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Payola is a term that was originally used to describe the money or other payment that was given in the music industry to get the radio stations to play an artist's music on air. It has broadened in scope to also now represent any bribery of influential people for promotion of a product, etc.
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Do Disc Jockeys have to buy their music?
Most individual disc jockeys have to obtain their own music. Record companies often supply radio stations with a copy of their music free of charge, but the radio station actually pays for the right to play the music (see ascap bmi nmpa/hfa). There was a big scandal in the fifties about what was called Payola- a record company, say Columbia- would pay a broadcasting studio ( radio station) X number of dollars to get a song on the frequent play lists, this should not be confused with (request numbers) or ads for albums, concerts, etc which are legit commercial advertising. the hazy horizon between promotionals and entertainment entered the fray. this was called Payola.
Why was there a decline of rock and roll in the late 1950's?
Buddy Holly was dead, Elvis Presley was drafted, Chuck Berry went to prison, and Jerry Lee Lewis faced a marriage scandal. Also, another factor that rock was going to an end was the scandal surrounding Jerry Lee Lewis' marriage to his thirteen-year-old cousin and the arrest of Chuck Berry with the breaking of the Payola scandal implicating major figures, including Alan Freed, in bribery and corruption in promoting individual acts or songs, gave a sense that the initial phase of rock and roll had come to an end.
How has society influenced rock and roll?
I very much doubt that anybody could legitimately name even one way that rock music has negatively affected America (or the world at large, for that matter). Any perceived negative impacts that people might name -- like, "heavy metal makes people Satanists" -- are just ignorant, ridiculous fallacies that cannot be taken seriously.AnswerSurprisingly, there are many ways that Rock and Roll have negatively impacted society in the United States, since it's commencement in the 1950's, budding off of R&B, country, blues, and many other genres. Parents felt that it was a threat towards traditional gender roles, with such androgynous artists from Little Richard to Elvis Presley, and later the Rolling Stones, Queen, Poison, Michael Jackson, Marilyn Manson, the list just goes on. It did seem to have links with juvenile delinquency in the 1950's as well, and many parents now still argue that rock and roll promotes rebellion, lust and sex, violence and aggression, drug usage, and blurs lines between the sacred and the secular. Let's also not forget the payola scandal of the 1960's.Now, saying that, there are also many reasons why Rock and Roll was a great impact on American culture, but I will just name a few. It integrated black and white culture, blurred high and low culture, and brought youth out of a cold war depression.AnswerOkay, but...the argument above doesn't actually name any ways that rock music has negatively affected America...much less back them up with evidence."Parents felt it was a threat towards traditional gender roles...It did seem to have links with juvenile deliquency in the 1950s...and many parents now still argue..." So, basically, the argument is, "Rock and roll has negatively impacted America in many ways, because some people out there might say it has."The Payola Scandal? What about it? The Payola Scandal was a half dozen rock DJs who were getting paid to play certain songs, which was illegal. How did that impact America? It wasn't the freakin' Enron scandal, it was a couple hundred bucks between 8 lowly DJs.Of course rock and roll promotes rebellion. That's the whole point of it. Rebellion is a good thing, and for teenagers, it is a completely natural and normal thing. You should always be questioning the status quo. You should always be questioning the established order. You should always be questioning everything. Otherwise...well, otherwise you're just a drone that needs to be told what to do because it can't think for itself.
Where could one find the lyrics to the song We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel?
Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, "The King and I" and "The Catcher in the Rye" Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye CHORUS We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc Roy hn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, dacron Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock" Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev Princess Grace, "Peyton Place", trouble in the Suez CHORUS Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, "Bridge on the River Kwai" Lebanon, Charlse de Gaulle, California baseball Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide Buddy Holly, "Ben Hur", space monkey, Mafia Hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, "Psycho", Belgians in the Congo CHORUS Hemingway, Eichmann, "Stranger in a Strange Land" Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion "Lawrence of Arabia", British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British politician sex JFK, blown away, what else do I have to say CHORUS Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, Woodsto/ck/, Watergate, punk rock Begin, Reagan, Palestine, terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan "Wheel of Fortune", Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide Foreign debts, homeless vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law Rock and roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore CHORUS We didn't start the fire But when we are gone Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on...
