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49 Cards in this Set
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Sun Records and Sam Phillips
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Phillips expressed African-American music through white artists- poor white Southern boys
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Jerry Lee Lewis- Nickname
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The Killer
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Jerry Lee Lewis- Record company
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Joins Sun in 1956
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Jerry Lee Lewis- Hits
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"Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”
"Great Balls of Fire" |
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Why did Jerry Lee Lewis's career end?
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Married his cousin Myra
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Rockabilly sound
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Instrumentation: slap bass, electric guitar, and piano straddles R&B and Country
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Sam Phillips importance to rockabilly
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Sam Phillips also important for his sound: the small bands, use of echo
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Other important rockabilly acts include...
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Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Johnny
Cash, The Everly Brothers |
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Buddy Holly- hit
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“That’ll Be The Day” (1957)
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Buddy Holly vocal style
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Hiccuping vocals (country)
White gospel harmonies |
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The market: Record sales tripled from
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1954-59
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8/51 top-ten records rock ‘n’ roll (16%)
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1955
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38/89 top-ten records rock ‘n’ roll (43%)
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1959
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Bill Haley and His Comets- "Rock Around the Clock" used in what film
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Blackboard Jungle
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Bill Haley was the first white rocker to...
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chart with a combination of country and R&B
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“Rock Around The Clock” was one of the first...
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true rock ‘n’ roll hits
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Johnny Cash- Sun Records hits
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“Folsom Prison Blues”, “Cry, Cry, Cry”, “I Walk The Line”
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Johnny Cash- Musical roots
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Country Gospel
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By 1969 Johnny Cash was selling as many records as what artist?
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The Beatles
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Rockabilly:
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a fusion of white country music and African-American blues and R&B
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What is the name of the first rock and roll superstar (1935-1977)?
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Elvis Presley
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What songs were on Elvis’s first record?
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“That’s All Right Mama” and “Blue Moon of Kentucky”
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"That's All Right Mama"
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A conventional blues remade
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"Blue Moon of Kentucky"
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Bill Monroe’s classic bluegrass tune transformed
(Original is slow, triple meter (a waltz) Elvis’s version fast, in four) |
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Elvis sold to RCA
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1955
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Elvis in 1956
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"Heartbreak Hotel", “Hound Dog,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Love Me Tender”
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What was Elvis's first no. 1 hit?
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"Heartbreak Hotel"
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“Colonel” Tom Parker
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Promoted Elvis
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Scotty Moore and Bill Black
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Original members of Elvis’s band: helped create Elvis’s sound
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Elvis, 1956, national star, First film?
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Love Me Tender
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Elvis-1956, more hits
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“All Shook Up”, “Teddy Bear”, “Jailhouse Rock”
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What were the reactions of parents to Elvis?
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Elvis's sexuality, juvenile delinquency and teen violence
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When was Elvis in the Army?
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1958-60
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What year was Elvis' comeback special?
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1968
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When did Elvis die?
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August 16, 1977
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What is double tracking?
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When artists record a track and then record it again and place one recording on top of the other for a fuller sound.
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Who was one of the artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Elvis in 1986?
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Buddy Holly
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Who fought against rock?
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Racists
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Rock’s ________ and ___________ upset others
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sexuality, gender play
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Who in the music industry fought against rock?
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Crooners, DJs, songwriters, arrangers were materially affected by rock’s popularity
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What is the "blanching of rock?
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Major record companies entered the field, but they used white artists like Pat Boone to “cover” songs of African Americans
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Why did rock have a crisis in the lates 50s?
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Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, and Richie Valens died, Elvis in military, Jerry Lee Lewis married cousin
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Who started "American Bandstand"?
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Dick Clark
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What did "Bandstand" provide Americans with?
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a clean-cut image for rock & roll
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What is the schlock-rock?
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A white, middle class face on rock, the energy, rebellion, sex go out of it
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Who sang "The Twist" and what year was it released?
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Chubby Checker, 1960
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What is "Payola”?
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Pay for play
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When were the Payola investigations?
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1959-1960
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Who was unscathed by the Payola investigations? And whose career was ruined?
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Dick Clark. Alan Freed.
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