History Quiz 2

Wrappin' It Up (The Lindy Glide)

Wrappin' It Up (The Lindy Glide)

• Swing Era (1943)

• Performed by Fletcher Henderson

• Call and response technique applied to ensemble writing

• Arrangements drew on musical structures: 12 bar blues form, 32 bar Tin Pan Alley song form

Taking a Chance on Love

• Swing Era (1940)

• arranged by Fletcher Henderson

• Performed by Benny Goodman (King of Swing) and his Orchesta

• Number 1 on the Hit Parade Chart

• Inclusion of crooner

• 32 bar AABA song structure

Caravan

• Swing Era (1937)

• Performed by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

• Ellington reworked this arrangement many times over the years

• Drummer was more broadly musical than most swing bands

• 32 bar AABA with brief intro

• Minor key melody

One O'Clock Jump

• Kansas City Swing (1937)

• performed by Count Basie and his orchestra

• Kansas City Style: energetic rhythmic approach, jazz improvisation, and call and response patterns divided between brass and reeds

• Boogie-woogie piano

In the Mood

• Most popular dance band: Swing (1939)

• Performed by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra

• Glenn Miller is a superstar of swing

• He broke record sales and concert attendance records

It Don't Mean a Thing (Unless It Has Swing)

• Female Jazz Singer (1932)

• Preformed by the Boswell Sisters

• Bridge from Louis Armstrong to Holiday/Fitzgerald

• Rapid scat singing and intricate tempo shifting

God Bless the Child

• Female Jazz Singer (1941)

• Preformed by Billie Holiday

• Singer who recorded and performed with widely acclaimed instrumentalist like Teddy Wilson and Lester Young

A-Tisket, A-Tasket

• Female Jazz Singer (1938)

• Preformed by Ella Fitzgerald

• Recorded with Louis Armstrong

Too Darn Hot

• Female Jazz Singer (1956)

• Preformed by Ella Fitzgerald

• From a songbook of golden age Tin Pan Alley

• Cole Porter classic

Paper Doll

• Vocal Harmony Group (1842)

• Performed by the Mill Brothers

• Most successful and longest lived vocal group from the era

• African American group accompanied only by guitar

Great Speckled Bird

• Hillbilly in Swing Era (1936)

• Performed by Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans

• Widely regarded as the national anthem of country and western music

• Crossed over to the mainstream pop charts

Cool Water

• Singing Cowboy (1941)

• Performed by Songs of the Pioneers

• Best seller in the country music market

New San Antonio Rose

• Western Swing (1940)

• Performed by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

• Country bestseller

• Bob Wills career ran for 40 years

Brazil

• Latin Music: Samba (1943)

• Performed by Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra

• The best selling record for Cugat

• Cugat is a film star who popularized Latin music in the Swing Era

Nague

• Latin Music: Afro-Cuban (1941)

• Performed by Machito and his Afro-Cubans

• The Afro-Cubans theme song

Nancy (With the Laughing Face)

• Romantic songs: Crooning: Post War (1945)

• Performed by Frank Sinatra

• He was the first documented example of modern pop hysteria

Nature Boy

• Romantic Songs: Crooning: Post War (1948)

• Performed by Nat "King" Cole

• Number 1 on the Billboard pop charts for 8 weeks

Goodnight, Irene

• Urban Folk Music (1950)

• Performed by the Weavers

• Leader, singer, and banjo player Pete Seeger

• They helped define a niche in the popular market for folk-based popular music

Mambo No. 5

• Mambo: Latin American (1949)

• Performed by Damaso Perez Prado

• Crossed over to a non-Latin audience

Mambo Italiano

• Mambo: Italian (1945)

• Performed by Rosemary Clooney

• Number 9 on the pop charts

• Rosemary Clooney is the aunt of George Clooney

Choo Ch'Boogie

• Jump Blues (1946)

• Performed by Louis Jordan's Tympany Five

• The first commercially successful category of rhythm and blues

Black Night

• Blues Crooner Style: Rhythm & Blues (1951)

