Music to My Ears
• The most influential genre of music?
• The most important people and places:
• New Orleans & Memphis
• Louis Armstrong
• Duke Ellington
• Bessie Smith
American Idol-Blues Edition
• Bessie Smith was the most important Blues Singer during this time
period
• Also, Bessie was the most popular singer of the 1920s and the 1930s.
THE DANCE
• The most controversial dance in history…
• I cant even type it…IT’S THAT BAD!
• Its…the CHARLESTON!
The Charleston
• Scandalous Dance
• Popular with social outcasts
• Specifically Flappers
• What are Flappers?
Flappers
• Females that rebel against societal norms
• Smoked tobacco
• Drank alcohol
• Proudly independent
• Danced the Charleston
The Radio
• The Radio is VITAL to the time period
• We take this for granted every day but why was this invention so
vital?
• Played music and ads to a large amount of people across the United
States
Radio + Sports = Win
• People can be at the game without actually being there.
• Radio again played a huge role in promoting a new hero.
• Athletes would soon dominate pop culture.
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
• Two outstanding baseball players
• Gehrig would be a very successful player but would
sadly be diagnosed with ALS.
• Babe Ruth would be a strangely awesome player.
• Yankee Stadium would be his second home.
Will Rogers
• Captured America through the radio
• Most famous radio voice
• Loved to talk