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The Way It Really Was! - Online Term Paper

The Way It Really Was!

In the 1950's there were many problems. The Korean war and the civil
rights struggle. Back then the music was all rhythm and blues (r &b). It was
record mostly by black artists and for black audience but the white teenagers
became interested.

The music scene in the early 50's

Before 1954 there were 3 distinct music areas. R & B,country and pop.
Music stations usually played one type of music so listeners could easily find
what type they wanted. Pop had 4 major recording companies. RCA,Columbia,becca
and Mercury. These companies had very good connection and could make a small
band very big! Pop music had a subdued beat and smooth singing. R & B had
black artists for black ...

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with teenagers. In 1954, Alan's show moved
to WINS. His nick name “moondog” had to be dropped. He adopted the new title “
the king of rock and roll”. Newspapers ran articles saying Alan was the main
wrongdoer in creating Rock and Roll. A riot broke out at one of Alan Freed's
concert. The police turned up the house lights to see what the teenagers were
doing and Alan said something and the teens went on a rampage. Alan was to
blame. He was charged but when the manager at WINS didn't stand behind him,
Alan left and went to WABC. The charges were later dropped. Because of all of
the court appearances, Alan filed for bankruptcy in 1959. In 1960, Alan was
fired from WABC for not signing a statement that he took favors to play certain
records. It was all down hill from there. In 1965 Alan died. His friends said
that he had a drinking problem and it got worse when he was fired.

Adult response to Rock and Roll

Most adults did not like Rock and Roll. They thought it ...

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Added: 4/27/2005 09:03:05 AM
Category: Music & Musicians
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 840
Pages: 4

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