History of Rock n' Roll Exam 1 QUESTIONS & SOLUTIONS, Exams of History of Music

Download History of Rock n' Roll Exam 1 QUESTIONS & SOLUTIONS and more Exams History of Music in PDF only on Docsity! History of Rock n' Roll Exam 1 QUESTIONS & SOLUTIONS New Orleans is a major contributor to crossover R&B music through it's emphasis on musical elements _____? - ANSWER Piano, Sax and Bass Legendary New Orleans musician/producer ____ played a crucial role in the development of rock n' roll at J&M records with his collaboration with Fats Domino - ANSWER Dave Batholomew ___ Was the owner of J&M Records - ANSWER Cosimo Matassa J&M Records was located in the city of ___? - ANSWER New Orleans ___ Was the artist known as the "killer" and Elvis' rival - ANSWER Jerry Lee Lewis __ was known as the King of Rockabilly. Throughout this career, he stayed true to his style. - ANSWER Carl Perkins true or false? Elvis wrote most of his own music. - ANSWER False __ Is a frenzied mix of country, blues, gospel and pop - ANSWER Rockabilly __ was the owner of sun records. He worked hard to record music by artists both black and white - ANSWER Sam Phillips Sun Records is located in the city of ___. - ANSWER Memphis The Four White Disc Jockeys of Nashville's WLAC were known as ____. - ANSWER The 50,000 Watt Quartet AM Radio Disk Jockeys chose to ignore mainstream white record labels and play small independent ___ labels instead. - ANSWER R&B ___was the Kansas City blues shouter who sang on the record "roll em pete" - ANSWER Big Joe Turner __ was the quiet genius of the Beach Boys who was considered Phil Spector's "wall of sound" - ANSWER Brian Wilson The Beach Boys hit song ___ was labeled as a psychedelic tune and was Wilson's finest hour as a producer - ANSWER Good Vibrations ___ was the king of the surf guitar - ANSWER Dick Dale Instrumental surf group ___ solidified the two guitar/bass/drum line-up for rock n' roll bands and became a favorite with the surf-crowd - ANSWER The Ventures Surf music was primarily an instrumental style of the 1960s. Surf music reestablished the ___ role as a central instrument in Rock N Roll since t had virtually disappeared as lead instrument in early 60's pop. - ANSWER Guitar's Critically considered a masterpiece and one of Rock N 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. - ANSWER Pet Sounds (the Beach Boys) The style of the Beach Boys is a combination of the jazz vocal harmonies of ___ and instrumental surf music - ANSWER The Four Freshmen California Band ___painted a landscape of beach, paradise, hot rods, and California girls and were America's answer to the Beatles. - ANSWER The Beach Boys Known as the "Godfather of Soul" ___ had incredible stage show productions - ANSWER James Brown ___'s sweeping register leaps, rich vibrato, and falsetto breaks were his trademarks. ___ a former gymnast was an energy and agile showman. - ANSWER Jackie Wilson ___ popularized the electric guitar in R&B music - ANSWER T-Bone Walker Louie Jordan was a performer of __ a style of hard driving dance music - ANSWER Jump Blues Bill Haley and His Comets gained national attention with "____" a #1 rock and roll recording featured in the movie Blackboard Jungle - ANSWER Rock Around The Clock Rock and Roll can be defined by what style characteristics? - ANSWER A driving backbeat, a boogie base line, lyrics about youth culture (cars, sex, romance, rebellion). Rock n Roll draws from what styles of music? - ANSWER Bluegrass, country swing, delta blues, boogie woogie, big band swing and gospel ___ was the "Father of gospel music" - ANSWER Thomas Dorsey Bessie Smith sang ___ a popular style of blues that followed a 12 bar form and was accompanied by professional musicians - ANSWER Classic Blues Lionel Hampton was a popular artist in what style of dance music popular in the 1930s and 40s? - ANSWER Big Band Swing Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys played ___ a style of music popular to the American Southwest - ANSWER country swing Pete Johnson was the ___ pianist who recorded "Roll Em' Pete" with Big Joe Turner - ANSWER Boogie woogie Robert Johnson was the "King of the __ Delta Blues" - ANSWER Mississippi __ was the "Father of Bluegrass" - ANSWER Bill Monroe __ 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 - ANSWER Sam Cooke ___ was not really R&R music; instead he drew from the entire spectrum of music and ignited R&B music wit the impassioned testifying of a souther Holly Roller revival meeting - ANSWER Ray Charles The influence of __ music was a key element of soul - ANSWER Gospel 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" - ANSWER Frankie Lymon 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 1950s. - ANSWER The Platters True or false? Few Doo-wop groups managed to make it onto the charts or sustain careers, many groups become on hit wonders and the individuality of each artist was erased by the group. - ANSWER True 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. - ANSWER Ricky Nelson The Lates 1950'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 n roll - ANSWER Clean cut 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 - ANSWER Chuck Berry Bo Diddley is known for his use of the distinctive rhythm pattern called the ____. This rhythm can be traced back to he "hambone" beats and the "ring shouts" of slavery - ANSWER Bo Diddley Beat popular artist ___ form Chess Records established rock and roll as a form in itself and established the guitar as THE rock instrument - ANSWER Chuck Berry Buddy Holley and ___ were the prototype for the self-contained rock band. Their two-guitar, bass and drums combination set the standard for British Bands. - ANSWER The Crickets Buddy Holly embraced rockabilly and imitated ___ as best as he could - ANSWER Elvis Which two vocal groups were important early R&B doo-wop transition groups? - ANSWER The Orioles and the Ravens Which two jazz/pop vocal groups from the 1930s and 40s inspired younger groups to a polished sound in a more R&B direction? - ANSWER The Mills Brothers and the Ink Spots Eddie Cochran gained more fame in ___ than America. Cochran was a major influence on guitar player's from ___ through his early development of the power chord sound - ANSWER England True or false? When the blues moved form the Mississippi Delta to Chicago it became amplified - ANSWER True __ were the owners of Chicago Blues record label chess records - ANSWER Phil and Leonard Chess Chess Records is located in the city of ___ - ANSWER Chicago New Orleans artist ___ was the direct opposite to the music of Fats Domino. He was a total extrovert known as the "Bronze Liberace" - ANSWER Little Richard The door-wop style, which developed out of the east coast settings, emphasized ___ above rhythm. - ANSWER Melody