1960 - 1970
The students will research the history of the era while chronologically listening to music of the era. The students will break into groups create venn diagrams to compare and contrast how the music of the era reflects the zeitgeist of the times. Each group can select one type of music. We will continue to build our word wall and update our chronological listening log.
Assessment
Students will be evaluated on their venn diagrams and listening logs
Historical Context
1959 - 1975 Vietnam, peak deployment 1965 - 1968
1955 - 1968 African-American Civil Rights Movement
massive resistance, freedom marches, Brown vs the Board of Education.
death of Martin Luther King in April of 1968
1964 - 1970 Counterculture, Hippies, Free Love, Woodstock
Increasing economic power among Blacks,
Blues and Rock & Roll
urban bluesmen "discovered" by young white American and European musicians. Paul Butterfield Blues Band, the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, Canned Heat, and Fleetwood Mac brought blues to white audiences.
Exemplar - early 60's Sam Cooke‘s "Chain Gang", Chubby Checker's "The Twist".
In the early 60's rock and roll devolved into teen idols, dance crazes, and lightweight teenage pop music.
Soul
1959 - birth of motown records
early 1960s rhythm and blues was now being called soul music.
Soul music roots in gospel music and rhythm and blues. created in northern inner cities, particularly Chicago. Detroit and Memphis quickly followed, creating their own soul music styles.
Exemplars
Ray Charles "I Got A Woman", as well as Little Richard, Fats Domino and James Brown. Solomon Burke's "Cry to Me", "Just Out of Reach" and "Down in the Valley".
Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", "Respect" (originally sung by Otis Redding), and "Do Right Woman-Do Right Man", apogee of soul
Funk
Originated in mid- to late-1960s
blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B
Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony
complex groove with instruments such as electric guitar, electric bass, Hammond organ, and drums playing interlocking rhythms.
extended vamp on a single chord.
horn section plays rhythmic "hits".
"slap bass technique." mixture of thumb-slapped low notes and finger "popped" high notes allowed the bass to have a drum-like rhythmic role, a distinctive element of funk.
James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Curtis Mayfield, The Meters, The Funk Brothers, Bootsy Collins, and Prince.
mid-1960s, James Brown developed his signature groove that emphasized the downbeat starting with his 1964 hit single, "Out of Sight" and his 1965 hit, "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag."
"Cold Sweat" (1967), "Mother Popcorn" (1969) and "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine" (1970),
Resources
All info from www.wikipedia.com