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Question 1 2 / 2 pts Identify the 50's disc jockey who is credited with first popularizing the term "Rock and Roll." Dick Clark Wolfman Jack Alan Freed Clyde McPhatter Lionel Hampton Question 2 2 / 2 pts The common practice of one artist recording the song of another artist is know as ____________ . a rip off! plagiarism. copyright infringement. a cover. unoriginal. Question 3

2 / 2 pts The 50s term “indie” referred to small independent record companies that competed with the major national record labels. True False Question 4 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. Chuck Berry Duane Eddy B.B. King Scotty Moore T-Bone Walker Question 5 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

Little Richard Eddie Cochran Question 6 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 Leiber and Stoller Sherman and Peabody Question 7 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 Buddy Holly Elvis Presley

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Ricky Nelson Question 8 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. True False Question 9 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 Elvis Presley Question 10 2 / 2 pts The infamous scandal involving bribery and influence pedaling in the recording and radio industries is known as ______ . payola.

good entrepreneurship. fraud. an establishment conspiracy to silence the rockers. Question 11 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 Chubby Checker Danny and the Juniors Fabian Frankie Avalon Question 12 2 / 2 pts What was popular name of the New York City publishing company Aldon Music that was established in 1958? The Brill Building Tin Pan Alley The Bowery

Alfred Music Flushing Meadows Question 13 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 Dick Clark Steve Allen Question 14 2 / 2 pts Which one of the following artists was NOT your typical "Teen Idol" of the early 60's? Frankie Avalon Elvis Presley Fabian Bobby Rydell Neil Sedaka

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Question 15 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. True False Question 16 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. True False Question 17 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 Ricky Nelson Brian Wilson Dick Dale Question 18

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? Phil Spector George Martin Rick Hall Sam Phillips Tom Dowd Question 19 2 / 2 pts The music of the Everly Brothers best exemplifies which of the following styles? Rhythm and Blues Pop Rockabilly Doo-Wop Skiffle BeBop Q

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