History of Rock & Roll exam 1 Questions With Solutions 100% Correct
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History of rock and roll
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History Of Rock And Roll
History of Rock & Roll exam 1 Questions
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Frank Sinatra First pop singer to create personal vocal style - had macho/womanizing
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"I've Got You Under My Skin" Frank Sinatra - Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood, CA
in 1956
Swing era Big band jazz (swing) is domi...
History of Rock & Roll exam 1 Questions
With Solutions 100% Correct
Frank Sinatra First pop singer to create personal vocal style - had macho/womanizing
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"I've Got You Under My Skin" Frank Sinatra - Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood, CA
in 1956
Swing era Big band jazz (swing) is dominant pop music and new dance fads are common.
no words, just instrumentals
Popular location for swing music New Orleans
Benny Goodman First star of the swing era - "Let's Dance" radio program - Elvis of his
generation
"King Porter Stomp" Recorded by Benny Goodman in 1935 and was written by Jolly Roll
Morton
, History of Rock & Roll exam 1 Questions
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The Postwar Transitional Years 1946-1954: Race music (R&B) and hillbilly music
(country) emerge but major labels ignore these new styles. Independent labels emerge
Music covers Rerecording of songs to make them "more appropriate" - typically songs
written by black artists are rerecorded by white artists to sell to the white population
Pat Boone He was the most successful "cover" artist of early Rock and Roll - Rerecorded
R&B music and "white washed" them
Record sales history Dropped during the Great Depression (1930s) but rebounded during
the swing era. It was steady during the transitional years but had an explosive growth with rock
& roll (thanks Elvis)
Acoustical process The process used before 1925 in which an acoustical horn captured
and transferred sound vibrations to a stylus that cut grooves onto a wax disc. There weren't any
microphones and typically had to be in person to listen to music
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Electrical process the recording process in which microphones are used to convert sound
waves into an electrical signal. It was a one take process (no do overs) and helped Bing Crosby
take off as an artist
Magnetic tape recording Recording technology developed by the Germans and the
Japanese in the 1930s. It is a thin magnetizable coating on a narrow strip of plastic film which
allows for editing and longer recording times
Albums Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948 - 33 1/3 rpm (revolutions per minute)
was popular with adults
Singles Introduced by RCA in 1949 - 45 rpm (revolutions per minute) was popular with
teens
Major record labels Columbia
RCA Victor
Decca
Capitol
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