"Wake Up Little Susie" becomes the Everly Brothers' first #1 hit

Harmony singing was a part of rock and roll right from the beginning, but the three- and four-part harmonies of doo-wop, derived from black gospel and blues traditions, would never have given us Simon and Garfunkel, the Beatles or the Byrds. To get those groups, you first had to have the Everly Brothers, whose ringing, close-harmony style introduced a whole new sound into the rock-and-roll vocabulary: the sound of Appalachia set to hard-driving acoustic guitars and a subtle backbeat rhythm. One of the most important and influential groups in the history of rock and roll, the Everly Brothers burst onto the music scene in 1957 with their first big hit, "Bye Bye Love," which was quickly followed with their first #1 song, "Wake Up Little Susie," which topped the Billboard pop chart on this day in 1957.
Assignments covered in classes today:
7th grade- discussed expectations of visiting the Ossian Senior Hospice tomorrow for a service trip, also reviewed Chapter 1 Section 3 in class discussion.
6th grade- in class Jeopardy! review game.  Students divided into 3 groups and in order they get to pick the categories & dollar amounts.  It is similar to the television version, but we tweak it to make it
work for our classroom.
8th grade- Used the class discussing the Chilean miners whose ordeal is now over for current events.  We discussed whether or not the miners should be proclaimed "International Heroes" or not.  Also discussed what qualities a hero should possess and if an ordinary person could be labeled a hero?

Mr. Johnson