MUSC 171 Timeline By Claydees Period: Dec 5, 1910 to Dec 5, 1930 Great Migration of Blacks Dec 5, 1926 Big Mama Thornton Born Dec 5, 1929 Berry Gordy Born Dec 5, 1935 Elvis Born Dec 5, 1940 Phil Spector Born Dec 5, 1940 Black unemployment = 7% Dec 5, 1941 Bob Dylan Born Dec 5, 1943 Muddy Waters moves to Chicago Dec 5, 1947 WDIA all-white radio Dec 5, 1948 WDIA all-black "mother station of the Negro" Dec 5, 1948 Elvis Moves to GRACELAND in Memphis Period: Dec 5, 1948 to Dec 5, 1968 Cross Bronx Expressway Dec 5, 1950 Music Industry Net Worth $188 Million Dec 5, 1952 Sam Phillips SUN Records made Period: Dec 5, 1953 to Dec 5, 1964 Hound Dog Most Covered Song Dec 5, 1954 Elvis enters SUN records. Legacy begins Dec 5, 1954 "Race Problem" in desegregation Period: Dec 5, 1954 to Dec 5, 1964 R&R began w/ whites covering blacks Dec 5, 1956 Elvis on the Milton Berle show hip controversy Dec 5, 1958 Alex Kornor tours Muddy Waters in Britain Dec 5, 1958 Michael Jackson, Prince, and Madonna Born Period: Dec 5, 1958 to Dec 5, 1963 The "In Between Years" of music industry Period: Dec 5, 1960 to Dec 5, 1970 Motown chart 357/535 = 67% hits Dec 5, 1962 Motown Revue (touring) begins Period: Dec 5, 1962 to Dec 5, 1964 Early Beatles Period: Dec 5, 1964 to Dec 5, 1967 Golden age of teenage music Dec 5, 1965 Bob Dylan Goes Electric at Newport Folk Festival Period: Dec 5, 1965 to Dec 5, 1966 Middle Beatles Dec 5, 1966 Motown chart 75% hits Dec 5, 1967 End of R&R dominance Dec 5, 1967 First HUMAN BE IN Period: Dec 5, 1967 to Dec 5, 1969 Late Beatles Period: Dec 5, 1968 to Dec 5, 1983 Led Zeppelin's Prime Dec 5, 1970 Heavy Metal Becomes OWN Genre Dec 5, 1970 Led Zeppelin dethrones Beatles as #1 English Band Dec 5, 1973 Forbes says 50 R&R stars making 2 - 6 mill/year Dec 5, 1973 Music industry net worth $2 billion Dec 5, 1973 Bruce Springsteen joins E Street Band Dec 5, 1975 Bruce Springsteen on Time Magazine Cover Dec 5, 1975 KISS first album "Alive" Dec 5, 1977 Elvis Dead Dec 5, 1977 KISS most popular band in USA Dec 5, 1978 Music industry net worth $4 billion Dec 5, 1978 Disco becomes OWN genre Dec 5, 1978 WKTU an all rock station, switches to all disco Dec 5, 1979 Disco = most popular genre Dec 5, 1979 Michael Jackson drops "Off The Wall" album Dec 5, 1980 Prince drops "Dirty Mind" album - controversial Period: Dec 5, 1980 to Dec 5, 1990 Blacks under 18 in poverty = 50% Dec 5, 1981 MTV = "All purpose" radio playing only British rock Period: Dec 5, 1983 to Dec 5, 1984 MTV starts playing black music due to MJ Dec 5, 1984 Big Mama Thornton Dead Dec 5, 1984 Madonna breakthrough "Like A Virgin" album Dec 5, 1985 Northern lights perform "Tears are not enough" Dec 5, 1985 Prince forms own "Paisley Park" Music company Dec 5, 1989 Madonna controversy "Like A Prayer" burning crosses Dec 5, 1990 Black unemployment = 20% Dec 5, 1991 Madonna lashing out in "Justify My Love" against critics Dec 5, 1993 Prince changes name to a symbol for a while