Rhythm and Blues Indigenous creation of black slaves

Rhythm and Blues -Indigenous creation of black slaves who adapted their African musical heritage to the American environment-

Rhythm and Blues • -Sing songs that • -Chicago was a reminded them of past Mecca for blues problems and racism singers and musicians after WWII

Muddy Waters (1913 – 1983) • -Born in Mississippi and learned to sing in his Baptist church • -Move to Chicago to get entrenched in the blues scene • -Worked in a paper container factory and a truck driver by day and playing parties at night • -Combining the sounds of the country (south) and the city (north), Muddy Waters reflected the optimism of African Americans • -He revolutionized “electric delta blues”

Muddy Waters famous tracks: • • “Got my Mojo Working” “Rollin and Tumblin” “Mad Love” “Tumblin”

B. B. (Blues Boy) King (1925 - ) • In 1949 he has discharged from the army and moved Tennessee • Found a job at the Newberry Equipment Company and began singing commercials on radio • Combined his delta blues style with his piercing vocals and jazzy guitar • Within a few years, King produced dozens of R & B songs that people were copying or stealing

B. B. King • Famous songs include: “Everyday I Have the Blues” “I Woke up this Morning” “You Upset Me Baby”

Differences Between R&B and Rock n Roll • Rock n Roll was a faster more dramatic pitch • Rock n Roll allowed for more dance and fun • Teenagers wanted something more wilder and fast. • Frank Sinatra… “the most brutal, ugly form of expression I have heard”

R & B to Rock n’ Roll • Little Richard (1932 • Born in Georgia, younger and wilder than the popular blues singers, teenagers better identified with singers like Richard • Sang in a Baptist church choir and joined the circus and traveling shows • His father was shot and killed and needed to care from his family washing dishes by day and singing at night • Got his break in 1955 in New Orleans • Dressing in flamboyant clothing, a pompadour hairstyle, with makeup

Little Richard • “Tuttie-Fruttie” – most famous song sold over 200, 000 in a week! • Other famous songs include: • “Good Golly Miss Molly” • “Slipin and Slidin” • “Rip it Up”

Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry • Born and raised in middle class St. Louis • Sang at church and got interested in other genres of music listening to the radio • Went to reform school and started playing the blues when he got his first guitar. • Muddy Waters was his idol and he met him and asked him of his chances of making it!. . . Waters replied “yes”

Famous Songs: • • “Maybelline” “Johnny Be Goode” “School Days” “Rockin and Rollin”