Music 140 Hist Rock N' Roll Ch4

Front 1

List the 3 major trends that characterized early rock and roll:

Back 1

1. Mainstream Rock
2. Rockabilly
3. Soft Rock

Front 2

Of rock's 3 primary influences, which provided the heaviest influence?

Back 2

R & B

Front 3

What type of bar are found in the early, hard-driving rock and roll songs

Back 3

twelve-bar blues

Front 4

T or F
Both R & B and Rock and Roll had vocal shouters>

Back 4

True

Front 5

Who is considered to be the best example of an early rock and roll shouter?

Back 5

Little Richard

Front 6

List the 4 major instruments to the early rock and roll bands?

Back 6

1. guitars
2. piano
3. drums
4. saxophone

Front 7

What is the purpose of most bass lines?

Back 7

To provide the bottom of the harmony

Front 8

What is the term used for the bottom of the harmony?

Back 8

The root

Front 9

What is the term for the rock and roll genre that evolved by white performers whose backgrounds leaned towards C & W?

Back 9

Rockabilly

Front 10

What record company became the real center for early rockabilly?

Back 10

Sun Studios in Memphis

Front 11

What song, released in 1955 by Carl Perkins became a Top 10 national hit on C & W, R & B and Pop charts?

Back 11

Blue Suede Shoes

Front 12

What genre of early rock and roll is the Everly Brothers categorized?

Back 12

Rockabilly

Front 13

In 1958, what is the only song other than a Presley song to reach #1 on pop, C & W and R & B?

Back 13

All I Have to Do is Dream

Front 14

Who had his start as a rockabilly singer by using his preestablished recognition as a member of his family's television show?

Back 14

Rick Nelson

Front 15

How many hits did the Everly Bros reach the Top 10?

Back 15

11

Front 16

How many hits did Rick Nelson have reach the Top 10 between 1957 and 1960?

Back 16

11

Front 17

T or F
Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" is not considered rockabilly.

Back 17

False,
Rock Around the Clock is considered rockabilly

Front 18

Most rockabilly followed what type of bar arrangement?

Back 18

eight bar or sixteen bar

Front 19

Which is considered a lighter beat, rockabilly or mainstream rock?

Back 19

Rockabilly

Front 20

Which type of rock was considered to be without racially objection?

Back 20

Rockabilly

Front 21

What type of rock has the nicknames of "schlock rock", "schmaltz" by some who do not consider it to be rock and roll at all?

Back 21

Soft rock

Front 22

What kind of rock and roll could people "slow dance" to?

Back 22

Soft Rock

Front 23

List the 2 distinctive tracks that are discerned in the soft rock of the 1950s:

Back 23

1. white soft rock: Presley and Pat Boone
2. black soft rock by the "doo-wop" groups

Front 24

Who is considered to be the est example of soft rock style of the 1950s?

Back 24

Pat Boone

Front 25

T or F
Boone also is considered to be a Tin Pan Alley ballad singer.

Back 25

True

Front 26

List some soft rock singers from the 1950s:

Back 26

1. Paul Anka
2. Frankie Avalon
3. Bobby Rydell
4. Bobby Vee
5. Bobby Darin
6. Tommy Sands
7. Connie Francis
8. Brenda Lee

Front 27

Who is considered to be the purest prototype of hard, mainstream rock?

Back 27

Little Richard

Front 28

What famous song was popularized by Little Richard

Back 28

"Tutti- Fruitti"

Front 29

Who became the symbol for wild, unrestrained rock and roll during the 1950s?

Back 29

Little Richard

Front 30

Who met Little Richard in 1962 while he was on tour in England?

Back 30

1. The Beatles
2. The Rolling Stones

Front 31

T or F
By the late 1960s, Little Richard slipped into a pattern of self-parody, complete with outrageous costumes, homosexual hype and old rock and roll.

Back 31

True

Front 32

By 1955, who had placed 12 hits on the Top 10 R & B charts beginning with the "Fat Man"

Back 32

Fats Domino

Front 33

Which singer actually sang an entire 16-bar solo in falsetto?

Back 33

Fats Domino

Front 34

What was Fat's first cross over hit to the pop charts?

Back 34

"Ain't That a Shame"

Front 35

Whose influence was the strongest on rock guitar during the early rock and roll years?

Back 35

Chuck Berry

Front 36

Whose hits included:
1. Maybelline
2. Roll Over Beethoven
3. Johnny B. Goode

Back 36

Chuck Berry

Front 37

Who spent time in jail for picking up a 14 yr old girl in El Paso and putting her to work, then firing her, and she turned around and filed charges?

Back 37

Chuck Berry - 3 years in jail

Front 38

Who "set the model" for the rock and roll guitar style?

Back 38

Chuck Berry

Front 39

Who is considered the "white counterpart" to Little Richard?

