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58 Cards in this Set
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What is the brill building? |
A place, but also a stylistic label and a set of of business practices |
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Who were some music publishers involved with the brill building? |
Aldon music |
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Who was aldon music run by? |
Al Nevins and Don kirschner |
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Who are some songwriters at aldon music? |
Carole king, gerry Goffin, Cynthia Weil and Barry mann, Neil sedka, Howard greenfield |
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Who made the American bandstand famous |
Dick clarke |
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Who was the host when the show debuted in 1952 but fired in 1956 |
Bob horn |
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Who ran the American bandstand show after Bob horn was fired? |
Dick clarke |
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What name does Ernest Evans also go by? |
Chubby checkers |
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What dances were popular in the dance craze? |
The fly, the fish, the mashed potato |
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Who is one of the most important groups in American folk? |
The weavers |
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Why was the weavers career cut short? |
They were blacklisted for reportedly being sympathetic to the communist party |
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What record label recorded the Kingston trio's singles ? |
Capitol - which is Los Angeles based |
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Who sings put your head on my shoulder? |
Paul Anka |
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Who sings the locomotion |
Little eva |
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Who sings Tom Dooley? |
The Kingston trio |
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What is the form of Tom dooley |
Simple verse chorus? |
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Time signature of Tom dooley |
12/8 |
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How long did the Kingston trio stay on the pop album charts |
195 weeks |
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Who were the most well known producers |
Jerry Leiber, mike stoller and Phil spector |
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What company did lieber and stoller form? |
Sparks |
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In 1955 what record company did lieber and stoller join |
Atlantic records |
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The coasters, down in Mexico, what is the form and time signature? |
AABA, AND 4/4 |
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Who sings it's my party |
Leslie gore |
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What is a playlet |
Song that tells a funny story |
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Who created the wall of sound |
Phil spector |
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Who sings be my baby |
The ronettes |
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How did Sam Cooke die? |
Murdered at a motel in 1964 |
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What did Sam Cooke turn to after gospel music? |
Pop music - beginning the rise of "sweet soul" |
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Which label were the drifters under |
Atlantic |
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What vocal group took over the drifters |
The crowns |
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Who was the real lead singer of the drifters |
Ben e. King |
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Why was Ben e. King fired from the drifters? |
Complained they were not being paid enough to live on |
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The music of the drifters and Ben e. King established what? |
Sweet soul style |
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What record company did Roy orbison sign to? |
San Phillips at sun records |
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After sun records what INDEPENDANT label did he sign to? |
Monument |
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What was orbisons presleyesque characteristic? |
Falsetto |
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What is the evolution of Ricky Nelson's labels? |
Verve, then imperial, then nelson |
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What label were the beach boys with and who did they eventually sign with? |
Candix then Capitol |
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Surfing USA- form and time signature? |
Simple verse form and 4/4 |
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Surfing USA got the beach boys sued by who and why? |
Chuck Berry and copyright from berry's song sweet little sixteen |
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What is dick dales trademark? |
Rapid tremolo picking on the guitar |
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What was aldon music sold to? |
Colombia pictures - screen gems |
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When was aldon music sold to Colombia pictures? |
1963 |
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Who was in an accident in 1966 which killed three passengers? |
Jan berry (Jan and dean) |
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What are splatter platters or death disks? |
Songs telling stories of teenagers meeting gruesome deaths |
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When did the Beatles arrive from England? |
February of 1964 |
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What Beatles performance launched Beatlemania leading to the British invasion? |
1964 ed Sullivan show |
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What were Britain's four major labels? |
Emi, Decca, pye and Philips |
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What is the music style "skiffle" |
Blending of folk music and uptempo rhythmic feel |
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Who was regarded as the most important figure in the late 1950's skiffle movement? |
Lonnie Donegan |
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What was the Beatles original name? |
The quarry men |
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Where are the Beatles from? |
Liverpool |
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Who was the Beatles first manager? |
Brian epstien |
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Who coined the term "beatlemania" |
The British press |
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What was the Beatles first movie, and what was the second? |
A hard days night, followed by help |
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Where and when did the Beatles play Their last public concert? |
San Francisco's candlestick park on August 29, 1966 |
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The Beatles I want to hold your hand, time signature and form |
AABA with partial reprise and 4/4 |
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How did Sam Cooke die |
Shot by hotel manager in 1964 |
