History Quiz 2

Wrappin' It Up (The Lindy Glide)

- Swing Era (1943)
- Performed by Fletcher Henderson
- Call and response technique applied to ensemble writing
- Arrangements drew on musical structures: 12 bar blues form, 32 bar Tin Pan Alley song form

Taking a Chance on Love

- Swing Era (1940)
- arranged by Fletcher Henderson
- Performed by Benny Goodman (King of Swing) and his Orchesta
- Number 1 on the Hit Parade Chart
- Inclusion of crooner
- 32 bar AABA song structure

Caravan

- Swing Era (1937)
- Performed by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
- Ellington reworked this arrangement many times over the years
- Drummer was more broadly musical than most swing bands
- 32 bar AABA with brief intro
- Minor key melody

One O'Clock Jump

- Kansas City Swing (1937)
- performed by Count Basie and his orchestra
- Kansas City Style: energetic rhythmic approach, jazz improvisation, and call and response patterns divided between brass and reeds
- Boogie-woogie piano

In the Mood

- Most popular dance band: Swing (1939)
- Performed by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
- Glenn Miller is a superstar of swing
- He broke record sales and concert attendance records

It Don't Mean a Thing (Unless It Has Swing)

- Female Jazz Singer (1932)
- Preformed by the Boswell Sisters
- Bridge from Louis Armstrong to Holiday/Fitzgerald
- Rapid scat singing and intricate tempo shifting

God Bless the Child

- Female Jazz Singer (1941)
- Preformed by Billie Holiday
- Singer who recorded and performed with widely acclaimed instrumentalist like Teddy Wilson and Lester Young

A-Tisket, A-Tasket

- Female Jazz Singer (1938)
- Preformed by Ella Fitzgerald
- Recorded with Louis Armstrong

Too Darn Hot

- Female Jazz Singer (1956)
- Preformed by Ella Fitzgerald
- From a songbook of golden age Tin Pan Alley
- Cole Porter classic

Paper Doll

- Vocal Harmony Group (1842)
- Performed by the Mill Brothers
- Most successful and longest lived vocal group from the era
- African American group accompanied only by guitar

Great Speckled Bird

- Hillbilly in Swing Era (1936)
- Performed by Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans
- Widely regarded as the national anthem of country and western music
- Crossed over to the mainstream pop charts

Cool Water

- Singing Cowboy (1941)
- Performed by Songs of the Pioneers
- Best seller in the country music market

New San Antonio Rose

- Western Swing (1940)
- Performed by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
- Country bestseller
- Bob Wills career ran for 40 years

Brazil

- Latin Music: Samba (1943)
- Performed by Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
- The best selling record for Cugat
- Cugat is a film star who popularized Latin music in the Swing Era

Nague

- Latin Music: Afro-Cuban (1941)
- Performed by Machito and his Afro-Cubans
- The Afro-Cubans theme song

Nancy (With the Laughing Face)

- Romantic songs: Crooning: Post War (1945)
- Performed by Frank Sinatra
- He was the first documented example of modern pop hysteria

Nature Boy

- Romantic Songs: Crooning: Post War (1948)
- Performed by Nat "King" Cole
- Number 1 on the Billboard pop charts for 8 weeks

Goodnight, Irene

- Urban Folk Music (1950)
- Performed by the Weavers
- Leader, singer, and banjo player Pete Seeger
- They helped define a niche in the popular market for folk-based popular music

Mambo No. 5

- Mambo: Latin American (1949)
- Performed by Damaso Perez Prado
- Crossed over to a non-Latin audience

Mambo Italiano

- Mambo: Italian (1945)
- Performed by Rosemary Clooney
- Number 9 on the pop charts
- Rosemary Clooney is the aunt of George Clooney

Choo Ch'Boogie

- Jump Blues (1946)
- Performed by Louis Jordan's Tympany Five
- The first commercially successful category of rhythm and blues

Black Night

- Blues Crooner Style: Rhythm & Blues (1951)
- Performed by Charles Brown and His Band
- Charles Brown was the most successful blues crooner of this time