Back 39

Jerry Lee Lewis

Front 40

What 2 early rock and roll singers shared an ongoing internal battle between their religious faith and their hell-raising rock and roll lifestyles?

Back 40

Little Richard and
Jerry Lee Lewis

Front 41

What had a major effect on Jerry Lee Lewis's career?

Back 41

His VERY, VERY young wives!

Front 42

Whose songs below were popularized:
1. Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On
2. Great Balls of Fire

Back 42

Jerry Lee Lewis

Front 43

How is Buddy Holly's real name spelled?

Back 43

Holley

Front 44

T or F
Buddy Holly was influenced by R & B.

Back 44

False,
He grew up without biracial musical influence

Front 45

Who had a "hiccup" style"?

Back 45

Buddy Holly

Front 46

What is the technical term for the "hiccup sytle" that Buddy Holly used?

Back 46

Glottal stop

Front 47

Who was the first rock star to die suddenly and unexpectantly?

Back 47

Buddy Holly

Front 48

List 3 rock and roll singers whose background lay in R & B or gospel that found success in the late 1950s?

Back 48

1. Lloyd Price
2 Ray Charles
3. Sam Cooke

Front 49

What type of rock genre does Johnny Cash belong?

Back 49

Rockabilly

Front 50

What city became the center for the hansome-male-teen-idol syndrome?

Back 50

Philadelphia

Front 51

Name 2 of the most popular black solo singers of the early days of soft rock?

Back 51

1. Johnny Mathis
2. Tommy Edwards

Front 52

Whose "Greatest Hits" album started a trend for collecgted hits albums and remained on the Billboard ablum charts for 490 weeks or over 10 years?

Back 52

Johnny Mathis

Front 53

T or F
There were many female singers in the 1950s rock scene.

Back 53

False,
There were few

Front 54

What female solo singer of the soft rock style had 35 Top 40 songs?

Back 54

Connie Francis

Front 55

What female solo singer signed a record deal when she was only 11 years old?

Back 55

Brenda Lee

Front 56

What happened to sheet music sales when rock and roll hit the music scene?

Back 56

Sheet music sales plummeted

Front 57

T or F
Printed sheet music clearly reflected and approximated the sounds of rock and roll.

Back 57

False,
Printed music could not begin to approximate the sound of rock and roll

Front 58

What segment of entertainment was probably the strongest reactionaries to advent of rock and roll?

Back 58

Established music industry, like Sinatra

Front 59

What segment of the media business viewed rock and roll as a savior?

Back 59

Radio

Front 60

What television show that debuted in 1957 offered a show specifically focused on teen rock and roll?

Back 60

Dick Clark's American Bandstand

Front 61

What was the name given to the radio announcers who introduced the rock and roll songs on the radio?

Back 61

Disc jockeys

Front 62

What is the name given to the radio format that consisted of frequent rotation through the Top 40 lists?

Back 62

Top 40 radio

Front 63

What happened to "shake up" the record industry and radio by the feds?

Back 63

Federal Trade Commission found several recording companies guilty of unfair trade practices

Front 64

T or F
Several famous disc jockeys took payola to promote and play songs on their radio stations.

Back 64

True

Front 65

Who was discovered to own rights to over 150 songs ?

Back 65

Dick Clark

Front 66

T or F
The Federal Communications Act prohibits payments of cash or gifts in exchange for air time for songs.

Back 66

True

Front 67

What genre of rock and roll is the most debated as to its authenticity as being rock and roll?

Back 67

Soft rock

Front 68

What is the most noticeable rhythmic facor in soft rock?

Back 68

Its triple division of the beat

Front 69

What is the series of chords that forms the basis for many soft rock songs?

Back 69

I-vi-Iv-V progression

Front 70

What does AABA represent?

Back 70

Tradition soft rock song:
1. 1st 8 measures
2. Repeat 1st 8 measures
3. New 8 measures
4. Return to 1st 8 measures

Front 71

What is the term given to the "second type of " set of 8 measures in a soft rock song?

Back 71

A Bridge

Front 72

Name the rock and roll singers that best typified the mainstream oriented styles of early rock and roll?

Back 72

1. Danny and Juniors
2. Dion and the Elements

Front 73

Name the soft rock and roll singers that best typified the black-oriented soft rock music?

Back 73

the Platters and the doo-wop groups

Front 74

What is Little Richards real name?

Back 74

Richard Wayne Penniman

Front 75

Where was Little Richard born?

Back 75

Macon, Georgia

Front 76

T or F
Little Richards is strait.

Back 76

False
Little Richard is gay

Front 77

Who was the first rock star who died expectantly?

Back 77

Buddy Holly

Front 78

Who else was in the plane that crashed carrying Buddy Holly?

Back 78

1. Ritchie Valens
2. Big Bopper - JP Richards

Front 79

What is "Fats" Domino's real first name?

Back 79

Antoine Domino