Post on 27-Jun-2015
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R&B Crossover
“Its The Singer, Not The Song”
New Orleans & The South
Roy Brown, Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Little Richard, Ray Charles, James Brown, Sam Cooke
New Orleans: Roy Brown
Good Rockin’ Tonight (1947)On the Strength of this Recording other
Record Labels Started to Look Toward New Orleans
New Orleans Recording Scene
J&M Recording Studio, Cosimo Matassa
Band Leader Dave Bartholomew
New Orleans: Fats Domino
Dave Bartholomew helped Imperial Records find Fats.
Recorded at J&M
1950 “Fat Man” sold a Million and #6 on R&B Chart
New Orleans: Fats Domino
Crossed over with “Ain’t That A Shame”, Covered by Pat Boone.
Several Hits Through 1961 including “Blueberry Hill”
New Orleans: Little Richard
Richard Penniman, Macon Georgia
In Atlanta, DJ Daddy Sears Connects Him to RCA two Songs
1955 Signed by Specialty Records, “Tutti Frutti” (Covered by Boone)
Trademark Scream Copied by Paul McCartney
New Orleans: Little Richard
New Orleans: Little Richard
Several Hits for the Next Four Years, Including “Long Tall Sally”
Three Movies
Left Rock for Religion in 1957
Returned in 1964
New Orleans: Ray Charles
(Not From New Orleans, But Lived There)
Pianist/Singer
Raised in Florida, Began Rise in Seattle
Began Recording in 1949, in West Coast Smooth Urban Blues Style (Nat King Cole)
“Ain’t That Fine”
New Orleans: Ray Charles
Signed with Atlantic Records 1952
Began to Change Style Around 1955 to “Secularized Gospel,” Caused Some Discussion
“I Got a Woman” same as “My Jesus is All The World To Me”
Began to Cross Over
New Orleans: Ray Charles
Big Cross Over, “What’d I Say”
Changed Labels, even More Mainstream
“Georgia”
The South: James Brown
“Hardest Working Man in Show Business”
“Soul Brother No 1”
1956 “Please Please Please”
Show Business, Dancing, Cape Routine
James Brown
James Brown
Began to Cross Over in 1964
“Out of Sight”
1965 Big Hit “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag”
The Famous Scream
James Brown
String of Hits 1960s
Style Was Roots of Funk, Disco, & Rap
“The Payback”
James Brown
South/North: Sam Cooke
The Roots of Sweet Soul Music
Born in the South, Moved to Chicago
Lead Singer of the Soul Stirrers
“Touch the Hem of His Garment”
Switched to Pop in 1956, Caused Split With Record Label (Devil’s Music)
Sam Cooke
1957 Cross Over Hit “You Send Me”
String of Hits “Chain Gang” “Another Saturday Night” “Shake”
Violent Death in 1964
Chicago
Chess Records (Chess Brothers), Famous for Chicago Blues, Dominated the 1950s Rock Scene
Released “Rockett 88” in 1951
They Stumbled Into Rock & Roll
Chicago: Chuck Berry
Chicago: Chuck Berry
Song Writer/Guitarist
Wrote Songs for American Teenager
John Lennon said, If you Wanted to Find Another Name For Rock and Roll it Would be Chuck Berry
Muddy Waters Sent Him to Chess
Chuck Berry
Famous Guitar Introduction
Guitar Solos Became a Model for All Future Guitarists
1955 “Maybellene” an old C&W Song “Ida Red”
Chuck Berry
Wrote New Songs About the 1950s Teenager
1956 “Roll Over Beethoven”
1957 “Johnny B. Goode” & “Oh Carol”
“Sweet Little Rock and Roller”
Chuck Berry
1959 Mann Act Violation Brought Career to End
Did Hard Time in Federal Pen
Beach Boys “Borrowed” His “Sweet Little 16” for “Surfin’ USA”
Chicago: Bo Diddley
Guitarist/Singer/Songwriter
Developed Electric Guitar/Amp Combination
Used the “Hambone” Rhythm, now Called the Bo Diddley /Hand Jive Rhythm
1955 “Bo Diddley”
Bo and Chuck