Pairs

licensing

what ASCAP increased to make radio angry

1940

year ASCAP increased fees for licensing

1941

year TPA started being played on the radio again (after licensing changes)

Brill Building

building that all the TPA workers were in (Manhattan)

BMI

licensing corporation to compete with ASCAP

1927

year of first demonstration of TV

1935

year of first TV station

1945

year when 6 TV stations

1955

year when 411 TV stations

advertising

source of revenue for TV networks

local

new owners of radio when majors go to TV

WDIA

Memphis radio station, first 'black appeal'

1948

year of WDIA beginning

1954

year when 200 'black appeal' radio stations existed

R&B

new name for race music (created around 1950)

CW

new name for hilbilly music (created around 1950)

communal

radio is a ___ exercise

transistor radio

extends service of radio across country (type of radio)

teenager

new demographic between youth and adult

extended adolescence

teeenagers have this thing that earlier generations never had

baby boom

blast of babies after WWII

youth culture

type of culture radio represents

1930-2004

lifetime of Ray Charles

Albany, Georgia

birthplace of Ray Charles

blind

ailment Ray Charles had

1952

year Ray Charles started recording with Atlantic Records

Jump Blues

popular type of blues in 1945-1955 era

1908-1973

lifetime of Louis Jordan

Louis Jordan

started with Rabbit Foot Minstrels

Ella Fitzgerald

battled Louis Jordan for ownership of band

Tympani 5

band started by Louis Jordan

51

number of major hits by Louis Jordan (1942-1951)

entertainment

for Louis, the key was ____

covers

versions of a song by blacks for whites

moral panic

worry from whites that blacks were influencing youth

pop, r&b, cw

3 major charts

crossover

song that was on multiple charts

backbeat

beat style of blacks, heavy on 2 and 4 beat

Alan Freed

term of rock n`roll attributed to this man

Bill Haley

and the Comets, popular but older

1935-1977

lifetime of Elvis Presley

Tupelo

birthplace of Elvis

1954

first major record by Elvis, Blue Moon of Kentucky

RCA

record company Sam Phillips sells Elvis to for 35,000 (1956)

Hound Dog

first song ever to reach number 1 on all 3 charts

1954-1958

Golden Age of Rock (years)

1958

year Elvis drafted into army

Chuck Berry

opposite artist to Elvis

Maybelline

first hit by Chuck Berry

1958

year of Johnny B. Goode

Jerry Lee Lewis

artist, always flamboyant performances

Little Richard

artist turned minister turned artist

Buddy Holly

second-wave rocker, died in plane crash

Mann Act

act that put Chuck Berry in jail (crossing border with white girl)

1959-1963

In-Between Years (years)

Brown vs Board

May 1954 act against school board of education, made less segregation

Rosa Parks

December 1955, caused Montgomery Bus Boycott (person)

Freedom Riders

group against Mann Act

Martin Luther King Jr.

leader of non-violent protests for black rights

Payola

bribes given to DJs and others to play songs

Dick Clark

personality on American Bandstand

American Bandstand

major music show based out of Philadelphia

Dance Craze

dance moves created just for this (Twist)

Chubby Checker

popularized the Twist dance

teen idol

young man who was created by major labels for pure revenue

anti-trust

type of violation that Dick Clark was fined for

magnetophone

other name for tape recorder

Bing Crosby

bought magnetophone off of US marines, 1947 (person)

Les Paul

major contributor to audio recording, editing, made Gibson guitar

1915-2009

lifetime of Les Paul

multi-track

type of recording done by Les Paul, first of many artists to do this

mind-body split

men have brains, women have bodies - mentality

Phil Spector

man who created Wall of Sound

Richard Wagner

Phil Spector idolized him, created Symphonies of Kids because of him

Aldon

huge music publishers in Brill Building

surf

type of music for middle class, Californians

instrumental

type of track first made popular through surf music

Brian Wilson

driving force behind Beach Boys success (person)

1964

year Beach Boys started experimenting with new styles, became 'artists'

Good Vibrations

great song by Beach Boys, shows interesting style

schizophrenia

diagnosed to Brian Wilson after becoming solitary for many years

none

amount of economic growth during In-Between Years in music industry