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24 Cards in this Set
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Sun Records owner Sam Phillips invested in two Ampex 350 tape machines that enabled him to create what studio effect?
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slapback echo
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Who was Elvis Presley's manager, taking him to the majors?
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Colonel Tom Parker
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What city did Elvis grow up in and make many years of recordings?
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Memphis
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Who was Elvis's producer after his box office smash Love Me Tender?
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Himself
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True or False: Elvis loved gospel music, and tried to join a famous group before recording his Rock and roll records
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True
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What was Colonel Tom Parker's background before becoming Elvis's manager
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Traveling Carnivals
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To which label was Elvis signed to when he first began using television to introduce himself to the national audience?
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RCA/Victor
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Buddy Holly and the Crickets decided to change from a country band to a rock and roll band after seeing what act perform?
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Elvis
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Which teen idol came from a television series and became the fourth best selling artist of the period from 1955-1959?
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Ricky Nelson
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What is Sweet Soul?
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Soul music w/ big budget orchestral production values, such as strings.
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What famous gospel group did Sam Cooke leave when he jumped from sacred to soul music?
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Soul Stirrers
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True or False: Leiber and Stoller had already become hit songwriters for the black R&B market before writing songs for Elvis
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True
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What was the most popular black group in America from 1957 through 1961, produced by Leiber and Stoller?
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The Coasters
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Who was making jazz records with Lionel Hampton, touring with Dizzy Gillespie, and making jazz records with his own bands before writing and producing popular music?
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Quincy Jones
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How many seats is a typical off-broadway theater?
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Fewer than 300, most are under 150.
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What is the longest running musical in the history of the musical?
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The Fantastiks
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Who created West Side Story?
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Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
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Who is known as the creator of the Wall of Sound?
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Phil Spector
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Which Brill Building era songwriter was also a teen idol and, at one time, a concert pianist?
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Neil Sedaka
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Who co created Aldon Music and crafted the "girl group" sound of the early 1960's?
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Don Kirshner
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Dionne Warwick made what writing team famous in the 60's by singing their songs, like Walk on by, I Say a little Prayer, and Do you know the Way to San Jose?
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Burt Bacharach, Hal David
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Which songwriting team received BMI's Song of the Century award and are responsible for such hits such as You've Lost that Loving feeling, On Broadway, and We Got To Get out of this Place?
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Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
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Which songwriting team specialized in writing girl group hits for Aldon Music, turning out such hits as Will You Still Love me Tomorrow, One Fine day, and the Locomotion?
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Gerry Goffin, Carole King
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Which songwriting team specialized in writing many of the biggest Phil Spector productions, including Da Doo Ron Ron, Then He Kissed me, Baby I Love you, and Be My Baby?
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Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwhich
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