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“Rock Around the Clock” : Rock ‘n Roll, 1954-59 Chapter 8 “Rock Around the Clock” : Rock ‘n Roll, 1954-59 DAY 18 - 14 Mar 13 DAY 22 - 5 Nov 13 1 1

Chapter 8 (outline) [Introduction] Cover Versions and Early Rock 'n' Roll The Rock 'n' Roll Business Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the R&B Side Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the Country Side Wild, Wild Young Women: The Lady Vanishes The Latin Side of Rock 'n' Roll [no later sections of Chapter 8 will be covered]

The Official Alan Freed Website

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

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. 1st DJ to play (& interview) Elvis Replaced by “Top 40” format DEWEY PHILLIPS - AT WHBQ HOSTING RED HOT & BLUE IN MEMPHIS

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 – YouTube “Ain’t That A Shame” (1955 R&B # 1, Pop # 10): Fats Domino Ain't That A Shame - YouTube “Blueberry Hill” (1956 R&B # 1, Pop # 2): Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill - 1956 - 45 RPM - YouTube

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) “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956, Pop # 29, R&B # 2) : Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry LIVE – YouTube (live) “Johnny B. Good” (1958, Pop # 8, R&B #1): Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode - YouTube

“Little Richard” [Penniman] DAY10 - 16 Sep 09 4/27/2018 b. 1932, Macon, GA Religious Family Leading Showman “Tutti Frutti” : YouTube - Little Richard, Tutti Frutti (1955 Pop # 17, R&B # 2) “Long Tall Sally” : Little Richard - "Long Tall Sally" ... 1956 (1956 Pop # 6, R&B # 1) (text book, 261) “Lucille” : Lucille (1956 Pop # 21, R&B # 1) “Good Golly Miss Molly” : Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly (Lyrics) High Quality – YouTube (1958 Pop # 10, R&B # 4) DAY 7 - 5 July 2012DAY 6 - 3 July 2012 DAY 6 - 3 July 2012 DAY 22 - 5 Nov 13 8 8 8 8

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) “Rock Around the Clock” YouTube - Bill Haley - Rock Around The Clock (1956) (1954 B-side release, not a success) “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)

Covers (textbook, p. 247-252) “Shake, Rattle & Roll” - Big Joe Turner (R&B # 1, Pop #22) : Shake, Rattle, & Roll- Joe Turner – YouTube (April 1954) - Bill Haley and the Comets (Pop # 7) : Shake, Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley and his Comets (August 1954) “Sh-Boom” - The Chords (R&B # 2, Pop # 5) : The Chords - Sh Boom (March 1954) - The Crewcuts (Pop # 1) : The Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom – YouTube (July 1954) “Mystery Train” - Junior Parker : Little Junior Parker - Mystery Train (November 1953) - Elvis Presley (C&W # 11) : ELVIS PRESLEY//Mystery Train – YouTube (August 1955)

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])

Elvis Presley, Bill Black, Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips (owner) MUH 2019 (FALL 2015) 4/27/2018 Sun Records (Memphis) Sam Phillips, owner/producer Elvis Presley, Bill Black, Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips (owner) Day 23 - 5 Apr 16

Elvis Aaron Presley (1935-1977) b. Tupelo, MS (poor white rural) Wide range of musical influences 1948 – to Memphis 1953 – 1st 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

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

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 0815007 “Elvis the pelvis” – panned by critics as obscene