What is the meaning of the song We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel?
It basically means that all the problems in the world today were not caused by our generation. All the events in history led to what the world is today. All his history references basically show how the world got to where it is today. Also that we didnt start all the problems but we do give the fire more. But we try to fight...
What are the release dates for Matinee Theatre - 1955 The Old Payola - 1.199?
Matinee Theatre - 1955 The Old Payola - 1.199 was released on: USA: 8 August 1956
Under the table payments to plug a product in the mass media is called?
Payola
What rhymes with crayola?
Payola. A kickback type scheme used mostly in crooked government situations.
What is the term that describes the acceptance of money or songwriting credits in exchange for playing a record on the radio?
Payola. (see related link below)
Define payola in copyright?
Labels bribed deejays and radio stations to broadcast certain songs more frequently, resulting in higher copyright royalties for the songwriters.
What is the illegal use of political influence for personal gain?
Kickback
Who was involved in the payola scandal?
The 1950s Payola scandal was primarily directed toward shutting down the idea of pay-for-play music: in the early years of radio, it was common for music to air based on a fee provided by the artist or their agent, which in turn determined which songs were played often enough to become hits.It was a politically- and economically-motivated move, designed in large part to quash the new genres of country music and rock-and-roll, which were a threat to the established recording companies and agencies of the time (including ASCAP).It worked itself out, but not before destroying the career of deejay Alan Freed (the discoverer and biggest early promoter of rock music) and threatening to do the same to promoter Dick Clark (who wound up having to sell off his shares in the recording industry to avoid being brought down similarly).To this day, the word 'payola' still means a bribe or other form of ill-gotten revenue.
Do Disc Jockeys have to buy their music?
Most individual disc jockeys have to obtain their own music. Record companies often supply radio stations with a copy of their music free of charge, but the radio station actually pays for the right to play the music (see ascap bmi nmpa/hfa). There was a big scandal in the fifties about what was called Payola- a record company, say Columbia- would pay a broadcasting studio ( radio station) X number of dollars to get a song on the frequent play lists, this should not be confused with (request numbers) or ads for albums, concerts, etc which are legit commercial advertising. the hazy horizon between promotionals and entertainment entered the fray. this was called Payola.
What are some six letter words with 2nd letter A and 4th letter O and 5th letter L and 6th letter A?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern -A-OLA. That is, six letter words with 2nd letter A and 4th letter O and 5th letter L and 6th letter A. In alphabetical order, they are: canola payola
What do music producers do to get their music played?
They pay radio stations to play the music line ups the producers want.AnswerPaying cash to play music on the radio is called payola. There was a big legal battle in the 1950s and people went to jail for that. It is illegal to do that, but some think it goes on.I think it mostly has to do with who they know and they call all the time to ask their friends to promote their music. I think they party together and do favors and get people backstage at shows and meet celebrities and stuff like that.
What is some information about payola?
Taylor swift just recently had to pay 750,000 in in order for her newest hit to be played on the radio. its not about how good the songs are, the song could be horrible and about a fluffy kitten for all the radio station cares, its about how much money a person is willing to pay off the radio hosts in order for their songs to be aired. but if there is a good vocalist or song writer a person can get sponsors to pay for them, even though they might ask for money in return if the song does become a hit.
Who are the members of the musical trio New World who were guest performers on the Two Ronnies Series One in 1971?
MEL NOONAN, JOHN KANE AND JOHN LEE. THEY WON A TALENT QUEST IN AUSTRALIA ABOUT 1966 WHICH GAVE THEM A TRIP TO ENGLAND. THEY RELEASED "ROSE GARDEN" BEFORE LYN ANDERSON AND "LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE" BEFORE SMOKIE. THEY WERE ENVOLVED WITH THE RADIO PAYOLA SCANDAL IN ENGLAND OF THE 1970'S AND DISAPPEARDED NEVER TO BE HEARD OF AGAIN. THEIR LEGACY IS WELL REGARDED BY THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THEIR SHORT LIVED CAREER.
