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HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL EXAM 1
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIEDANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+|| BRAND NEW!!
, The roots of rock and roll - ANS run deep in folk and popular music of the 20th century, draws
from jazz, gospel, blues, blue grass, country, 1920s' radio, R&B.
It just kind of happened once cultures joined.
Indi radio companies helped spread it.
The first rock and roll albums came out around 1950ish but rock and roll started before the
albums came out.
In 1945 after the WWII the country was in a good place for rock and roll
Country Western - ANS Bill Monroe: "The Father of Blue Grass"
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Western Swing - ANS Bob Wills and His Texas Play Boys: "The King of Western Swing"
first to use drums and amps
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Rural Blues - ANS Robert Johnson: "King of Mississippi Delta Blues" important guitar player
"sold his soul to the devil" for his talent
died at the age of 27
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his song was "Crossroad Blues"
Boogie-Woogie Piano - ANS Pete Johnson: one of the great piano players
Jazz, Swing Era, Big Band - ANS Lionel Hampton: up beat music
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Cab Calloway: Jazz singer, band leader, scat
Classic Blues - ANS Bessie Smith: biggest name of the 1920s', Janis Joplin was influenced by
her
Gospel Music - ANS Thomas Dorsey: "The Father of Gospel Music"
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Rock and Roll - ANS (another name for Rhyme/Blues)
Country/Western
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Blue Grass
Boogie-Woogie
Rural/Classic Blues
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Gospel
Jazz/Swing
Popular Songs
First Rock and Roll Record - ANS Rocket 88: Jackie Brenton and Ike Turner 1951
Rocket 88 - ANS By Jackie Brenton and Ike Turner
Turner was the pianist/guitarist, from the Mississippi Delta.
in the style of the Jump Bands from the coast (Louis Jordan).
Boogie-woogie beat.
song about a car (influenced Chuck Berry, The Beach Boys).
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LO
YC
D
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HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL EXAM 1
ST
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIEDANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+|| BRAND NEW!!
, The roots of rock and roll - ANS run deep in folk and popular music of the 20th century, draws
from jazz, gospel, blues, blue grass, country, 1920s' radio, R&B.
It just kind of happened once cultures joined.
Indi radio companies helped spread it.
The first rock and roll albums came out around 1950ish but rock and roll started before the
albums came out.
In 1945 after the WWII the country was in a good place for rock and roll
Country Western - ANS Bill Monroe: "The Father of Blue Grass"
K
Western Swing - ANS Bob Wills and His Texas Play Boys: "The King of Western Swing"
first to use drums and amps
C
Rural Blues - ANS Robert Johnson: "King of Mississippi Delta Blues" important guitar player
"sold his soul to the devil" for his talent
died at the age of 27
LO
his song was "Crossroad Blues"
Boogie-Woogie Piano - ANS Pete Johnson: one of the great piano players
Jazz, Swing Era, Big Band - ANS Lionel Hampton: up beat music
YC
Cab Calloway: Jazz singer, band leader, scat
Classic Blues - ANS Bessie Smith: biggest name of the 1920s', Janis Joplin was influenced by
her
Gospel Music - ANS Thomas Dorsey: "The Father of Gospel Music"
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Rock and Roll - ANS (another name for Rhyme/Blues)
Country/Western
U
Blue Grass
Boogie-Woogie
Rural/Classic Blues
ST
Gospel
Jazz/Swing
Popular Songs
First Rock and Roll Record - ANS Rocket 88: Jackie Brenton and Ike Turner 1951
Rocket 88 - ANS By Jackie Brenton and Ike Turner
Turner was the pianist/guitarist, from the Mississippi Delta.
in the style of the Jump Bands from the coast (Louis Jordan).
Boogie-woogie beat.
song about a car (influenced Chuck Berry, The Beach Boys).
