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In the '60s, some boosters said that folk-rock had taken pop away from late '50s commercial songwriters ( Carole King , Neil Diamond, Phil Spector, Neil Sedaka, et al.)
Rhythm 'n' blues (the music of the black South) and other manifestations of the black "sound," like urban doo-wop, came to the attention of whites--like the record mogul Ahmet Ertegun in Washington, the songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (who wrote "Hound Dog" and "Kansas City") in Los Angeles, DJ Alan Freed in Cleveland, and Elvis Presley in Memphis, who was totally immersed in black music almost by accident.
In rock 'n' roll's first decade, songwriters like Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly established its song forms and subject matter: the lives, loves, and modest rebellions of newly enfranchised teens.
In the '70s, blues rock (a modern white version of the blues) transformed itself into heavy metal , typified by Led Zeppelin . Singer/songwriters like James Taylor recorded easy-listening confessionals, and country-rockers like the Eagles institutionalized The Byrds' country experiments (and adumbrated the slick contemporary country sound of Nashville stars like Garth Brooks ). Funk ( James Brown , Sly and the Family Stone, Funkedelic) made soul wilder and looser, and disco combined the celebration of Eros and dancing with beats derived from funk, Latin music, and German experimentalists like Kraftwerk.
The WSJ "California" page reports that the state legislature is likely to pass a bill the would prevent writers, filmmakers, and songwriters from making unauthorized use of the images of dead people.
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