• Performed by Charles Brown and His Band

• Charles Brown was the most successful blues crooner of this time

Hoochie Coochie Man

• Chicago electric blues

• Performed by Muddy Waters and composed by Willie Dixon

• Muddy Waters was the most popular musician in Chicago in late 1940s and early 1950s

Have Mercy Baby

• Vocal Harmony Groups: Black Gospel: R&B (1952)

• Performed by the Dominoes

• Combined 12 bar blues, driving beat of dance R&B with the flavor of Black gospel singing

• Number 1 in R&B for 10 weeks

Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean

• R&B Women (1953)

• Performed by Ruth Brown

• Reached 1 in the R&B charts and 23 on the pop charts

Hound Dog

• R&B Women: Country Blues (1953)

• Performed by Big Mama Thornton

• Original song that Elvis used

It's Mighty Dark to Travel

• Bluegrass (1947)

• Performed by Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys

• Bill was a pioneer of bluegrass music

The Wild Side of Life

• Honky-Tonk (1951)

• Performed by Hank Thompson and is Brazos Valley Boys

• The melody was adopted from "Great Speckled Bird"

It Wasn't god Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels

• Honky-Tonk (1952)

• Performed by Kitty Wells

• She was the first female superstar of country

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

• Country Music (1949)

• Performed by Hank Williams

• Hank was the most significant single figure to emerge in country music during the post WWII period

Hey, Good Lookin

• Early Rockabilly: Country Music

• Performed by Hank Williams

• Minor crossover hit

The Tennessee Waltz

• Country Crooner (1950)

• Performed by Patti Page

• Sold more than 6 million copies

Shake, Rattle, and Roll (Original)

• Jump Blues (1954)

• Performed by Big Joe Turner

• Number 1 on R&B and number 22 on pop charts

Shake, Rattle, and Roll (Cover)

• Early Rock 'n' Roll: Western Swing (1954)

• Performed by Bill Haley and the Comets

• It is the same song with slight lyric changes and a more emphasis on guitars rather than saxophones

Sh-Boom (Original)

• R&B (1954)

• Performed by the Chords

• Number 2 on R&B and number 5 on pop charts

Sh-Boom (Cover)

• Rock 'n' Roll (1954)

• Performed by the Crew Cuts

• Cited as one of the first rock 'n' roll records

Rock Around the Clock

• Rock 'n' Roll (1955)

• Performed by Bill Haley and the Comets

• First rock 'n' roll record to become a number 1 pop hit

A Guy Is a Guy

• Crooner: British Folk (1952)

• Performed by Doris Day

• Number 1 hit

Maybellene

• Rock 'n' Roll: Rockabilly (1955)

• Performed by Chuck Berry and his Combo

• Chuck synthesized diverse influence from R&B and country music in rock 'n' roll songs

Long Tall Sally

• R&B: Rock 'n' Roll (1956)

• Performed by Little Richard

• Had a large teenage following in the 1950s

Blueberry Hill

• R&B crossover to Rock 'n' Roll (1956)

• Performed by Fats Domino

• Cover of a Tin Pan Alley song that bridged the gap between R&B and Rock 'n' Roll

Mystery Train (Original)

• Blues (1953)

• Performed by Junior Parker

Mystery Train (Cover)

• Rockabilly (1953)

• Performed by Elvis Presley

• Number 11 country and western

• The two songs show the developing synergy between R&B and country music

Don't Be Cruel

• Rockabilly (1965)

• Performed by Elvis Presley

• Used Reverb

Rave On

• Early Rock 'n' Roll

• Performed by Buddy Holiday

• Use of double tracking on his recordings

Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad

• Rockabilly (1956)

• Performed by Wanda Jackson

• She's the "Queen of Rockabilly"

La Bamba

• Son Jarocho: Latin Rock 'n' Roll (1958)

• Performed by Richie Valens

• Number one for three weeks

Charlie Brown

• Rock 'n' Roll (1958)

• Performed by the Coasters

• Popularized terms like "cool" and "daddy-o"

Tom Dooley

• Folk Music in Rock 'n' Roll (1960)

• Performed by The Kingston Trio

• adaptions of old ballad songs