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C O U R S E
History of Rock, 1970-Present
John Covach, University of Rochester
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C O U R S E L E C T U R E Black Pop in the 1970s Notes taken on April 11, 2015 by Edward Tanguay |
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black pop coming out of the 1960s and into the 1970s
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there were two different worlds concerning what was happening in music in the 1970s
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1. mainstream rock
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mostly FM rock and roll radio
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mostly white rock and roll fans
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Led Zeppelin
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Deep Purple
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Yes
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Doobie Brothers
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2. black pop
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AM radio
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was a kind of blending together or white rock, black music
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deserves its own separate history
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not a lot of crossover
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a separation
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a kind of segregation between these two markets
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a clear continuation of what was happening in the 1960s
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main black pop artists and producers
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James Brown
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George Clinton
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Parliament-Funkadelic
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a funk, soul and rock music collective
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style dubbed P-Funk
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Sly Stone
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Barry Gordy
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American record producer, and songwriter
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ran Motown business
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founded 1959 in Detroit
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expands the idea of moving the performers from craftsmen to artists
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blaxploition films
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urban themes
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African-American life
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first to regularly feature soundtracks of funk and soul music as well as primarily black casts
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Reggae
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good arguments whether that it belongs with black pop or not
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the rise of disco
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a return of a dance craze
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white rockers rejected disco quite violently