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driving heavy back beat, bookie bass line, lyrics about youth culture - ANSWER rock and Roll can be identified as by what style characteristics "Rock Around the Clock" - ANSWER Bill Haley and his comets gained national attention with ______, #1 rock and roll recording featured in the mmovie, blackboard jungle. Jump Blues - ANSWER Louie Jordan was a performer of ______, a style of hard driving dance music T-Bone Walker - ANSWER __________ popularized the electric guitar in R&B music. Big Joe Turner - ANSWER _______ was the Kansas City blues shouter who sang on the recording "Roll 'em Pete". R&B - ANSWER AM radio disc jockeys chose to ignore mainstream white record labels and play small independent __________ labels instead. The 50,000 Watt Quartet - ANSWER The four white disc jockeys of Nashville's WLAC were known as __________. Memphis - ANSWER Sun Records is located in the city of Sam Phillips - ANSWER _________ was the owner of Sun Records. He worked hard to record music by artists both black and white.

Rockabilly - ANSWER __________ is a frenzied mix of Country, Blues, Gospel and Pop. False (Elvis did not write any of his songs) - ANSWER True or false? Elvis wrote most of his music. Carl Perkins - ANSWER _____ was known as the king of Rockabilly. Throughout his career, he stayed true to his style. Jerry Lee Lewis - ANSWER ______ was the artist known as "the killer" and Elvis' rival? New Orleans - ANSWER J&M Records was located in the city of __________ Cosimo Matassa - ANSWER __________ was the owner of J&M Records. Dave Bartholomew - ANSWER Legendary New Orleans musician/producer __________ played a crucial role in the development of rock and roll at J&M Records with his collaborations with Fats Domino. Piano, sax and bass. - ANSWER New Orleans is a major contributor to crossover R&B music through its emphasis on musical elements __________. Fats Domino - ANSWER Popular New Orleans artist __________ "offered white kids an easy first step into the world of black music." Little Richard - ANSWER New Orleans artist __________ was the direct opposite to the music of Fats Domino. He was a total extravert known as the "Bronze Liberace". Chicago - ANSWER Chess Records is located in the city of __________ Phil and Leonard Chess - ANSWER _________ were the owners of Chicago blues record label Chess Records. True - ANSWER True or false? When the blues moved from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago, it became amplified.

Chuck Berry - ANSWER Popular artist __________ from Chess Records established rock and roll as a form in itself and established the guitar as THE rock instrument. "Bo Diddley Beat" - ANSWER Bo Diddley is known for his use of the distinctive rhythm pattern called the ____________. This rhythm can be traced back to the "hambone" beats and the "ring shouts" of slavery. Chuck Berry - ANSWER Popular rock and roll artist __________ from Chess records is known as the poet laureate of rock and broke through color barriers and played to integrated audiences. Clean cut - ANSWER The late 50's were the transitional period between initial R&R and the teen idol period, the newcomers had a __________ image that helped broaden the appeal of rock and roll. Ricky Nelson - ANSWER L.A. rockabilly artist __________ grew up in front of the nation as "Little Ricky" in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and put R&R music in America's living room. Buddy Holly - ANSWER __________ was the last of the 50's rock and roll giants. He pointed the music toward the first rock band, popularized the Fender Stratocaster and was the first major white rock and roll artist to write/produce his own music. Elvis - ANSWER Buddy Holly embraced rockabilly and imitated ______ as best he could. The Crickets - ANSWER Buddy Holly and _________ were the prototype for a self-contained rock band. Their two guitar, bass and drums combination set the standard for British Bands. England - ANSWER Eddie Cochran gained more fame in _________ than America. Cochran was a major influence on guitar players from ________ through his early development of the power chord sound. The Mills Brothers and The Ink Spots - ANSWER Which two jazz/pop vocal groups from the 1930s and 40s inspired younger groups to a polished sound in a more R&B direction? The Orioles and The Ravens - ANSWER Which two vocal groups were important early R&B Doo-wop transition groups?

Frankie Lymon - ANSWER The Teenagers featured 13-year old singing artist __________. Their sound was closer to the street corner singing style. Their biggest hit was "Why Do Fools Fall in Love." Gospel - ANSWER The influence of ________ music was a key element of soul. Ray Charles - ANSWER ___________ was not really R&R music; instead he drew from the entire spectrum of music and ignited R&B with the impassioned testifying of a southern Holy Roller revival meeting. Melody - ANSWER The doo-wop style, which developed out of east coast settings, emphasized __________ above rhythm. True - ANSWER True or false? Few doo-wop groups managed to make it onto the charts or sustain careers, many groups became one hit wonders and the individuality of each artist was erased by the group. The Platters - ANSWER Star groups of the time were The Platters, The Coasters and The Drifters. Of the three, _________ were one of the most successful crossover acts in the 1950's. Sam Cooke - ANSWER ___________ was very different from Ray Charles in that he was known as the graceful voice in soul music. His voice had a more floating quality compared to Charles. Jackie Wilson - ANSWER ___________'s sweeping register leaps, rich vibrato, and falsetto breaks were his trademarks. ________, a former gymnast and boxer, was an energetic and agile showman. James Brown - ANSWER Known as the "Godfather of Soul", __________ had incredible stage show productions. Funk - ANSWER James Brown's unique sound featuring highly syncopated rhythms using the choked chord guitar sound and broken bass lines was the early influence for ________ music. The death of Buddy Holley - ANSWER What tragic event that happened on February 3, 1959 is considered a turning point for R&R?

