__________ was the "Father of Bluegrass." - ANSWERBill Monroe
Robert Johnson was the "King of the __________ Delta Blues." - ANSWERMississippi
Pete Johnson was the __________ pianist who recorded "Roll 'em Pete" with Big Joe Turner. - ANSWERBoogie Woogie
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys played _...
__________ was the "Father of Bluegrass." - ANSWERBill Monroe
Robert Johnson was the "King of the __________ Delta Blues." - ANSWERMississippi
Pete Johnson was the __________ pianist who recorded "Roll 'em Pete" with Big Joe Turner. -
ANSWERBoogie Woogie
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys played ___________, a style of music popular in the American
southwest. - ANSWERCountry Swing
Lionel Hampton was a popular artist in what style of dance music popular in the 1930s and 40s? -
ANSWERBig Band Swing
Bessie Smith sang __________, a popular style of blues that followed a 12 bar form and was
accompanied by professional musicians? - ANSWERClassic Blues
__________ was the "Father of Gospel Music". - ANSWERThomas Dorsey
Rock and Roll draws from what styles of music? - ANSWERBluegrass, Country Swing, Delta Blues,
Classic Blues, Boogie Woogie, Big Band Swing and Gospel
Rock and Roll can be identified by what style characteristics? - ANSWERA driving heavy backbeat, a
boogie bass line, lyrics about youth culture (cars, sex, romance, rebellion)
Bill Haley and His Comets gained national attention with __________, a #1 Rock and Roll recording
featured in the movie, Blackboard Jungle. - ANSWER"Rock Around the Clock"
Louie Jordan was a performer of ___________, a style of hard driving dance music. - ANSWERJump
Blues
__________ popularized the electric guitar in R&B music. - ANSWERT-Bone Walker
__________ was the Kansas City blues shouter who sang on the recording "Roll 'em Pete". -
ANSWERBig Joe Turner
AM radio disc jockeys chose to ignore mainstream white record labels and play small independent
__________ labels instead. - ANSWERR&B
The four white disc jockeys of Nashville's WLAC were known as __________. - ANSWERThe 50,000
Watt Quartet
Sun Records is located in the city of __________. - ANSWERMemphis
__________ was the owner of Sun Records. He worked hard to record music by artists both black
and white. - ANSWERSam Phillips
__________ is a frenzied mix of Country, Blues, Gospel and Pop. - ANSWERRockabilly
, True or false? Elvis wrote most of his music. - ANSWERFalse (Elvis did not write any of his songs)
__________ was known as the king of Rockabilly. Throughout his career, he stayed true to his style. -
ANSWERCarl Perkins
__________ was the artist known as "the killer" and Elvis' rival? - ANSWERJerry Lee Lewis
J&M Records was located in the city of __________. - ANSWERNew Orleans
__________ was the owner of J&M Records. - ANSWERCosimo Matassa
Legendary New Orleans musician/producer __________ played a crucial role in the development of
rock and roll at J&M Records with his collaborations with Fats Domino. - ANSWERDave Bartholomew
New Orleans is a major contributor to crossover R&B music through its emphasis on musical
elements __________. - ANSWERPiano, sax and bass.
Popular New Orleans artist __________ "offered white kids an easy first step into the world of black
music." - ANSWERFats Domino
New Orleans artist __________ was the direct opposite to the music of Fats Domino. He was a total
extravert known as the "Bronze Liberace".
View answers - ANSWERLittle Richard
Chess Records is located in the city of __________. - ANSWERChicago
__________ were the owners of Chicago blues record label Chess Records. - ANSWERPhil and
Leonard Chess
True or false? When the blues moved from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago, it became amplified. -
ANSWERTrue
Popular artist __________ from Chess Records established rock and roll as a form in itself and
established the guitar as THE rock instrument. - ANSWERChuck Berry
Bo Diddley is known for his use of the distinctive rhythm pattern called the ____________. This
rhythm can be traced back to the "hambone" beats and the "ring shouts" of slavery. - ANSWER"Bo
Diddley Beat"
Popular rock and roll artist __________ from Chess records is known as the poet laureate of rock and
broke through color barriers and played to integrated audiences. - ANSWERChuck Berry
The late 50's were the transitional period between initial R&R and the teen idol period, the
newcomers had a __________ image that helped broaden the appeal of rock and roll. -
ANSWERClean cut
L.A. rockabilly artist __________ grew up in front of the nation as "Little Ricky" in The Adventures of
Ozzie and Harriet and put R&R music in America's living room. - ANSWERRicky Nelson
__________ was the last of the 50's rock and roll giants. He pointed the music toward the first rock
band, popularized the Fender Stratocaster and was the first major white rock and roll artist to
write/produce his own music. - ANSWERBuddy Holly
Buddy Holly embraced rockabilly and imitated ______ as best he could. - ANSWERElvis
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