Music 140 Hist Rock N' Roll Ch5

Front 1

Describe the state of music at the beginning of the 1960s:

Back 1

Fragmented

Front 2

List the 4 main conflicting trends of rock and roll in the beginning of the 1960s:

Back 2

1. vestiges of the 1950s
2. emerging folk music trend
3. surfing music
4. dance craze

Front 3

What types of rock and roll were considered to be the vestiges of rock and roll at the beginning of the 1960s:

Back 3

1. rockabilly
2. soft rock

Front 4

List some of the rockabilly artists who continued success into the beginning of the 1960s:

Back 4

1. Marty Robbins
2. Everly Brothers
3. Brenda Lee
4. Roy Orbison
5. Johnny Cash
6. Ricky Nelson

Front 5

What black singer released a very successful C & W album at the beginning of the 1960s?

Back 5

Ray Charles

Front 6

What is the name of the first British group to have a #1 hit on the US charts?

Back 6

The Tornadoes

Front 7

T or F
The first #1hit by a British group on the US Charts was an instrumental.

Back 7

True
"Telstar"

Front 8

Cite singers who succeeded in soft rock at the beginning of the 1960s:

Back 8

1. Bobby Vee
2. Bobby Vinton
3. Bobby Rydell
4. Neil Sedaka

Front 9

What type of grouping emerged in the early 1960s that later became associated with the Motown sound?

Back 9

Black male and female groups joining for releases

Front 10

Name one of the most successful groups in the early 1960s whose original name was the Variatones?

Back 10

The Four Seasons

Front 11

Name the lead singer of the The Four Seasons

Back 11

Frankie Valli

Front 12

What type of voice did Frankie Valli sing with?

Back 12

Strong Falsetto

Front 13

The Four Seasons used a type of harmony that was later adopted and expanded by what group into the surfing songs of the 1960s?

Back 13

The Beach Boys

Front 14

T or F
Female solo singers did not have much success in the early 1960s.

Back 14

False

Front 15

List some female solo singers of the early 1960s

Back 15

In addition to Connie Francis and Brenda Lee,:
1.Lesley Gore
2. Shelley Fabares
3. Little Peggy March

Front 16

Cite some of the novelty songs that were popular in the early 1960s:

Back 16

1. Running Bear
2. Mr. Custer
3. The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Front 17

What song recorded in the early 1960s and is a novelty song was actually a South African folk song?

Back 17

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Front 18

T or F
In 1963 5 singing nuns had a hit singing about the founder of the Dominican order, Dominique.

Back 18

True

Front 19

What recording went on to become the 2nd most popular recording of the 1960s?

Back 19

A Summer Place by Percy Faith

Front 20

In the purest sense, what is a folk song?

Back 20

One that has been handed down (by ear) from generation to generation.

Front 21

T or F
Technically speaking, a true folk song cannot just be composed.

Back 21

True

Front 22

T or F
"Folk music" of the 1960s was pure folk music.

Back 22

False,
"folk music" of the 1960s was not true folk music

Front 23

What was the model for the "folk music" of the 1960s?

Back 23

The Appalachian folk ballad

Front 24

What style of music used various acoustic guitars, or guitar-like instruments to accompany one or more singers, singing highly personalized lyrics that told of real issues of life?

Back 24

Appalachian folk ballad

Front 25

In what decade do the roots of the 1960s folk music originate?

Back 25

1940s

Front 26

Name 2 of the original singers in the folk music quartet formed in early 1940s?

Back 26

1. Woody Guthrie
2. Pete Seeger

Front 27

What was the name of the singing group that Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie belonged to in the early 1940s?

Back 27

The Almanac Singers

Front 28

What singer wrote columns for the Communist Daily Worker and People's World?

Back 28

Woody Guthrie

Front 29

What singer wrote the folk music anthem, "This Land is Your Land"?

Back 29

Woody Guthrie

Front 30

What were some of the subjects of Woody Guthrie's songs?

Back 30

political and social criticisms

Front 31

What is the name for the singing group that The Almanac Singers reorganized into in the 1940s without Woody Guthrie?

Back 31

The Weavers

Front 32

T or F
The Weavers had a couple of hit top 10s.

Back 32

True

Front 33

When did the Weavers disband?

Back 33

1963

Front 34

T or F
Members of the Weavers were blacklisted for being subversive during the McCarthy era.

Back 34

True

Front 35

List some of the songs that Pete Seeger wrote that later became important hits in the folk music movement of the 1960s?

