1. Friendly Warning # 1: Multi-Chapter Test (# 4) Covers most of Chapters 8 & 9 (and maybe a small part of 10?) (see Review Sheets for specifics) Thursday, 23 April 2015

2. Friendly Warning # 2 Final Exam Thursday, 30 April 2015 1:00 pm – 3:50 pm Comprehensive “Study Session” for reviewing your own tests TBA (28 Apr ‘15?)

3. Chapter 8 “Rock Around the Clock” : Rock ‘n Roll, 1954-59

4. Alan Freed (1921-1965) The Official Alan Freed Website

5. Other DJs Gene Nobles WLAC (Nashville) Hoss Allen “Dr. Hepcat” (Lavada Durst) KVET (Austin, TX) “Dr. Daddy-O” (Vernon Winslow) (New Orleans)

6. Dewey Phillips (1926-1968) WHBQ – Memphis (560 AM) - local, 5,000-watt station Leading Memphis DJ (1949-58) “speed-crazed hillbilly” - alcohol, painkillers, amphetamines Played all styles – country, R&B, boogie woogie, jazz, etc. 1 st DJ to play (& interview) Elvis Replaced by “Top 40” format DEWEY PHILLIPS - AT WHBQ HOSTING RED HOT & BLUE IN MEMPHISDEWEY PHILLIPS - AT WHBQ HOSTING RED HOT & BLUE IN MEMPHIS

7. Antoine “Fats” Domino (b. 1928) New Orleans pianist & band leader Top R & B performer Also “crossover” hits on Pop Charts “The Fat Man” (1949 regional hit): Fats Domino - The Fat Man + lyrics – YouTubeFats Domino - The Fat Man + lyrics – YouTube “Ain’t That A Shame” (1955 R&B # 1, Pop # 10): Fats Domino Ain't That A Shame - YouTubeFats Domino Ain't That A Shame - YouTube “Blueberry Hill” (1956 R&B # 1, Pop # 2): Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill - 1956 - 45 RPM - YouTubeFats Domino - Blueberry Hill - 1956 - 45 RPM - YouTube

8. Chuck Berry (b. 1926) St. Louis Guitarist Chess Records Songs for Teenagers “Maybelline” (1955, Pop # 5, R&B, # 1) YouTube - Chuck Berry – Maybelline (Textbook, 255-8) YouTube - Chuck Berry – Maybelline “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956, Pop # 29, R&B # 2) : Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry LIVE – YouTube (live)Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry LIVE – YouTube “Johnny B. Good” (1958, Pop # 8, R&B #1): Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode - YouTubeChuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode - YouTube

9. “Little Richard” [Penniman] b. 1932, Macon, GA Religious Family Leading Showman “Tutti Frutti” : YouTube - Little Richard, Tutti Frutti (1955 Pop # 17, R&B # 2) YouTube - Little Richard, Tutti Frutti “Long Tall Sally” : Little Richard - "Long Tall Sally"... 1956 (1956 Pop # 6, R&B # 1) (text book, 261) Little Richard - "Long Tall Sally"... 1956 “Lucille” : Lucille (1956 Pop # 21, R&B # 1)Lucille “Good Golly Miss Molly” : Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (Lyrics) High Quality – YouTube (1958 Pop # 10, R&B # 4)Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (Lyrics) High Quality – YouTube

10. Bill Haley (1925-1981) Philadelphia DJ “Saddlemen” (country band) “Comets” (from 1952 on) “Shake, Rattle and Roll” : Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley and his Comets (1954 cover, Pop # 7, UK hit) Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley and his Comets “Rock Around the Clock” YouTube - Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (1956) (1954 B-side release, not a success) YouTube - Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (1956) “Rock Around the Clock” used in Blackboard Jungle ( Pop # 1, 1955) “See You Later Alligator” YouTube - Swing Dancing to Bill Haley and the Comets (1956) YouTube - Swing Dancing to Bill Haley and the Comets (1956)

