Exam 2 Review (Part 1)

Early Country Music aka ____

Years:

Unlike race records, how was Hillbilly music popularized?

Two Sides of Early Country Music

Conservative, often religious lyrics
Image of family, church; plain style
Influential Guitar Style

Two Sides of Early Country Music

"Singing Brakeman"
A rambling roublemaker
Sang of the rough life
Strong blues influence; yodeling

One of country's first major stars
Merged the "two sides of country" (songs about trains and churches)
Became popular on the radio

Reached mainstream listeners beyond target audience

Was a crossover hit
One of the most successful country songs of all time
Lyrics written by a minister; based on a Bible verse
Lyrics depict the church and its followers as under attack
Appealed to rural transplants to the city

When did swing era begin?

The Swing Era

Played by big bands with ____ members
Youth craze tied to dance

____ _____ band okays late slot on radio programs "Lets Dance"
Time-zone difference: heard by few in ___, many on ___ coast.
1935 Goodman band performance at LA's _____ ____ surprise sell-out

Musical form of Taking a Chance on Love

Taking a Chance on Love, big-band arrangement

Initially conceives of the music, sometimes writing it down in notation

Creates a version of someone else's composition (song), usually though notation

Executes the composition, brings it into sound

When several performers work together, they're often led by a particular person

Earliest Latin dance/music fad to sweep US (1920s)

style of dance/ music from Buenos Aires, Argentina

During the big-band era (____-____), Latin dance bands become popular

The "rhumba" king 
Long-time bandleader at Waldorf-Astoria Ballroom in NY
Incorporated Latin instruments and rhythms into popular American styles

Cuban, Puerto Rican musicians immigrate to U.S.
Palladium Ballroom in NYC become hub

Fast, energetic Latin American big band style of Afro-Cuban origin

Cuban pianist-bandleader based in Mexico City

In Mambo No. 5, woodwinds and ___ play over Latin American percussion

Rebranding Southern Music (1940s)

Race Records -->
Hillbilly Records -->

Included more than one style of music. Some examples include:

Jump blues (feat. big-bands instruments)
Various styles of urban blues (feat. electric guitar)
Vocal harmony groups (feat. several male singers)

A new recording of a previously recorded song by a different aratist

Hound Dog was written by who?

What is the style of Hound Dog

Country and Western in the 40s and 50s

Surge in popularity after ____
Recording centers: ____, __ (Capital Records)
Cross-over appeal

In ____ Hillbilly Music was rebranded as Country and Western

Vocalist with a smoother vocal style, closer to mainstream pop music is called...

Patti Page, "_____ Waltz"

Heavy use of string instruments like fiddle, banjo, mandolin, acoustic guitar.
Ex. Bill Monroe

Harder edged, more driving rhythm, lyrics about the rough life is called...

Use of ____ ____ ____, electric amplification