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Jackie Brenston - ANSWERLead singer of Ike Turner's band Rocket 88 artist - ANSWERJackie Brenston Rocket 88 qualities - ANSWERFirst recorded rock song, distorted guitar from broken amp, subject was fast car, recorded with Sam Phillips Form of Rocket 88 - ANSWER12-bar blues Big Joe Turner - ANSW...

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History of Rock Exam 1
Vanderbilt(Exam 100% Correct)

Jackie Brenston - ANSWERLead singer of Ike Turner's band

Rocket 88 artist - ANSWERJackie Brenston

Rocket 88 qualities - ANSWERFirst recorded rock song, distorted guitar from broken amp, subject was
fast car, recorded with Sam Phillips

Form of Rocket 88 - ANSWER12-bar blues

Big Joe Turner - ANSWERknown for "shouting" style and risque lyrics and performances, career
bridged boogie woogie, jump blues, R&B, rock

Shake, Rattle, & Roll original artist - ANSWERBig Joe Turner

Shake, Rattle, & Roll vanilla version artist - ANSWERBill Haley & His Comets

Shake, Rattle, & Roll vanilla version qualities - ANSWER-More acceptable and became very popular
on white radio stations

-Gets rid of the reference of bed (sex)

-Replaces sun shining through her dress w/ Nice hair due

Shake Rattle & Roll qualities - ANSWER12-bar blues form, typical early rock instrumentation, played
primarily on R&B stations but some hip white DJs started playing it

Typical early rock instrumentation - ANSWERdrums, bass, electric guitar, horns, piano

Drum kit - ANSWERride cymbal, floor tom, kick drum, snare drum, hi-hat, crash cymbal, rack tom

First major electric guitar manufacturers - ANSWERFender & Gibson

Fender - ANSWERfirst mass-produced solid-body electric guitar, founded by Leo Fender

Gibson - ANSWERfirst made solid body electric guitar, made by Les Paul in 1946

Ruth Brown - ANSWERvocal style (high pitch emphasis/scream at end of notes) influenced Little
Richard

-one of the first R&B stars to get radio airplay from white DJs along with Fats Domino

Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean artist - ANSWERRuth Brown

Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean qualities - ANSWERverse/chorus form, teens like Elvis heard
this on the radio in the South, tambourine and vocal style reflect gospel influence

New media technology in the 1950s - ANSWERTV, radio, film

TV in the 50s - ANSWERfreed up airwave space for R&B/rock programming, variety show style
programming, Ed Sullivan show brought in different acts

, Radio in the 50s - ANSWERTeens used portable transistor radios and car radios & became exposed to
new music - had more money to spend on these things, teens could listen to music away from their
parents - generation gap

Film in the 50s - ANSWERteen-oriented movies e.g. Blackboard Jungle featuring Rock Around the
Clock

Little Richard - ANSWERRichard Penniman, influential piano and vocal style, wild & flamboyant stage
shows, open secret he was gay, left rock to become a preacher (twice),

The Architect - ANSWERLittle Richard

Tutti Frutti original artist - ANSWERLittle Richard

Tutti Frutti form - ANSWERverse/chorus, each chorus in 12-bar blues form

Chuck Berry - ANSWERcrossed bridge from R&B to rock and roll,

-gifted songwriter, style influenced by country music,

-hugely important guitar style (double stops- 2 notes off and on

),

-"duck walk" stage move

- Listen for rhythm and lead guitar --> Different instruments played different beats→ swing vs.
straight 8th notes

Johnny B. Goode artist - ANSWERChuck Berry

Johnny B. Goode form - ANSWERverse/chorus, each verse/chorus in 12-bar blues form

Alan Freed - ANSWERinfluential radio DJ

Alan Freed qualities - ANSWERbegan programming R&B in the early 50s, Moondog Rock n' Roll
House Party radio show helped popularize term, landed spot on NYC show 1954, white teen
audience, eventually caught up in payola scandal

Payola - ANSWERpay for play, cash or other compensation given in exchange for radio airplay,
commercial bribery

When and how did payola become illegal? - ANSWER-Not illegal until 1960 when congress passed
commercial bribery laws in wake of TV quiz show scandals (1960 was also election year)



-New law saying that radio airways are property of American public and there should be equal access
to these frequencies



-White racist backlash about the African American artists' music on white teens pushed for these
laws→ wanted fewer black artists on radio

Backlash against rock music - ANSWERDirect: banning records, lawsuits against DJs

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