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Recording Industry Test 2
History of Recording Industry Section 2, Test 2
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History
Undergraduate 1
10/15/2008

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"Bobby Sox" idol of 1940s
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Frank Sinatra
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Sang "Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy"
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Red Foley
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"Father of Black Gospel"
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Thomas Dorsey
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"Father of Rhythm and Blues"
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Louis Jordan
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Great Migration
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Blacks from south followed railroads North, mostly to Chicago, to find manufacturing jobs.
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"King of Discount Selling"
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Sam Goody
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"Oklahoma"
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First musical where songs drove the plot. Also first successful Broadway cast recording.
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Subcommitte to probe the morals of radio and TV programs
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1952 House of Representatives subcommittee on Legislative oversight. They didn't like R&B
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"Tennesssee Waltz"
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Patti Page
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Voice of the 1930s
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Bing Crosby
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"Your Cheatin' Heart"
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Hank Williams
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1948
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Americans worried of invasion and of communists. Transistor was created. Radios biggest year.
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A&R person for race and hillbilly music for Columbia
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Art Satherly
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Acuff-Rose
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Publishing Company founded by Fred Rose & Roy Acuff. Signed Gene Autry and Hank Williams.
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When did American recorded music become international?
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WWII by the V-Disks
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Recording machine manufacturer
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Ampex
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ASCAP
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Battled radio networks and wanted more money for radio play. Controlled by publishers
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Atlantic Records
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1947; Ahmet Ertgun & Herb Abramson founded it. Signed Ray Charles.
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Aberbach brothers
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Hill and Range Records founders
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Band leader who died during WWII
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Glenn Miller
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Created "Swing" music
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Benny Goodman
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Bing Crosby
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Very popular 1930s singer. Influenced Frank Sinatra. First to use the tape because he wanted to play golf. Signed by Jack Kapp of Decca.
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Blacklisted performers and writers
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THESE WOULD BE THE ONES BLACKLISTED BY ANTI-COMMUNIST GROUPS IN THE LATE 40S AND EARLY 50S ITS IN THE BOOK
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BMI
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Created to be a competitor of ASCAP. 1952 lawsuit over R&B music. Controlled nations airwaves.
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Brand name of Jukeboxes
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Rock-Ola and Wurlitzer
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Capitol Records
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"Liberty records" Glenn Wallichs, Johnny Mercer, Georgy Desylva. Sent free records to radio stations.
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CBS
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Bought out Paramount in 1932. Had 79 radio stations and complete control of radio. Owned by William S. Paley
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"I Wonder"
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Cecil Grant
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Chess Records
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Chess brothers founded it. Signed Muddy Waters and later turned into Aristocrat Records.
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City where American Bandstand developed
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Chicago
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Club in Harlem where Duke Ellington performed
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Cotton Club
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Company that solg Gene Autry records & "Round Up" guitar
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Sears, Roebuk catalogue... AKA "Conqueror"
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President of RCA in 1930
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David Sarnoff
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Decca
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50% was country music. Bill Monroe.
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Developed 33 1/3 rpm record
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Columbia records in 1948
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Developed 45 rpm record
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RCA in 1949
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Dinah Shore
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Pop singer and later became a TV star
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Duke Ellington
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Composing genius of 20th century. Self-taught pianist. Assoc with Irving Mills. Bandleader.
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Decca Gramophone Company in London
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Edward Lewis
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Fireside Chats
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Who created the first car radios?
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Philco in 1931
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First PRO with an "open door" policy
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BMI
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First singing cowboy star
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Gene Autry or William S. Hart
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Fisk University
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Jubilee singers went to school here and sang Gospel
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Formed Decca Records (American)
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Jack Kapp
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Formed Decca Records (British)
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Edward Lewis
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Formed Electical and Musical Industries (EMI)
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Alfred North Clark and Louis Sterling (Gramophone Co. & Columbia Graphophone Co.)
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Founded Mercury Records
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Irving Green
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Founded the Songs of the Pioneers
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Leonard Slye
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Founder of Dot Records
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Randy Wood
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Founder of King Records
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Syd Nathan
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Frank Sinatra
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First to use his voice like an instrument. Teen idol of1940s. "King of Swoon". Signed bad contracts.
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Fred Rose
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Acuff-Rose Publishing. Songwriter for Gene Autry. ASCAP writer.