Back 35

1. If I Had a Hammer
2. Where Have All the Flowers Gone
3. Turn, Turn, Turn

Front 36

Name the form of Caribbean music that hit airwaves in 1957?

Back 36

Calypso

Front 37

T or F
Calypso is considered to be a form of folk music from the Caribbean.

Back 37

True

Front 38

Name the singer who is most associated with Calypso

Back 38

Harry Belafonte

Front 39

Name the singing group that Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds formed in Standford, CA in 1957?

Back 39

The Kingston Trio

Front 40

Name the Kingston Trio's first hit.

Back 40

"Tom Dooley"

Front 41

Who sang what is considered to be the first real hit in the folk music trend?

Back 41

The Kingston Trio with "Tom Dooley"

Front 42

T or F
"Tom Dooley" was an adaptation of a real Blue Ridge Mountain folk tune.

Back 42

True

Front 43

What was the image projected by the Kingston Trio?

Back 43

White, close-cropped hair, button-down shirts, and dress slacks.

Front 44

T or F
Kingston Trio eventually had 10 songs in the Top 40 and their first 7 albums went gold.T

Back 44

True

Front 45

Name the type of folk music trend that was launched by the Kingston Trio:

Back 45

"urban folk trend"

Front 46

Name some groups that fall in the urban folk trend:

Back 46

1. Brothers Four
2. The Highwaymen
3. Rooftop Singers
4. New Christy Minstrels
5. Smothers Brothers
6. Journeymen

Front 47

Name the trio that emerged with a "folknik" type

Back 47

Peter, Paul, and Mary

Front 48

Describe the "folknik" type of folk music:

Back 48

intellectual-revolutionary

Front 49

T or F
Folk music from 192-69 was music with messages of social and political bents.

Back 49

True

Front 50

T or F
Folk music of the 1960s was easy to dance to.

Back 50

False

Front 51

What part of the artistic community was central to the rising campus sub-culture that emerged in the 1960s?

Back 51

Music

Front 52

What song by Peter, Paul, and Mary was a song about lost pleasures and innocence of chilhood?

Back 52

Puff, the Magic Dragon

Front 53

What cover song recorded by Peter, Paul, and Mary expressed best the sentiments of the folk-oriented youth culture?

Back 53

"Blowin' in the Wind"

Front 54

Who wrote "Blowin in the Wind"?

Back 54

Bob Dylan

Front 55

T or F
Peter, Paul, and Mary disbanded shortly after their #1 hit, Leaving on a Jet Plane in 1969.

Back 55

True

Front 56

Who wrote "Leaving on a Jet Plane"?

Back 56

John Denver

Front 57

T or F
Lyrics were not clearly enunciated in folk music of the 1960s.

Back 57

Talse.
Lyrics were sung clearly

Front 58

Describe the harmonies of folk music of the 1960s:

Back 58

Simple
Diatonic

Front 59

What does the term
"diatonic" mean?

Back 59

All within a given key

Front 60

Describe the lyrics of the folk music of the 1960s:

Back 60

Serious with social and political messages

Front 61

Describe the demographics for the folk music of the 1960s market?

Back 61

Older end of the youth spectrum, 18-24 yo, and 17 and younger

Front 62

What buying trend occured during the 1960s with the popularity of the the folk music groups?

Back 62

Albums replaced singles as the biggest share of the market

Front 63

Describe the acoustic instruments found in the folk music of the 1960s

Back 63

True, no artificial assisstance from electronics, overdubbing, and multitracking

Front 64

What type of music of the 1960s was almost the antithesis to the folk music of the '60s?

Back 64

Surfing Music

Front 65

What music group popularized surfing music?

Back 65

The Beach Boys

Front 66

Where was the geographic center of the surfing world?

Back 66

Southern California

Front 67

Name the movie that began the "sun-and-surf" movies

Back 67

Gidget

Front 68

Name the singer who is credited as being one of the first to becone associated with surfing subculture?

Back 68

Dick Dale

Front 69

Name other surfing singing groups:

Back 69

1. Jan and Dean
2. Jan Berry
3, Dean Torrence

Front 70

What is the real name for "Dean" in the group, Jan and Dean?

Back 70

Arnie Ginsberg

Front 71

Who wrote Jan and Dean's first and onlyhit, Surf City?

Back 71

Brian Wilson, later of the Beach Boys

Front 72

When did the group Jan and Dean breakup?

Back 72

When Jan was nearly killed in an automobile accident in 1966.