11. Covers (textbook, p. 247-252) “Shake, Rattle & Roll” - Big Joe Turner (R&B # 1, Pop #22) : Shake, Rattle, & Roll- Joe Turner – YouTube - Bill Haley and the Comets (Pop # 7) : Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley and his CometsShake, Rattle, & Roll- Joe Turner – YouTubeShake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley and his Comets “Sh-Boom” - The Chords (R&B # 2, Pop # 5) : The Chords - Sh Boom - The Crewcuts (Pop # 1) : The Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom - YouTubeThe Chords - Sh BoomThe Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom - YouTube “Mystery Train” - Junior Parker : Little Junior Parker - Mystery Train - Elvis Presley (C&W # 11) : ELVIS PRESLEY//Mystery Train - YouTubeLittle Junior Parker - Mystery TrainELVIS PRESLEY//Mystery Train - YouTube

12. White Covers R & B hits (Independent Labels) “covered” by Major labels (White Performers) “pretested” = less commercial risk Lyrics often toned down (sexual references made less explicit) Recorded sound “improved” (cleaned up) Who wins and who gets ripped off? Difference in payments (flat fee [usually for Black performers] vs. per unit royalty [White performers])

13. Sun Records (Memphis) Elvis Presley, Bill Black, Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips (owner) Sam Phillips, owner/producer

14. Elvis Aaron Presley (1935-1977) b. Tupelo, MS (poor white rural) Wide range of musical influences 1948 – to Memphis 1953 – 1 st time at Sun Studios 1954 – demos for Phillips (“That’s All Right Mama” / “Blue Moon of Kentucky”) Public performances 1955 - Col. Tom Parker, manager Contract sold to RCA TV – 1956 1958-60 – into Army

15. Louisiana Hayride Elvis Presley. I Got A Woman.Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954- 1956.Remastered.2011. – YouTubeElvis Presley. I Got A Woman.Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954- 1956.Remastered.2011. – YouTube Elvis Presley. Tweedle Dee.Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956.Remastered.2011. – YouTubeElvis Presley. Tweedle Dee.Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954-1956.Remastered.2011. – YouTube Elvis Presley. Maybellene. ( Tunzi Remix ).Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954- 1956.Remastered.2011. - YouTubeElvis Presley. Maybellene. ( Tunzi Remix ).Louisiana Hayride Archives 1954- 1956.Remastered.2011. - YouTube

16. Elvis on Television Jan-Feb ’56: Stage Show (CBS) - Variety show hosted by Dorsey Brothers - No special interest or reaction Milton Berle Show (1948-56) (“Mr. Television”) - 3 Apr ’56 (on Battleship USS Hancock) - 5 June ’56 : Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (1956) HD 0815007Elvis Presley - Hound Dog (1956) HD 0815007 “Elvis the pelvis” – panned by critics as obscene

17. Elvis on Television (part 2) The Steve Allen Show - Sunday night variety (competitor to Ed Sullivan) - 1 July ’56 : “Hound Dog” : ELVIS PRESLEY on THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW 1956 "Hound Dog"ELVIS PRESLEY on THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW 1956 "Hound Dog" Ed Sullivan Show - The Leading TV Variety Show - 9 Sept ’56 : "ELVIS DEBUTS ON TELEVISION" - (September 9, 1956)"ELVIS DEBUTS ON TELEVISION" - (September 9, 1956) - 28 Oct ’56 : ELVIS PRESLEY "Hound Dog" on The Ed Sullivan Show - YouTubeELVIS PRESLEY "Hound Dog" on The Ed Sullivan Show - YouTube - 6 Jan ’57 : ELVIS PRESLEY "Don't Be Cruel" on The Ed Sullivan Show – YouTube (text book LG, p. 264-6)ELVIS PRESLEY "Don't Be Cruel" on The Ed Sullivan Show – YouTube

18. Elvis Presley – Singer/Personality No Original Material Eclectic vocal style Stage presence & overt sexuality – “Elvis the Pelvis” Universal appeal (all charts) Examples - (1 st rec. 1954) : Elvis Presley - That's Alright Mama [cf. Crudup 1946 original : Arthur Crudup - That's All Right (original version) – YouTube] - (1957) YouTube - Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (Music Video) - (1957 movie) YouTube - Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (End Scene) - (RCA rec.) Love Me Tender Elvis Presley original 1956 - YouTubeElvis Presley - That's Alright MamaArthur Crudup - That's All Right (original version) – YouTubeYouTube - Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (Music Video)YouTube - Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (End Scene)Love Me Tender Elvis Presley original 1956 - YouTube