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Year 1 Week 8a Rock and Roll #2
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Bing Crosby
- 1920s-1950s
- "Everybody's favorite uncle," known for golfing, smoking a pipe, and wearing knitted sweaters; terrible taste in clothing; played 18 holes of golf on day of his death and won the match
- One of first singers to use microphone
- Radio, singer, and film (White Christmas); ears pinned back in earlier films
Big Bands
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- Associated with Jazz
- Aren't about singing, but playing; job is to keep people dancing
- Racial separation: Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Glenn Miller; Duke Ellington, Count Basie
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That's Alright Mama: Blues -> ?
Blue Moon of Kentucky: Country -> ?
MMSMA.6 - Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
Elvis: The King
Andrews Sisters
Elvis Project
- 3 sisters from Minnesota; the way they harmonized sounded like big bands
- Sang with Bing Crosby on his variety show
- "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
- Pick a popular song by Elvis (Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Blue Suede Shoes, or any other)
- Research Elvis, and change the song lyrics to be about Elvis's life
- Turn in your changed lyrics with the original song listed on the paper
- Optional: perform for class
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MMSMA.5 - Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
- Most important figure in first wave of Rock n Roll
- Poor, moved around a lot and spent a lot of time around African American churches
- "That's Alright Mama" blues -> country
- "Blue Moon of Kentucky": country -> blues
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Frank Sinatra
- Even more popular than Bing Crosby
- Big Band singer that launched a solo career
- Teen idol, "bobby soxers"
MMSMA.9 - Understanding music in relation to history and culture
Crossover Artists
- Most people listened to artists of their own race
- Mills Brothers (African American group with Church Music tradition) rare crossover appeal
- Song can cross over without original artist (I Will Always Love You)
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