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Tin Pan Alley
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verse-chorus-verse structure
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composers were the stars
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Maple Leaf Rag
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Radio
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record and phonograph sales dropped by half
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listeners bought their own recordings
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radio had higher fidelity than records
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music performed live
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performers were the stars
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stimulated demand for a variety of genres
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Big Band
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developed from jazz
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Glenn Miller
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Tommy Dorsey
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Frank Sinatra
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hordes of screaming teenage girls
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affordable records
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demand for records
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Rock
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hybrid genre
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Bill Haley
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"Rock around the Clock"
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cover artists
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Elvis Presley
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That's All Right Mama"
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Pat Boone
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Ain't That a Shame
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white audiences
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black radio stations
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race records
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payola
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FM and Segmentation
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additional spectrum
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formats
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album oriented rock
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Top 40
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rock oldies
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heavy metal
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adult contemporary
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R&B/urban
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disco
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country and western
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Compact Disc
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introduced 1982
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format war with phonographs
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harsh sound and brittle quality
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compact and less prone to scratches
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Digital Recording
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MP3
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near CD quality
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compressed audio
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WAV
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less compressed than MP3
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digital rights management
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encrypt music
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expiration date
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Apple's FairPlay
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most copy protections removed in 2008
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format war in cyberspace
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AAC (Apple)
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WMA (Microsoft)
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Downloading
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RIAA
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digital fingerprints
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streaming vs. downloading
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Recording Industry
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talent
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recording studios
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recording companies
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distributors
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independent promoters
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retailers
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