Exploring Rock and Roll: Key Questions and Historical Insights

Question 1 2 / 2 pts Which of the following is widely considered the first "Rock and Roll" record? "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" Big Joe Turner Correct! "Rocket 88" Jackie Brenston and His Delta cats "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley and the Comets "That's Alright Mama" Elvis Presley Question 2 2 / 2 pts The term "Rock Music" is not easily defined. (p.3) Correct! True False Question 3 2 / 2 pts The scholarly approach to the study of rock and popular music is significantly different from general interest books and media accounts. (p.4) Correct! True False Question 4 2 / 2 pts When studying rock and popular music, students should strive to keep their less-objective "fan mentality" at bay. Correct! True False Question 5

2 / 2 pts The historical significance of a recording can be determined solely by how well it did in the charts, that is, by it's popularity and sales. (p.6) True Correct! False Question 6 2 / 2 pts The RIAA awards Gold records to recordings with sales of... 10,000 100,000 Correct! 500,000 1,000,000 Question 7 2 / 2 pts Records sales of one million earn a ___________ record. Pewter Lead Aluminum Correct! Platinum

Tin Question 8 2 / 2 pts The "four themes" of our textbook are 1) social, political, and cultural issues2) issues of race, class, and gender3) the development of the music business4) the development of music technology. Correct! True False Question 9 2 / 2 pts The development of radio and television had very little impact on the explosion of rock and roll in the 1950's. True Correct! False Question 10 2 / 2 pts How many measures are there in the standard blues form? 8 Correct! 12 24 32

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Question 11 2 / 2 pts Identify the 50's disc jockey who is credited with first popularizing the term "Rock and Roll." Dick Clark Wolfman Jack Correct! Alan Freed Clyde McPhatter Lionel Hampton Question 12 2 / 2 pts The common practice of one artist recording the song of another artist is know as ____________ . a rip off! plagiarism. copyright infringement. Correct! a cover. unoriginal.

Question 13 2 / 2 pts The 50s term “indie” referred to small independent record companies that competed with the major national record labels. Correct! True False Question 14 2 / 2 pts Identify the most influential songwriter/guitarist of the 50's, who set new standards for both rock guitar improvisation and rock lyrics. Correct! Chuck Berry Duane Eddy B.B. King Scotty Moore T-Bone Walker Question 15 2 / 2 pts Name the moat flamboyant and often controversial singer/pianist who wrote and performed the hits “Lucille,” “Tutti Frutti," and Good Golly, Miss Molly? Carl Perkins Jerry Lee Lewis

Johnny Cash Correct! Little Richard Eddie Cochran Question 16 2 / 2 pts Identify the pioneering songwriting/production team who penned the R&B hit “Hound Dog” for Big Mama Thornton in 1953, a song later covered by Elvis Presley that became a national hit. Lennon and McCartney Rogers and Hammerstein Holland, Dozier, and Holland Correct! Leiber and Stoller Sherman and Peabody Question 17 2 / 2 pts Which of the following Rock-n-Roll stars wrote the hit single “Peggy Sue,” only to have his career cut short in a tragic plane crash? Ritchie Valens The Big Bopper Correct!

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Buddy Holly Elvis Presley Ricky Nelson Question 18 2 / 2 pts True or False. Bill Haley and the Comets, formerly Bill Haley and the Saddlemen, would be a good example of a “crossover” act, in this case crossing over from country to rockabilly. Correct! True False Question 19 2 / 2 pts The artist who first popularized Rock and Roll music for “mainstream” white America was __________ . Fats Domino Chuck Berry Carl Perkins Jerry Lee Lewis Correct! Elvis Presley Question 20

2 / 2 pts The infamous scandal involving bribery and influence pedaling in the recording and radio industries is known as ______ . Correct! payola. good entrepreneurship. fraud. an establishment conspiracy to silence the rockers. Question 21 2 / 2 pts In which city was the popular music publishing center of the early 20th century, known as Tin Pan Alley, located? Chicago Los Angeles Nashville Correct! New York City Santa Clara Question 22 2 / 2 pts In 1949, the term “race music” was replaced by which of the following terms to denote recordings by artists of color?

Rock and Roll Correct! Rhythm and Blues Boogie Woogie Rockabilly Blues Question 23 2 / 2 pts Identify the early star of country music who was know as the "Blue Yodeler," a rustic back porch singer, and the "Singing Brakeman," a roving hobo. Correct! Jimmie Rodgers Gene Autry Roy Rogers Bob Wills Hank Williams Question 24 2 / 2 pts Louis Jordan was a 40's jazz artist whose "big beat" hits Caldonia and Choo, Choo, Ch'boogie were predecessors of Rock and Roll. Correct!