Front 73

Name the original Beach Boys:

Back 73

1. Brian Wilson
2. Carl Wilson
3, Dennis Wilson
4. cousin, Mike Love
5. friend Al Jardine

Front 74

Name the Beach Boy that largely determined the singing and song style of the group?

Back 74

Brian Wilson

Front 75

What happened to Brian Wilson in 1964 causing him to quit touring with the group?

Back 75

He suffered a nervous breakdown

Front 76

Name the Beach Boys hit that moved the group into their post-surfing stage:

Back 76

Good Vibrations

Front 77

How long did it take the Beach Boys to work on Good Vibrations?

Back 77

6 months

Front 78

How many studios were involved in the recording of Good Vibrations?

Back 78

4 studios

Front 79

How much $$$ did it cost to record Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys?

Back 79

$50,000

Front 80

T or F
Good Vibrations fit the traditional rock formula.

Back 80

False,
Good Vibrations did not fit the formula

Front 81

What record marked the decline of the Beach Boys?

Back 81

Smiley Smile

Front 82

What is Chubby Checkers' real name?

Back 82

Ernest Evans

Front 83

Who sang The Twist?

Back 83

Chubby Checkers

Front 84

Describe how the song, The Twist is unique to rock and roll history?

Back 84

Achieved #1 on two separate occasions, and was on the Top 100 charts for a total of over 38 weeks

Front 85

What type of structure were most of the dance tunes of the 1960s?

Back 85

twelve-bar blues

Front 86

T or F
Many of the dance tunes lyrics contained the directions on how to do the dance.

Back 86

True

Front 87

What trend is credited with keeping black music on the charts in the face of the folk trend, and surfing trend?

Back 87

Dance tunes

Front 88

What is the term used to describe how the various layers of musical sounds relate to each other?

Back 88

Musical Texture

Front 89

Name the song sung by Brian Wilson and Van Dyk that is closely associated with the texture of Good Vibrations

Back 89

Heroes and Villains

Front 90

Name the group that Brian Wilson was fond of:

Back 90

The Four Freshmen

Front 91

Describe the leads and harmonies in the Beach Boys early surfing songs

Back 91

The lead changes from singer to singer while the rest fill in with the harmonies

Front 92

What is the name for the electronic instrument used in Good Vibrations that was invented in 1924 that consisted of a small box with a metallic rod protruding that when operated produces higher and lower pitches.

Back 92

Theremin

Front 93

What song is considered to a major milestone of achievement in the history of rock and roll that the Beach Boys recorded?

Back 93

Good Vibrations

Front 94

Who was the creative genius in the sound engineering room for the Beach Boys

Back 94

Brian Wilson

Front 95

What is the recorded song that is attributed with starting with the "Dance Craze"?

Back 95

The Twist

Front 96

What was the title of the song on the flip side of "The Twist"?

Back 96

Teardrops on Your letter

Front 97

Who originally recorded "The Twist"?

Back 97

Hank Ballard in 1959

Front 98

What is the real name for Chubby Checker?

Back 98

Ernest Evans

Front 99

T or F
Chubby Checker was the artist who first sang, The Twist?

Back 99

False

Front 100

Name the TV show that popularized, The TWist?

Back 100

American Bandstand

Front 101

Describe the structure for most of the dance songs of the early 1960s?

Back 101

Twelve-Bar Blues structure

Front 102

What was unique @ the lyrics for many of the dance craze songs?

Back 102

They usually described the dance's directions.

Front 103

Name the 2 music movements whose roots are attributed with originating with the dance craze songs?

Back 103

Disco
Break Dancing

Front 104

T or F
Dance craze songs were for partner dancing.

Back 104

False,
They encouraged individual dancing with partners dancing opposite to one another.

Front 105

Name the singing group that Brian Wilson was fond of:

Back 105

The Four Freshmen

Front 106

Who was Carl Wilson fond of?

Back 106

Chuck Berry

Front 107

Who is the most influential singer to the music in the "Surfin USA"

Back 107

Chuck Berry

Front 108

Whose music is used in Surfin USA with lyrics rewritten by Brian Wilson

Back 108

Chuck Berry

Front 109

Who sings lead vocal in Surfin USA?

Back 109

Mike Love

Front 110

T or F
The BEach Boys' music is highly texturized.

Back 110

True

Front 111

What song is considered to be the most creative and innovative single to be released in rock music up until 1966?

Back 111

Good Vibrations

Front 112

Name the Beach Boys release that is often measured against Good Vibrations

Back 112

Heroes and Villains