Sections 1-3 Flashcards
Chichester Bell & Charler Tainter
invented graphophone
circuses
brought about the travel aspect
coin-in-the slots
brought jukeboxes
Cole Porter
songwriter - “lets do it: lets fall in love” - tin pan alley composer
Daniel Emmett
composer of “dixie” - founder of the virginia minstrels
Constitutional Amendments in 1920
woman’s suffrage and prohibition
coon songs
songs whose lyrics stereotyped african americans as being laughable, comic, lazy creatures
Daniel Emmett
composer of “dixie” - founder of the virginia minstrels
David Sarnoff
creation of RCA and NBC - young operator who broke news of the titanic - first big new to hit radio
Duke Ellington
- artist who recorded “Black and Tan Fantasy”
- had first jazz hit
Edison Speaking Phonograph Company
1878 - 10 uses for phonograph - 1rst music business