100% satisfaction guarantee Immediately available after payment Both online and in PDF No strings attached
logo-home
Previously searched by you
Previously searched by you
logo
History of Rock & Roll exam 1(100% Correct!! CA$20.92   Add to cart
Quickly navigate to
Preview
  2.  
  3. History Of Rock & Roll
  4.  
  5. History of Rock & Roll

Exam (elaborations)

History of Rock & Roll exam 1(100% Correct!!
 8 views  0 purchase
  • Course
  • History of Rock & Roll
  • Institution
  • History Of Rock & Roll

Tin pan alley - ANSWERAmerica's pop music industry who defined popular music in the pre-rock and roll era. Sold sheet music that later went to Hollywood movies Irving Berlin - ANSWERTin Pan Alley composer George and Ira Gershwin - ANSWERTin Pan Alley composer Rogers and Hart Hammerstein - ANSWER...

[Show more]

Preview 2 out of 8  pages

Document information

  • October 15, 2024
  • 8
  • 2024/2025
  • Exam (elaborations)
  • Questions & answers

Subjects

  • history of rock roll exam 1100 correct

Written for

  • History of Rock & Roll
  • History of Rock & Roll

Seller

avatar-seller
papersmaster01

Reviews received

Content preview

History of Rock & Roll exam 1(100%
Correct!!

Tin pan alley - ANSWERAmerica's pop music industry who defined popular music in the pre-rock and
roll era. Sold sheet music that later went to Hollywood movies

Irving Berlin - ANSWERTin Pan Alley composer

George and Ira Gershwin - ANSWERTin Pan Alley composer

Rogers and Hart Hammerstein - ANSWERTin Pan Alley composer

Cole Porter - ANSWERTin Pan Alley composer

Al Jolson - ANSWERFirst pop singer

Rudy Vallee - ANSWERFirst pop singer

Bing Crosby - ANSWERCrooner, pop singer, radio and film star - Created superstar celebrity from
selling 30+ million copies of "White Christmas"

Frank Sinatra - ANSWERFirst pop singer to create personal vocal style - had macho/womanizing
image

"I've Got You Under My Skin" - ANSWERFrank Sinatra - Capitol Records Studios, Hollywood, CA in
1956

Swing era - ANSWERBig band jazz (swing) is dominant pop music and new dance fads are common.
no words, just instrumentals

Popular location for swing music - ANSWERNew Orleans

Benny Goodman - ANSWERFirst star of the swing era - "Let's Dance" radio program - Elvis of his
generation

"King Porter Stomp" - ANSWERRecorded by Benny Goodman in 1935 and was written by Jolly Roll
Morton

The Postwar Transitional Years - ANSWER1946-1954: Race music (R&B) and hillbilly music (country)
emerge but major labels ignore these new styles. Independent labels emerge

Music covers - ANSWERRerecording 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 - ANSWERHe was the most successful "cover" artist of early Rock and Roll - Rerecorded
R&B music and "white washed" them

Record sales history - ANSWERDropped 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 - ANSWERThe 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

Electrical process - ANSWERthe 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 - ANSWERRecording 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 - ANSWERIntroduced by Columbia Records in 1948 - 33 1/3 rpm (revolutions per minute) was
popular with adults

Singles - ANSWERIntroduced by RCA in 1949 - 45 rpm (revolutions per minute) was popular with
teens

Major record labels - ANSWERColumbia

RCA Victor

Decca

Capitol

Independent labels - ANSWERChess

Atlantic

Sun

Willing to take more risks (record African American artists, something big record labels did not want
to do)

Billboard Magazine importance - ANSWERBegan charting record sales in 1940 (Western & Race
(switched to Country and Western, Rhythm and Blues), Hot 100)

RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) - ANSWERCertifies gold, platinum and diamond
standards

Gold standards - ANSWERSingles w/ sales of one million

Albums w/ sales of 500,000

Platinum standards - ANSWERAlbums w/ sales of one million

Diamond standards - ANSWERAlbums w/ sales of ten million

Radio in the 1920s - ANSWERFirst commercial broadcasts that brought music and talk shows into the
home

Radio in late 1940s / early 1950s - ANSWERTV forces radio to focus on local programming and Disk
Jockeys (DJs) become popular, developing flamboyant personalities

1950s radio - ANSWERSegregated - small number of black stations catered to black audiences

White teens began listening to R&B on black stations

The benefits of buying summaries with Stuvia:

Guaranteed quality through customer reviews

Guaranteed quality through customer reviews

Stuvia customers have reviewed more than 700,000 summaries. This how you know that you are buying the best documents.

Quick and easy check-out

Quick and easy check-out

You can quickly pay through credit card or Stuvia-credit for the summaries. There is no membership needed.

Focus on what matters

Focus on what matters

Your fellow students write the study notes themselves, which is why the documents are always reliable and up-to-date. This ensures you quickly get to the core!

Frequently asked questions

What do I get when I buy this document?

You get a PDF, available immediately after your purchase. The purchased document is accessible anytime, anywhere and indefinitely through your profile.

Satisfaction guarantee: how does it work?

Our satisfaction guarantee ensures that you always find a study document that suits you well. You fill out a form, and our customer service team takes care of the rest.

Who am I buying these notes from?

Stuvia is a marketplace, so you are not buying this document from us, but from seller papersmaster01. Stuvia facilitates payment to the seller.

Will I be stuck with a subscription?

No, you only buy these notes for CA$20.92. You're not tied to anything after your purchase.

Can Stuvia be trusted?

4.6 stars on Google & Trustpilot (+1000 reviews)

75323 documents were sold in the last 30 days

Founded in 2010, the go-to place to buy study notes for 14 years now

Start selling
CA$20.92
  • (0)
  Add to cart