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The Messed Up Truth About The 1950s Music Industry

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The social landscape in the early 1950s was shifting. The end of WWII signaled a time of economic growth, and technology was advancing — TVs were becoming commonplace in homes, opening up a whole new world of entertainment. Music, too, was changing, and the big band sounds of the 1940s were waning, while rock ’n’ roll was taking over.
The 1950s gave us some of the greatest music acts of all time, including Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, and Chuck Berry. But there was a dark side to the industry, too. From stiffing Black artists on royalties to artists getting involved with underaged girls, this is the messed up truth about the 1950s music industry.

#Elvis #Music #RockNRoll

Missing royalties | 0:00
Segregated concerts | 1:30
Subject to Jim Crow | 2:39
Stolen hits | 3:51
Touring takes its toll | 4:58
Billie Holiday’s tragic death | 6:12
Underaged girls | 7:24
Little Richard’s bad deal | 8:39
Pay to play | 9:41
American Bandstand’s dark beginnings | 10:59

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30 comments

@GrungeHQ November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
What are your impressions of the 1950s music industry?
@seapeoplesdidnothingwrong1307 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
"She had heroin planted on her and arrested." The next sentence, "she struggled with a horrible heroin addiction"
@johnthedon7883 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
no one wants to talk about Elvis having relationships with 14 year old girls? okay
@sammy-n7b November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
DID JERRY LEE AND MYRA HAVE TO GET A MARRIAGE LICENSE? IF THEY HAD A MARRIAGE LICENSE FROM LOUISIANA, EVERYONE SHOULD SHUTUP ❤
@sammy-n7b November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
WHEN THE RAT PACK FIRST WENT TO VEGAS SINATRA WAS TOLD SAMMY DAVIS JR. COULD NOT STAY AT THE SAME HOTEL AS THE REST OF THE BOYS. SINATRA ASKED WHY NOT? THEY SAID BECAUSE HE'S BLACK ❤SINATRA SAID WELL IF SAMMY CAN'T STAY HERE NONE OF US CAN STAY HERE❤AND THEY WALKED OUT.
@sammy-n7b November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS ON A HALL OF FAME STATUS WHEN IT COMES TO STEALING IDEAS, RIFFS, AND OF COURSE TONS OF CASH❤THE ARTISTS WERE YOUNG AND STUPID (WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS) LOOK AT HOW MANY DIFFERENT SMELLY PAWS HAD ACCESS TO THEIR WORK ❤THE LABEL ITSELF, TALENT AGENTS AND OF COURSE , AND THEIR MANAGEMENT FIRM.❤
@CHOPRJOHN November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
Everyone knows who controlled the music industry in the 50s, and screwed every black entertainer they could, and it wasnt the mob!
@mitchelljamerson706 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
That's just the way it is. Some things will never change 🎶 🎶
@tj921able November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
It amazes me how many scandals there were in the music industry in the fifties. TY for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.
@withintheshyness November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
He did NOT have an affair with a 13 year old. We was molesting her!
@hifijohn November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
Why would anybody be dumb enough to get in to show business?
@CaptHiltz November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
Today is not much better for about 95% of the artists who release music. The three major record companies; Universal, Sony and Warner control most of the top Spotify playlists that artists need to get on in order to blow up. Guess who is on those lists. Yes, it' s their people and not artists from small indie labels or artists that do everything themselves. At .003 cents per stream, it's estimated that the 95% I mentioned make $1,000 or less per year on streams with the bulk making $200 or less per year. The 3 labels I spoke of are of course raking in the money at the expense of everyone else. The technology may have changed but musicians are still getting screwed over.
@planemo2118 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
I find it both hillarious and terrifying trying to imagine what goes on in the mind of a white dude shooting a bus of black performers. The level of hate and ignorance is both comical and chilling, people unde Jim Crow were raised dangerously stupid, but stupid nonetheless.
@lindo110 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
there's some maga right there. what a shitty country.
@alezandradavila2581 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
Ooo wow ok interesting
@spartang.1388 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
Why are white people so evil!? Jesus Christ! 🤦
@Leshelle_ November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
The history of our black people breaks my heart why were they hatred so much 😢😢😢😢😢😢
@t.s.9656 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
It's the same people that run Hollywood today. Any guesses.
@tirebiter1680 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
The disc jockeys were paid to play whatever crap the record company wanted to sell.
@anthonybranco November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
Why does this have to be woke? I stopped watching this after a minute.
@BigHeartMusicOfficial November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
Companies pay for hits to this day. The entire industry is manufactured to capitalize off of social media trends.
@tenpercentfordabigguy8550 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
We can learn from the past but we dont live three
@brendamotley466 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
I don't know why people have to be so damn stupid!!! And you can't fix STUPID🤬🤬
@albertf.9198 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
Yeah, wtf are u people gonna do about it? 🙄
@Comdesron17 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
this country - USA .... bigotry to the max .... now here's a question 90% people get wrong ... Who invented rock?
@glennjones6574 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
ya know Elvis was obviously a pedophile. insane that we put him on a pedestal. i can say the same about the ",king" of pop allegedly...
@glennjones6574 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
My god what they did to Billy Holiday makes me want to scream. .
@jaysilverheals4445 November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
actually the first was the Carter family and Jimmie Rodgers. Jimmy Rodgers was considered a singing black man. Leslie Riddles was the person that taught Maybelle how to play guitar.
@neddyladdy November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
You would have done better if you had said what Jim Crow laws were.
@RedVynil November 27, 2024 - 6:00 am
I hear Dick Clark was mixed up with some dirty dealings, too!

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