Bobby Vinton - ANSWER The most successful teen idol was _________ The Brill Building - ANSWER As the country turned to Top 40 formats in the early 1960s, __________ in New York City was the center of all of the hit songwriting. American Bandstand - ANSWER The engine of the teen idol machine was the Philadelphia television show (later to become national) ______________, hosted by Dick Clark. Payola - ANSWER The term __________ is used to describe the bribery of an influential person in exchange for the promotion of a product or service, such that of disc jockeys for the promotion of records? Aldon Music - ANSWER The Brill building housed __________ Publishing, the symbol for popular music in New York Gerry Goffin and Carole King - ANSWER Of the songwriters, who were usually grouped in pairs, __________ and __________ were the most prolific hitmakers at Aldon Music due to their variety and ability to change with the times. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller - ANSWER The Coasters and The Drifters were Neo-Doo-Wop groups from the early 1960s. Both groups were affiliated with _____________. White/European-American - ANSWER Leiber & Stoller paved the way for the Brill Building writers and Phil Spector productions and were the first _______ writers to compose authentic R&B. The Coasters - ANSWER __________ were known for their use of Playlets, short mini-dramas acted out in a 2-3 minute song The Drifters - ANSWER With Neo-Doo-Wop group ___________, Leiber & Stoller developed a high- tech production style referred to as "Uptown R&B". Sexuality - ANSWER The music of the girl groups often had an underlying current of __________ behind the innocence. Males were idealized images of adolescent romanticism.

A sound and style - ANSWER Girl groups were about __________ rather than an individual voice or image and were linked to a producer who often projected HIS vision rather than the group's vision. The Chantels - ANSWER __________ were an important model for the girl groups that followed. The Angels - ANSWER White Girl Groups like ___________ and The Shangri-Las, lacked the gospel- derived emotion of the black groups and relied heavily on melodramatic spoken interludes; the brazen tough girls were a challenge to the sugary girl group image. "Wall of sound" - ANSWER Phil Spector invented the role of the modern producer. Spector's __________ featured the use of many instruments. Spector called his grand pop records "Little symphonies for kids". The "Wrecking Crew" - ANSWER Phil Spector's large list of Los Angeles studio musicians, which he used to back his artists, became known as ___________. The Ronettes - ANSWER Girl group ___________ inspired Phil Spector's best work and became the "Bad girls of pop". The Righteous Brothers - ANSWER The male duo, ____________ , were Phil Spector's last great success and came around the time of the arrival of the Beatles and the decline of the Girl Groups. Duane Eddy - ANSWER Early instrumental rock artist _________ developed a style known as "twangy" guitar and formed the model for surf band guitarists that followed. Guitar - ANSWER Surf music was primarily an instrumental style of the 1960s. Surf music reestablished the _______'s role as a central instrument in rock and roll since it had virtually disappeared as lead instrument in early 60's pop. The Ventures - ANSWER Instrumental surf group ___________ solidified the two guitar / bass / drum line-up for rock and roll bands and became a favorite with the surf crowd. Dick Dale - ANSWER __________ was the king of the surf guitar. Garage Rock - ANSWER __________ was a simple, raw form of rock & roll inspired by British Invasion bands and was the first wave of do-it-yourself punk rockers.

The Four Freshmen - ANSWER The style of the Beach Boys is a combination of the jazz vocal harmonies of ___________ and instrumental surf music. Brian Wilson - ANSWER __________ was the quiet genius of the Beach Boys who was influenced by Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound". Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys) - ANSWER Critically considered a masterpiece and one of rock and roll's important albums, __________ became Brian Wilson's master project in 1966. It was fueled by the Beatles album Rubber Soul and in turn became a major influence on the Beatles' with their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Louie, Louie (The Kingsmen) - ANSWER U.S. Congress had a full-scale investigation to find out what smut was in the song ___________ and the FBI declared it "incomprehensible at any speed". The Beach Boys - ANSWER California band ___________ painted a landscape of beach, paradise, hot rods and California girls and were America's answer to the Beatles. Good Vibrations - ANSWER The Beach Boys hit song ___________ was labeled as a psychedelic tune and was Wilson's finest hour as a producer.