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The Course Week
1 We begin with a discussion of what
music was like in America and Europe before the advent of
"rock n' roll." Enter electricity! Week 2 Early styles of different ethnic groups and the introduction of new media. both separating and "democratizing" styles of music Week
3 The "smooth" vs. the "rough" (the
30s and 40s) Week
4 Rock n' Roll for real Week
5 Blues vs bluegrass vs The Brill
building
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Last Update: June 10th, 2021 |
The
Fifties The national hourly wage was $0.70 per hour. Truman was president. India and the Republic of Vietnam became realities.Feb 3rd - "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers becomes the #1 Hit in the Us. Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses U.S. state department of having comunists enbedded in its ranks. Truman gives the go-ahead on the hydrogen bomb - Einstein warns the world of possible consequences. Stalin and Mao sign a mutual defense treaty. "Your Show Of Shows" debuts on NBC. USSR announces its Atom Bomb, thus beginning the cold war for real. Kurt Weil dies. First transatlantic jet flight was made. Gwendolyn Brooks becomes first . African American to win Pulitzer Prize for her book " Annie Allen." Stevie Wonder born. "Dianetics" first published. June 25 The Korean War begins. Truman signs public law allowing Puerto Rico to write their own constitutiion. "Your Hit Parade" debuts on CBS TV. Edith Samson becomes the first African American representative to the United Nations. Truman orders the Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to prevent strike. China People's Republic denied membership in U.N. Grand Old Opery broadcast on TV for the first time. China intervenes in Korea and begins occupation of Tibet. Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia become independent states in a French Union. Isaac Asimov publishes "I Robot." "Kon Tiki" published. Jack Kerouac publishes "The Town And The City." David Riesman co-authors "The Lonely Crowd." This book describes alienation in a culture of conformity - see "existentalism." Baby Face LeRoy records "Rollin' and Tumblin'" with Muddy Waters. Hank Snow records "I'm Movin' On." Seymore Solomon founds Vanguard Records. Paul Robeson's passport lifted because of his "Russian leanings." Sam Phillips founds Sun Records in Memphis. The Kinsey Report. Census reports 1521,325,798 Americans. /ten million households now have TV. Please spend the time viewing these on youtube - we will discuss some of these in class on Tuesday , Oct. 18th Foreign influences during the fifties include Calypso, mambo and cha cha cha from Puerto Rico and Cuba, The "Click Song," from South Africa, and others. |