a neotraditional movement in jazz in the 80s

“cherokee”

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Latin Jazz person

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chick corea

“So in love”

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Rock music in 1970s

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  • became an industry

- both broadcast and recording industries were structured to ensure maximum profitability

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Stadiums and large arena concerts…

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become common place

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AOR

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Album Oriented Radio

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Biggest star of 70s

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Elton John

  • Bernie Topin was primary lyricist
  • likes to use huge ensemble
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Led Zeppelin

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  • most successful, innovating, influential rock bands in history
  • Robert Plant was lead singer
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Van Halen

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took guitar to a new level in late 70s and 80s

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Bruce Springstein

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  • heavily in debt to both bob Dylan and Rolling Stones

- music reworked and expanded on music of the 60s

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Punk rock

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emerged in London and New York in mid 70s

-Remones

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musical characteristics of punk rock

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-fast, loud, unvarying

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Southern Rock

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Singer songwriters

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  • most of these songs retained tin pan alleys characteristics
    1) James Taylor
    2) Joni Mitchel
    3) Paul Simone
    4) Carole King
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Carole King

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  • “you’ve got a friend”

- most frequently recorded songs of rock era

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Nashville sound

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  • Was a marriage of country and pop
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Nashville

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Nashville also becomes the recording center for country music

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During the 70s and 80s country music….

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made substantial inroads into the pop charts

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Two main reasons for country music making substantial inroads into the pop charts

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1) Election of Jimmy Carter as president

2) Radio stations began to devote their format entirely to country music

37
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What happened while Carter was in White House

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White house became a major venue for country performers

38
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The Traditionalists

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reacted against Nashville sound

39
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The Traditionalists mid 60s

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  • Bakersfield, California

- Buck Owens

40
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The Traditionalists 70s

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  • Austin, Texas

- Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings: 1976 album, “Wanted: Outlaws” was the first million selling country album

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George Jones

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  • His career began in the 50’s and resurged in the 70’s
  • His wife’s name was Tammy Wynette
    “The Grand Tour”
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Kenny Rogers

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Nashville sound artist

43
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Who led a neo-traditional movement in country music in 80s

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Ricky Skaggs

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Dolly Parton

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She has become country music’s biggest celebrity

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What kind of songs are most common in country music

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story telling songs

46
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Early 70s rock split into what

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1) Rock

2) Funk (16 beat)

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what genre does not use 16 beat

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country music

48
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James brown

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conception was his emphasis on rhythm with out the addition of extra rhythm instruments

49
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earth wind and fire

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-founded by Maurice White

“shining star”

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Sly and the family stone

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-sly stone is leader
-music is extension of James browns music
“Africa talks to you”

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George Clinton

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-mastermind between 2 important bands
1) parlament
2) funkadelic
-recruited 3 key personnel from James brown band
“give up the funk”

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both sly stone and George Clinton listened seriously to

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James Browns music

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Stevie Wonder

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-of all African American pop artists I the 70s, no one ensued more commercial success

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1977

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  • disco went mainstream with Saturday night fever

- disco is 120 beats per minute

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in the early 80s the makes stars were

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Michael jackson and Prince

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Michael Jackson

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  • thriller came out in 1982
  • Quincy jones was producer of thriller
  • Requests of videos from thriller caused MTV to integrate playlists
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Prince

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  • often only musical source of his recordings

- draws on the full range of Rock era styles

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Madona

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  • rely on team
  • been known as queen of pop since 80s
  • popularity was second to Michael jackson
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Rap

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  • the voice becomes a percussion instrument

- most distinctive style to emerge since rock and roll

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