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History Of Rock And Roll Test 1: Questions With Solutions (Pass!)
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History Of Rock And Roll Test 1: Questions WithSolutions (Pass!)
Alan Freed Right Ans - Who coined the term 'Rock 'n' Roll' as a Cleveland
disc jockey?
Alan Freed Right Ans - Who began broadcasting rhythm and blues &
country for a multiracial audience?
Rag Time Right Ans - What music style used syncopated rhythm (authentic
black style) combined with black innovation (white response)?
Scott Joplin Right Ans - Who was known for the piano bar tune, "Maple Leaf
Rag" which was important for the development of blues & jazz?
Race & Hillbilly Music Right Ans - Rock & Roll developed in the subcultures
of what type of music?
Race Music Right Ans - This type of music attracted blacks during the late
1800s and early 1900s but wasn't played on the radio til the 1940's
Bessie Smith Right Ans - This famous Race Music musician was known for
singing, "The Empress of the Blues," "St. Louis Blues," & "Empty Bed Blues"
Old-time/ Hillbilly Music Right Ans - This type of music performed by &
intended for sale to rural southern whites. It reflected the traditions and
values of performers.
Old-time/ Hillbilly Music Right Ans - Early radio played a major role in the
popularity of this type of music; first broadcast was in Atlanta in 1922
Hank Williams Right Ans - Known for his vital role in Hillbilly music, this
man paved the way for 3 generations to follow in his footsteps musically
Hank Williams Right Ans - His most well known songs include "Honky
Tonkin'" and "Hey Good Lookin"
, Jazz Music Right Ans - This type of music adapted the sensibility of blues
and formed a rhythm section as a backbeat
Jazz Music Right Ans - This type of music started in NOLA
Billie Holiday Right Ans - Who sang "Strange Fruit" - song about racial
lynching?
Woody Guthrie Right Ans - Famous 'Folk Music' artist that sang "This Land
is Your Land"
Frank Sinatra Right Ans - Who was a Rock & Roll star before Rock & Roll?
Frank Sinatra Right Ans - Who combined jazz, broadway and tin pan alley
music in the 1940s and thus, revolutionizing pop?
Frank Sinatra Right Ans - His album, 'Wee Small Hours' competed against
Rock & Roll music and was later listed on Rolling Stones' 100 greatest albusm
of all time.
Frank Sinatra Right Ans - This person once called Rock & Roll "the most
brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune
to hear"
Mississippi Delta Blues Right Ans - This name is given to the 2 musicians
who were born before Robert Johnson, but their careers took off after
Lead Belly and Son House Right Ans - These 2 men were apart of the
Mississippi Delta Blues
Highway 61 Right Ans - Known as 'The Blues Highway' and was later a title
for one of Bob Dylan's albums
Highway 61 Right Ans - Duluth, Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis and NOLA are
all part of ____?
The Crossroads Right Ans - This was the name of the location in Clarksdale,
Miss. where Robert Johnson had a 'meeting with the devil'
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