Hoochie Coochie Man

- Chicago electric blues
- Performed by Muddy Waters and composed by Willie Dixon
- Muddy Waters was the most popular musician in Chicago in late 1940s and early 1950s

Have Mercy Baby

- Vocal Harmony Groups: Black Gospel: R&B (1952)
- Performed by the Dominoes
- Combined 12 bar blues, driving beat of dance R&B with the flavor of Black gospel singing
- Number 1 in R&B for 10 weeks

Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean

- R&B Women (1953)
- Performed by Ruth Brown
- Reached 1 in the R&B charts and 23 on the pop charts

Hound Dog

- R&B Women: Country Blues (1953)
- Performed by Big Mama Thornton
- Original song that Elvis used

It's Mighty Dark to Travel

- Bluegrass (1947)
- Performed by Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
- Bill was a pioneer of bluegrass music

The Wild Side of Life

- Honky-Tonk (1951)
- Performed by Hank Thompson and is Brazos Valley Boys
- The melody was adopted from "Great Speckled Bird"

It Wasn't god Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels

- Honky-Tonk (1952)
- Performed by Kitty Wells
- She was the first female superstar of country

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

- Country Music (1949)
- Performed by Hank Williams
- Hank was the most significant single figure to emerge in country music during the post WWII period

Hey, Good Lookin

- Early Rockabilly: Country Music
- Performed by Hank Williams
- Minor crossover hit

The Tennessee Waltz

- Country Crooner (1950)
- Performed by Patti Page
- Sold more than 6 million copies

Shake, Rattle, and Roll (Original)

- Jump Blues (1954)
- Performed by Big Joe Turner
- Number 1 on R&B and number 22 on pop charts

Shake, Rattle, and Roll (Cover)

- Early Rock 'n' Roll: Western Swing (1954)
- Performed by Bill Haley and the Comets
- It is the same song with slight lyric changes and a more emphasis on guitars rather than saxophones

Sh-Boom (Original)

- R&B (1954)
- Performed by the Chords
- Number 2 on R&B and number 5 on pop charts

Sh-Boom (Cover)

- Rock 'n' Roll (1954)
- Performed by the Crew Cuts
- Cited as one of the first rock 'n' roll records

Rock Around the Clock

- Rock 'n' Roll (1955)
- Performed by Bill Haley and the Comets
- First rock 'n' roll record to become a number 1 pop hit

A Guy Is a Guy

- Crooner: British Folk (1952)
- Performed by Doris Day
- Number 1 hit

Maybellene

- Rock 'n' Roll: Rockabilly (1955)
- Performed by Chuck Berry and his Combo
- Chuck synthesized diverse influence from R&B and country music in rock 'n' roll songs

Long Tall Sally

- R&B: Rock 'n' Roll (1956)
- Performed by Little Richard
- Had a large teenage following in the 1950s

Blueberry Hill

- R&B crossover to Rock 'n' Roll (1956)
- Performed by Fats Domino
- Cover of a Tin Pan Alley song that bridged the gap between R&B and Rock 'n' Roll

Mystery Train (Original)

- Blues (1953)
- Performed by Junior Parker

Mystery Train (Cover)

- Rockabilly (1953)
- Performed by Elvis Presley
- Number 11 country and western
- The two songs show the developing synergy between R&B and country music

Don't Be Cruel

- Rockabilly (1965)
- Performed by Elvis Presley
- Used Reverb

Rave On

- Early Rock 'n' Roll
- Performed by Buddy Holiday
- Use of double tracking on his recordings

Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad

- Rockabilly (1956)
- Performed by Wanda Jackson
- She's the "Queen of Rockabilly"

La Bamba

- Son Jarocho: Latin Rock 'n' Roll (1958)
- Performed by Richie Valens
- Number one for three weeks

Charlie Brown

- Rock 'n' Roll (1958)
- Performed by the Coasters
- Popularized terms like "cool" and "daddy-o"

Tom Dooley

- Folk Music in Rock 'n' Roll (1960)
- Performed by The Kingston Trio
- adaptions of old ballad songs