History of Rock n' Roll Exam 1 Questions & Answers 100% Accurate!!
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History Of Rock N\\\' Roll
New Orleans is a major contributor to crossover R&B music through it's emphasis on musical elements _____? - ANSWERPiano, Sax and Bass
Legendary New Orleans musician/producer ____ played a crucial role in the development of rock n' roll at J&M records with his collaboration with Fats Domino - ANSW...
History of Rock n' Roll Exam 1
Questions & Answers 100% Accurate!!
New Orleans is a major contributor to crossover R&B music through it's emphasis on musical
elements _____? - ANSWERPiano, Sax and Bass
Legendary New Orleans musician/producer ____ played a crucial role in the development of rock n'
roll at J&M records with his collaboration with Fats Domino - ANSWERDave Batholomew
___ Was the owner of J&M Records - ANSWERCosimo Matassa
J&M Records was located in the city of ___? - ANSWERNew Orleans
___ Was the artist known as the "killer" and Elvis' rival - ANSWERJerry Lee Lewis
__ was known as the King of Rockabilly. Throughout this career, he stayed true to his style. -
ANSWERCarl Perkins
true or false? Elvis wrote most of his own music. - ANSWERFalse
__ Is a frenzied mix of country, blues, gospel and pop - ANSWERRockabilly
__ was the owner of sun records. He worked hard to record music by artists both black and white -
ANSWERSam Phillips
Sun Records is located in the city of ___. - ANSWERMemphis
The Four White Disc Jockeys of Nashville's WLAC were known as ____. - ANSWERThe 50,000 Watt
Quartet
AM Radio Disk Jockeys chose to ignore mainstream white record labels and play small independent
___ labels instead. - ANSWERR&B
___was the Kansas City blues shouter who sang on the record "roll em pete" - ANSWERBig Joe Turner
___ popularized the electric guitar in R&B music - ANSWERT-Bone Walker
Louie Jordan was a performer of __ a style of hard driving dance music - ANSWERJump Blues
Bill Haley and His Comets gained national attention with "____" a #1 rock and roll recording featured
in the movie Blackboard Jungle - ANSWERRock Around The Clock
Rock and Roll can be defined by what style characteristics? - ANSWERA driving backbeat, a boogie
base line, lyrics about youth culture (cars, sex, romance, rebellion).
Rock n Roll draws from what styles of music? - ANSWERBluegrass, country swing, delta blues, boogie
woogie, big band swing and gospel
___ was the "Father of gospel music" - ANSWERThomas Dorsey
Bessie Smith sang ___ a popular style of blues that followed a 12 bar form and was accompanied by
professional musicians - ANSWERClassic Blues
, Lionel Hampton was a popular artist in what style of dance music popular in the 1930s and 40s? -
ANSWERBig Band Swing
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys played ___ a style of music popular to the American Southwest -
ANSWERcountry swing
Pete Johnson was the ___ pianist who recorded "Roll Em' Pete" with Big Joe Turner - ANSWERBoogie
woogie
Robert Johnson was the "King of the __ Delta Blues" - ANSWERMississippi
__ was the "Father of Bluegrass" - ANSWERBill Monroe
__ was the quiet genius of the Beach Boys who was considered Phil Spector's "wall of sound" -
ANSWERBrian Wilson
The Beach Boys hit song ___ was labeled as a psychedelic tune and was Wilson's finest hour as a
producer - ANSWERGood Vibrations
___ was the king of the surf guitar - ANSWERDick Dale
Instrumental surf group ___ solidified the two guitar/bass/drum line-up for rock n' roll bands and
became a favorite with the surf-crowd - ANSWERThe Ventures
Surf music was primarily an instrumental style of the 1960s. Surf music reestablished the ___ role as
a central instrument in Rock N Roll since t had virtually disappeared as lead instrument in early 60's
pop. - ANSWERGuitar's
Critically considered a masterpiece and one of Rock N Roll's important albums, ___became Brian
Wilson's master project in 1966. It was fueled by the Beatles album Rubber Soul and in turn became
a major influence on the Beatles' with their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. -
ANSWERPet Sounds (the Beach Boys)
The style of the Beach Boys is a combination of the jazz vocal harmonies of ___ and instrumental surf
music - ANSWERThe Four Freshmen
California Band ___painted a landscape of beach, paradise, hot rods, and California girls and were
America's answer to the Beatles. - ANSWERThe Beach Boys
U.s Congress had a full-scale investigation to find out what "smut" was in the song ___, and the FBI
declared it "incomprehensible at any speed" - ANSWERLouie, Louie (the Kingsmen)
___ was a simple, raw form of Rock n Roll inspired by British Invasion bands and the first wave of do-
it-yourself punk rockers - ANSWERGarage Rock
Early Instrument artist __ developed a style known as "Twang" guitar and formed the model for surf
band guitarist that followed - ANSWERDuane Eddy
Girl Group ___ inspired Phil Sector's best work and became the "bad girls of pop" - ANSWERThe
Ronnettes
Phil Sector's large list of LA studio musicians, which he used to back his artists, became known as
"___" - ANSWERThe Wrecking Crew
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