chpt. 4notes

Chpt. 4Notes

History of Rock & Roll

J. Greene

Eureka: “I have found it”

Disney Land

The Mickey Mouse ClubAnnette Funicello

Other Mouseketeers’Justin, Brittany & Christina

39-21-33

Male Barbie…Ken

1959-surfboard

Surf Fashion Pendleton shirts & sandals

Surf Lingo • Woodie – station wagon with wooden sides• Polys/Sticks - surfboard• Soup – foaming water near the beach • Fun surf – 3-6 foot waves • Big guns – surfboards designed to ride tall waves • Hairy wave – fast wave that is difficult to surf • Shoot – ride • Hot dogging – performing tricks • Bunnies – girls• Gremlins/kooks – people who couldn’t surf

Surf Movies

• Bikini Beach (1964) – Frankie Avalon – Annette Funicello

Surfer Sound

• Dick Dale & the Deltones

• Leo Fender – manufactured the first mass-produced, solid-body electric guitar

• Gives surf music its distinctively fuzzy sound.

Dick Dale: surfing and the guitar

The King of Surf Guitar

• Surfbeat

The Beach Boys

• Brian Wilson – leader • Carl Wilson – brother • Dennis Wilson – brother • Mike Love – Cousin • Al Jardine – Classmate

• Started in 1961 as the Pendletones • Favored the 1950s electric guitar sound

Beach Boy Sound

• “Rock Around the Clock” meets Girl-group optimism

• 1950’s rock with glossy harmonies gleaned from white vocal groups

• Bright, airy, snappy sound that embodied the California myth

Beach Boys 1961

• Abusive father/manager introduced them to music publisher Hite Morgan

• 2 hours later, their name had changed and they had recorded their first song “Surfin”

Land Locked

• After the success of “Surfin”, they recorded 4 more songs but their record label had financial difficulties and shut down.

• Al Jardine quit the band for dental school but rejoined a year later

• Signed to Capitol in 1962 with a new album, “Surfin’ Safari”

Still Surfin’ in 1963

• “the number-one surfing group in the country”

Stolen Waves

• A note-for-note rework of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen”

Beach Boys

Surfin’ with Bo Diddley

• Surf, Sink or Swim

Jan and Dean

• Surf musicians

• Performed with Dick Dale and the Deltones

• Performed with the Beach Boys

• Moved towards the Drag City Sound – Drag Racing

“Two Girls for Every Boy”