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True False Question 25 2 / 2 pts During the early 20th c., many rural blues musicians from the southern Mississippi Delta migrated north with the promise of work in cities like Chicago and New York. Correct! True False Question 26 2 / 2 pts Which early 20th c. blues diva is considered the Queen of the Blues? Correct! Bessie Smith Billy Holiday Ma Rainy Ella Fitzgerald Mildred Baily Question 27 2 / 2 pts Identy the first American singer that developed a national persona on radio, recordings and the movies. Frank Sinatra

Nat Cole Bob Hope Correct! Bing Crosby Jimmie Durante Question 28 2 / 2 pts Which of the following blues artists is know for his Cross Roads Blues and the devilish legend of how he became such an amazing guitarist? Lead Belly Sonny Boy Williamson Correct! Robert Johnson Son House Muddy Waters Question 29 2 / 2 pts Name the influential record company famous for the recording the Chicago Blues of Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Bo Diddley, and Howlin' Wolf. Sun Records

Atlantic Records Mercury Records Correct! Chess Records King Records Question 30 2 / 2 pts Doo-Wop was a popular and influential "a cappella" group signing style that developed in urban neighborhoods in the 40's and 50's. Correct! True False Question 31 2 / 2 pts Which 60s producer is known for his “wall of sound” concept of recording and mixing records and his authoritarian style of production? Correct! Phil Spector George Martin Rick Hall Sam Phillips

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Tom Dowd Question 32 2 / 2 pts The dance craze of the early sixties was ushered in with a recording of “The Twist,” performed by which of the following artists? Hank Ballard Correct! Chubby Checker Danny and the Juniors Fabian Frankie Avalon Question 33 2 / 2 pts What was popular name of the New York City publishing company Aldon Music that was established in 1958? Correct! The Brill Building Tin Pan Alley The Bowery Alfred Music Flushing Meadows

Question 34 2 / 2 pts Identify the host of American Bandstand, the first and longest running television show devoted to youth music and culture. Don Kirchner Alan Freed Correct! Dick Clark Steve Allen Question 35 2 / 2 pts Which one of the following artists was NOT your typical "Teen Idol" of the early 60's? Frankie Avalon Correct! Elvis Presley Fabian Bobby Rydell Neil Sedaka Question 36 2 / 2 pts

True or False. Many college kids in the late 50's and early 60's embraced folk music as being more authentic and grown-up than Rock and Roll. Correct! True False Question 37 2 / 2 pts True or False. Sam Cooke is a prime example of a gospel singer who crossed over to secular soul music in the 1950s. Correct! True False Question 38 2 / 2 pts The music of the Everly Brothers best exemplifies which of the following styles? Rhythm and Blues Correct! Pop Rockabilly Doo-Wop Skiffle BeBop Question 39

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2 / 2 pts Identify the artist whose career enjoyed a major boost from his family’s national prime-time T.V. show Ozzie and Harriet? Johnny Cash Jerry Lee Lewis Correct! Ricky Nelson Brian Wilson Dick Dale Question 40 2 / 2 pts The most important surf group of all time is __________ . The Ventures Correct! The Beach Boys Jan and Dean The Wrecking Crew The Surfaris Question 41 2 / 2 pts

True or False. The musical roots of Rock & Roll include the Blues, Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Country & Western, Folk, and Afro-Cuban Music. Correct! True False Question 42 2 / 2 pts Which of the following early rockabilly pioneers recorded their trend setting record “Rock Around the Clock” in 1955? Buddy Holly and the Crickets Correct! Bill Haley and the Comets Carl Perkins The Oneders Question 43 2 / 2 pts Which of the following is considered the first recording from the early 1950s that sounds like Rock and Roll? Apollo 13 Saturn 5 Sputnik 1 Correct! Rocket 88

Question 44 2 / 2 pts Which of the following is most remembered for writing songs of social protest (known as "broadsides") and supporting the early labor movement of the 30s and 40s? Mahalia Jackson Pete Seeger Correct! Woodie Guthrie Hank Williams George Gershwin Question 45 2 / 2 pts Identify the producers of "Smokey Joe's Cafe" and "Down in Mexico," two records that exemplify the ever rising ambitions of young producers in the 50's and 60's. Correct! Leiber and Stoller Phil Spector Gamble and Huff Bo Diddley Question 46 2 / 2 pts

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Ben E. King originally sang with which of the following Doo Wop groups? The Temptations The Coasters The Crowns Correct! The Drifters The Beach Boys Question 47 2 / 2 pts "Only the Lonely" (1961) was written and recorded by which of the following influential rockabilly artists? Carl Perkins Johnny Cash Jerry Lee Lewis Elvis Presley Correct! Roy Orbison Question 48 2 / 2 pts Identify the "King of Surf Guitar."

Duane Eddy Correct! Dick Dale Scotty Moore George Harrison Jimi Hendrix Question 49 2 / 2 pts "Dead Man's Curve" was a popular early 60's "splatter platter" by which of the following groups? The Beach Boys The Surfaris Correct! Jan and Dean The Ventures The Beatles Question 50 2 / 2 pts The solid body electric guitar was simultaneously invented in the late 40's by both Leo Fender and Les Paul. Correct! True

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