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1930 年代芝加哥城市蓝调的兴起。

• 介绍一下二战前 A&R 的基本工作


• A&R 制造/推进的一些音乐：answer song 和 event song


• 几个 A&R，J Mayo Williams，Aletha Dickerson，和 Lester Melrose，看他们如何打造城市蓝调


• 几组承起启后的重要艺人，Hokum Boys，Memphis Minnie，Harlem Hamfats

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参考阅读

Kelley, N. (2005). R&B, rhythm and business: the political economy of Black music. New York: Akashic Books.

Ward, B. & Huber, P. (2018). A&R pioneers: architects of American roots music on record. Vanderbilt University Press and the Country Music Foundation Press.

Garon, P. & Garon, B. (1992). Woman with guitar: Memphis Minnie's blues. New York: Da Capo Press.

Birnbaum, L. (2013). Before Elvis: the prehistory of rock 'n' roll. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press.

Santelli, R. & Guthrie, N. (2012). This land is your land: Woody Guthrie and the journey of an American folk song. Philadelphia: Running Press.

相关录音：

Shake that thing, Papa Charlie Jackson 词曲/演奏, 1925, Paramount

God Bless America，Irvin Berlin 词曲，Kate Smith 演唱，Jack Miller 指挥乐队和合唱队，1939, Victor

This Land is Your Land， Woody Guthrie 词曲/演奏, 1944, Asch Recordings

[Little Darling, Pal of Mine(https://youtu.be/F_dRyqNPlUw), A.P. Carter 词曲，Carter Family 演奏，1928，Victor

When the World's On Fire，A.P. Carter/Virginia Suber 词曲，Carter Family 演奏，1930，Victor

The Death of Floyd Collins，Andrew Jenkins 牧师词曲，Vernon Dalhart/Lou Raderman/Carson Robison 演奏，1926，Victor

When the Levee Breaks，John Bonham/John Paul Jones/Memphis Minnie/Jimmy Page/Robert Plant 词曲，Led Zeppelin 演奏，1971，Atlantic

When the Levee Breaks，Kansas Joe McCoy/Memphis Minnie 词曲/演奏，1929，Columbia

Back-Water Blues，Bessie Smith 词曲，Bessie Smith/James P Johnson 演奏，1927，Columbia

Your Mother's Son-In-Law，Alberta Nichols/Mann Holiner 词曲，Billie Holiday/Benny Goodman 乐队演奏，1933，Columbia

Summertime，DuBose Heyward/Ira Gershwin 词，George Gershwin 曲，Bellie Holiday 演唱，1936，Vocalion

Selling That Stuff，Thomas Dorsey 词曲，The Hokum Boys 演奏，1928，Paramount

Bumble Bee，Memphis Minnie 词曲，Memphis Minnie/Kansas Joe 演奏，1930，Vocalion

Me and My Chauffeur Blues，Memphis Minnie 词曲，Memphis Minnie/Son Joe 演奏，1941，OKeh

Oh! Red，Joe McCoy 词曲，Harlem Hamfats 演奏，1936，Decca

The Weed Smoker's Dream，Joe McCoy 词曲，Harlem Hamfats 演奏，1936，Decca

Why Don't You Do Right?，Joe McCoy 词曲，Lil Green/Big Bill Broonzy/Simeon Henry/Ransom Knowling 演奏，1941，Bluebird

Why Don't You Do Right?，Joe McCoy 词曲，Peggy Lee/Benny Goodman 乐队演奏，1942，Columbia

I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town，Casey Bill Weldon/Roy Jacobs 词曲，Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 演奏，1941，Decca

We Gonna Move (To the Outskirts of Town) ，Casey Bill Weldon 词曲/演奏，1936，Vocalion

Ration Blues，Louis Jordan/Antonio Cosey/Collenane Clark 词曲，Louis and the Tympany Five 演奏，1943，Decca

Rock Around the Clock，Max C. Freedman/James E. Myers 词曲，Bill Haley & His Comets 演奏，1954，Decca

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