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From where did the term "swing" originate? |
Initially developed in the 1920s by black dance bands in New York, Chicago, & Kansas City |
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Swing music was part of broader cultural & aesthetic movement that included what? |
Dance styles, mode of dress, & architecture |
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What company rose to become the dominant booking agency during the swing era? |
MCA (Music Corporation of America) |
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*What was the first top 10 radio show sponsored by Lucky Strike Cigarettes? |
Your hit parade |
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Some criticisms of swing-with references to sexual deviance, animals, & cannibalism- echo what? |
The racist tone of attacks on syncopated dance music during the 1920s |
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Beginning in the late 1920s, where in New York did dancers develop the lindy hop? |
Savory ballroom |
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What were the nightclubs (like the Cotton Club) that were generally owned & operated by Italian & Jewish mobsters called? |
"Black & Tan" nightclubs |
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Did most radio stations across the united states feature African American disc jockeys during the swing era? |
False |
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What does four on the floor refer to? |
Drumming-the playing of all four beats with a bass drum pedal |
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Who is considered the "king of swing?" |
Benny Goodman |
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How did the King of Swing (Benny Goodman) make musical history? |
The first prominent white leader to hire black players- also huge success when they reached CA & performed at the palomar ballroom, signaled birth of swing era |
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Did Ellington's band enjoy less commercial success than more mainstream-sounding dance orchestras? |
Yes, true |
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Ellington's recording of "Caravan" stereotypes of non-western music from where? |
The Orient (Asia) |
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Where did Count Basie establish his musical reputation? |
Kansas City, Missouri |
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The aforementioned city's important influence on the rhythmic conception of bands, specifically with blues piano tradition was what? |
Boogie-woogie |
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Whose band was the most popular dance band in the world from 1939 to 1942? |
Glenn Miller Orchestra |
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What was the band's (Glenn Miller Orchestra) biggest hit which held the number one position on the charts for 12 weeks? |
"in the mood" |
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Who was the most popular hillbilly singer of the swing era? |
Roy Claxton Acuff |
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What cultural phenomenon eventually replaced the often-denigrated image of the hillbilly? |
Singing cowboys; the heroic image of the old cowhand |
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Prosperity of the 1950s gave people what? |
An unprecedented collective purchasing power (could buy whatever they wanted) |
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Who was Alan Freed? |
A disc jockey (DJ) who pioneered the term ''rock'n'roll" for commercial purposes |
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What was Alan Freed's radio show called? |
Moondog Show |
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What was payola? |
The illegal practice throughout the music industry of paying bribes to DJ's to get certain artists records played more often |
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Did Freed's career bounce back after the payola scandal? |
No, he died a few years later |
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What is a cover song? |
Term referring to the practice of recording a song previously played by another artist or group |
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What kind of notorious covers started to be created in the 1950s? |
Rise of rock'n'roll white performers covering the work of African American recording artists |
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What bill Haley song was prominently featured in the opening credits of the 1955 movie Blackboard Jungle? |
Rock around the clock |
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Chuck Berry's song "Maybellene" was distinctly modeled on what country number? |
"Ida Red" country number |
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Chuck Berry was the only musician of his generation to be inescapably influential on which 3 essential fronts? |
Clever & articulate lyricist & songwriter, fine rock'n'roll vocal stylist, & pioneer of the electric guitar |
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True or False: the ambiguity of Little Richard's Sexual identity paved the way for the image of performers such as David Bowie, elton John, & prince |
True |
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Who bought out Elvis Presley's contract from Sun in late 1955 |
RCA victor |
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Who was Presley's manager? |
Colonel Thomas Parker |
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Whose image was virtually opposite of Presley's, began a career with country, then formed the Crickets? |
Buddy Holly |
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True or False: Rock'n'roll elevated the guitar to a position of centrality |
True |
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What was the first commercially produced solid-body electric guitar? |
Fender Broadcaster |
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Who was the most remarkable pioneering rock'n'roll women & toured with an integrated band? |
Wanda Jackson |
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Who did RCA Victor promote as the "female Elvis" in 1956? |
Janis Martin |
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What was Richie Volens real name, & how long did his recording career last? |
Richard Valenzuela; his career only lasted 8 months due to the plane crash |
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Who promoted the "twist" on Dick Clark's show American Bandstand? |
Chubby Checker |
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Phil Spector is known for using multiple instruments doubling & a huge amount of echo, what is this unique style called? |
Wall of sound |
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At gold star studios, Phil Spector worked with musicians who were known as what? |
The "Werking Crew" |
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Who was the creator & mastermind behind Motown? |
Berry Gordy Jr. |
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Motown is named after what city? |
"Motor town" or "motor city" of detroit |
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What civil rights leader did Motown base their philosophy after? |
Martin Luther King Jr. |
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The house band at Motown was called what? |
The Funk Brothers |
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Whose the musical mastermind behind the Beach Boys? |
Brian Wilson |
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Besides the Beach Boys, name at least one other surf-rock goup |
The ventures, Jan & Dean, & Dick Dale |
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What was the mass hysteria called around the time the Beatles arrived to the United States? |
"Beatlemania" |
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What was the Beatles' first number one record in America? |
"I wanna hold your hand" |
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Who was Ray Charles's number one pop hit & declared the official state song of Georgia in 1979? |
Georgia on my Mind |
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Who is considered the "King of Soul"? |
Sam Cooke |
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What is melismatic singing? |
A technique in singing in which a single word or syllable of text is stretched out over multiple pitches |
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Who was known as "Soul Brother Number One"? |
James Brown |
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True or False: "Say it Loud--I'm Black & I'm proud" (1968) is for all intents & purposes a rap number |
True |
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What is stoptime? |
When the instrumental accompaniment stops entirely for a few beats; this moment produces enormous tension & after the completion of a vocal phrase, is followed by an aggressive pattern the prepares the return of both the riff & the rhythm section |
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Did Aretha Franklin write her own songs? |
Yes |
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Who wrote "Respect"? |
Otis Redding |
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What's bob Dylan's real name? |
Robert Zimmerman |
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Whose recording of Dylan's "Blowin in the Wind" introduced him to many pop audiences? |
Peter, Paul, & Mary |
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When (what year) did Dylan go electric? |
1965 |
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Which Rolling Stones' tour was the highest grossing rock tour of all time? |
A Bigger Bang Tour |
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Youth pop culture was directly implicated in the politics of what? |
The Vietnam war |
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In the 1960s, what was both an enabler & a destroyer of musical creativity |
Counterculture |
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Who was the local radio DJ that pioneered a new, open-ended, & electric broadcasting format? |
Tom Donahue |
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What was significant about Jefferson Airplane? |
First nationally successful band to emerge out of San Francisco psychedelic scene |
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Who was the biggest celebrity in Jefferson Airplane? |
Grace Slick |
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Where did the Doors form? |
LA |
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Who was the singer for the doors? |
Jim Morrison |
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Who is considered the most original, inventive, & influential guitarist of the rock era? |
Jimi hendrix |
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Who was the guitarist for Cream? |
Eric Clapton |
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Who wrote Cream's famous song "Crossroads"? |
Robert Johnson |
