Lead singer with a trio or quartet back up,

Vocal style - nasal quality, occasional yodel

Significant melodies and easy to remember

Vocal style - smooth and mellow, crooner style

Instruments- Electric guitar, drum set, electric bass, Saxophone - alto & tenor

Non Musical factor that contributed to the emergence of rock- Television, which opens the radio waves. Also the invention of the transistor radio

Economic climate in the 1950s - stable

Crossovers - Record, Tune or Artist that is associated with one market - "Charting" in another. Example- Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill

Cover Version - A subsequent version of a song - Typically in the 1950s moving between the 3 markets

Sound Alike - Pop industry attempts to c

Killed in a plane crash with Richie Valance and "The Big Bopper" in February 1957

Teen Idols that looked like Elvis but had high voices and were less threatening were introduced.

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