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cosmictraveler said:
Yakaty Sax
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Boots Randolph died a few weeks ago. He is credited with inventing the "yakity sax" style, although what he really did was perfect it and popularize it. It's probably called that because it was used in the Coasters' big hit, "Yakity Yak (Don't Talk Back)", and it embodies the cadence of the refrain, "Yakity Yak," as in the music for this video.

In the 1950s, when rock and roll was born, it was not clear whether the defining lead instrument of the genre was destined to be the piano or the tenor saxophone. Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis established the rock and roll piano style, and Boots Randolph established the saxophone style.

The debate came to an end unexpectedly when the guitar moved in and took over, thanks to Duane Eddy and Chuck Berry. Before that, guitar solos in rock tunes tended to be in the old-fashioned western swing style of country music, and they just weren't hot enough to compete with a rockin' piano or a yakity sax.
 
Interesting, thanks! Sorry to here about Boots, I didn't see anything in the news or even on any website I go to about his death.
 
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