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Gene Autry
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Singing cowboy. Signed with Acuff-Rose Publishing
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George D. Hay
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Head of Grand ol Opry. NBC network. "Solmn Old Judge"
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Guitar player & studio wizard
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Les Paul
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Hank Williams
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Acuff-Rose Publishing. "Lovesick Blues"
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Harry S. Truman
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WWII President
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Head of AFM during the 1940s
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James Petfillo
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Herbert Yates
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Signed Gene Autry; Republic Studios
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"White Christmas"
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Irving Berlin
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Irving Green
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&Mercury Radio Television label
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James Petrillo
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Called musicians to do AFM strike in 1948.
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Jean and Julian Aberbach
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Hill & Range Publishing and let clients play a pro-active role in their songs
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Jack Kapp
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American Decca Company in 1934. Sold 35 cent records. Signed Bing Crosby.
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Johnny Mercer
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Founded Capitol records. Singer/Songwriter. 3 Academy Awards. "Ac-cent-Tchu_Ate"
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Jukeboxes
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Got country music out. Helped industry recover. Made R&B popular.
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Korean War
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June 25, 1950. McArthyr tries to stop communism but ended up dividing Korea. Still going on today.
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Label founded by Ahmet Ertegan and Herb Abramson
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Atlantic Records
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Label instituted free record service to DJs
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Capitol Records (Liberty)
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Leader of Western Swing music
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W. Lee O'Daniel
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Les Paul
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Gibson electric guitar. Lester William Polfuss. Musician and recording genius who created "overdubbing"
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Louis Jordan
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Father of Rhythm and Blues. Influenced Chuck Berry & Ike Turner. Saxophone player.
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Louis Sterling
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Columbia Graphophone Company who formed EMI with Alfred North Clark.
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First tape made by the Germans
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Magnetophon
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Mahalia Jackson
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Discovered by Thomas Dorsey. Huge influence on Gospel music and Aretha Franklin
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Manufactured earliest tape machines
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Germans
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Music that dominated V-Disks
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Popular music such as big bands and pop singers. Example: Bing Crosby and Glenn Miller band
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Nashville, TN
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1946 first million seller. Bullet Records. Francis Craig.
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NBC
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Became wholly woned subsidiary of RCA in effort to create competition
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Nudie the Rodeo Tailor
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Suits worn by Elvis, etc. Hollywood.
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Originated and developed most radio shows
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Advertising Agencies
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Owned ARC & Republic Studios
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Art Satherly
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Entertainment firms owned by RCA
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NBC and Victor
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Pat Boone
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"Tutti Frutti" and was on Dot Records
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First hit produced by Owen Bradley
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"Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy"
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What organization provided "Welcome Clubs"
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USO
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PRO formed by Paul Heinke
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SESAC
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President of CBS Corporation
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William S. Paley
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Independent labels played R&B. Paul Whiteman. "American Bandstand" Break out city for records. Dick Clark, WFIL.
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Problems faced by record companies during WWII?
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Shortage of materials to make records
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RCA Victor
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Chet Atkins; introduced 45 rpm disc
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Reason big bands had to be big
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Because they played in large dance halls and had to be loud
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Reason country was more popular than blues in 1930s
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Men came back from WWII and women were used to being independent = drinking & divorce
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"Brother, Can You Spare Me A Dime"
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Bing Crosby
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Roy Acuff
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Acuff-Rose Publishing. Singer of "Great Speckled Bird"
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Roy Rogers
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Singing Cowboy; Replaced Gene Autry; AKA Leonard Slye: Signed with Republic Studios
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
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Sold Gene Autry records & leased ARC derived product
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Steve Sholes
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RCA Victor Records before and after WWII; In charge of country & blues music
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Sun Records
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Sam Phillips. Signed Elvis.
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Supreme Court decision "when a record was purchased at its list price, all property belonged to the buyer"
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1940; lower court ruling; allowed records to be play on radio
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Supreme Court decision on Movie Industry
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When studios had to sell off theatres in 1950
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Swing Music
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Craze in the 1930s. Made popular by Benny Goodman band
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Syd Nathan
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King Records. R&B and Country
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Television
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ABC, CBS, NBC, and DuMont. 108 stations. At first there were no TV licenses. Other entertainment became less popular
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Thomas Edison
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Died Oct 18, 1931
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United Services Organization (USO)
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Feb 4, 1941. Four circuits: Victory, Blue, Hospital, and Foxhole. Musicians performs for military.
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William Levitt
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Long Island
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W. Lee O'Daniel
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Western swing. 1930; Light Crust Dough Boy with Bob Wills
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Invented the transistor that went unnoticed in 1948
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William Shockley
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Wrote and recorded Blue Yodels
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Jimmy Rodgers
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Wurlitzer
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Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Company of Jukeboxes
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Year of AFM strike
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1948?
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Label formed in LA in 1942
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Capitol Records
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