History of Rock Music Final Exam

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Tin Pan Alley

____ was created in New York City in the late 1800s when publishers and songwriters began to supply Vaudeville & Broadway with popular songs.

Alan Freed

The most famous & influential of all white DJs was ____

Rhythm & Blues (R&B)

The black roots of Rock and Roll include the Blues, Jazz, Gospel, and ______, the last term coined in 1949 by Jerry Wexler.

Doo-Wap

An a cappella group vocal style that incorporates high falsetto vocal leads, scat singing, rhythmic vocal backings, and sometimes lead vocals or spoken verse by the bass is known as ____.

Honkey-Tonk

The white roots of Rock and Roll include traditional rural music, cowboy music, western swing, bluegrass, and _______, the last being primarily associated with Hank Williams.

Jimmie Rodgers

________ is known as “The Father of Country Music.”

“Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley and The Comets

The first big Rock & Roll hit, hitting #1 in May of 1955 was ________.

Sam Phillips

The founder of Sun Records in Memphis was _______.

Elvis Presley

“The King of Rock and Roll” is ______

“Don’t be Cruel” & its flop side “Hound Dog” by Elvis PresleyThe

first record in history to simultaneously hit #1 on the pop, country, and R&B sharts was _______

Fats Domino and Little Richard

The two most important crossover artists from the 1950s in New Orleans were _______ and _______.

Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley

The who most important crossover artists from the 1950s in Chicago were _____ and ______.

Chuck Berry

“The Father of Rock and Roll” is

Jerry Lee Lewis

______ is sometimes referred to as “the first bad boy of Rock & Roll”

Buddy Holly

______ pioneered and established the four-piece combo of two guitars, bass, and drums — a formula widely copied in the 1960s.

Dick Clark

American Bandstand was hosted by ________

Brill Building

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, great songwriters (like Carole King) were housed in New York Cities _________ at 1619 Broadway.

Leiber & Stoller

The songwriting team __________ are credited with such hits such as Hound Dog and Stand By Me.

Phil Spector

______ was the most influential producer/songwriter in the early days of Rock & Roll, and also associated with what he called “The Wall of Sound”

Burt Bacharach

Perhaps the most prolific pop composer of the last half of the 20th century, with credits which include 23 hits for Dionne Warwick, is _________

The Beach Boys

The most famous of the surf groups, known ironically for its beautiful vocal harmonies, was _______________

Pet Sounds

The record album recognized as Brian Wilson’s monumental achievement is titled ________, released in May of 1966.

Rhythm & Blues and Gospel

Soul Music comes as a merging of

Ray Charles

“The Father of Soul” is

James Brown

“The Godfather of Soul” is

Berry Gordy

Motown Records was founded in Detroit in 1959 by _______.

The Supremes

______ were unquestionably the most commercially successful of all Motown groups.

Memphis

Stax Records was started in 1957 by Jim Stewart in the city of ______.

Otis Redding and Wilson Picket

Two important Stax recording artists were ______ and _______.

Aretha Franklin

Fame Studio (located in Muscle Shoals, Alabama) is the place where ______ recorded “I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You) before returning to record in New York City.

Woody Guthrie

______, born in Okemah, Oklahoma, emerged in the 1930s as the most important early folksinger.

Pete Seeger

In 1955, __________ was asked to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAAC)

Tom Dooley and The Kingston Trio

The real start of the 1950s folk revival was the record _____ by _____

Joan Baez

“The Queen of Folk” is

Peter, Paul, and Mary

The most popular folk group of the 1960s was ______.

Greenwish Village

The most important folk scene of the early 1960s was New York’s ______

Hammond’s Folly

Bob Dylan’s first album - titled simply Bob Dylan - sold poorly, and in the offices of Columbia Records it became known as ______

The Beatles

The history of Rock and Roll was forever changed in the summer of 1964 when Bob Dylan spent time with _____ in New York City.

Bringing it all Back Home

In January 1965, Dylan recorded ______, an album which paved the way for what would later be called “folk rock”

Blonde on Blonde

Dylans ____ is considered the first double album in the history of Rock and Roll

The Beatles

_______ are generally recognized as the greatest rock band in history.

The Beatles producer. Shaped the sound of The Beatles. The “fifth’ Beatle

Who was George Martin and why was he important?

Revolver by The Beatles

______ by _____ is considered by many to be the first album of the psychedelic era.

Muddy Waters

The Rolling Stones took their name from the title of a song by ____

A rock band with a lineup of bass guitar, electric guitar, and a drum kit with no dedicated vocalist

What is a power trio?

A guitar chord that consists of the root note and the fifth note. Othen with an amp that has distortion effects

What is a power chord?

Tommy by The Who

The first Rock opera was ____ by _____

The Kinks and The Yardbirds

Two significant blues-orientented British-Invasion bands were _____ and _____

Acid Rock

Because of the association with the drug culture (especially LSD), the music that developed San Francisco in the 1960s became known as _____

Jefferson Airplane

Grace Slick was the lead singer of the band _____

Jerry Garcia

The Grateful Dead was led by _____

Dead-Heads

The die-hard devoted fans of the Grateful Dead are known as _____

Janis Joplin

Big Brother and the Holding Company was led by vocalist _____

Santana and Big Brother & The Holding Company

Two other significant Bay Area acid rock bands was _____ and ______

Woodstock

The “landmark event” of the 1960s rock counterculture was ____ held from August 15 through 18, 1969

Whiskey A Go Go

During the 60s, the most famous nightclub in Los Angeles was _____

Jim Morrison

The Doors were led by singer _____

The Mothers of Invention

Frank Zappa led the L.A.-based group ___.

Hard Rock

A style of Rock and Roll known as ____ is generally considered as the forerunner of Heavy Metal.

Eric Clapton

The U.K. band Cream was led by guitarist ____

Jimi Hendrix

_______ is considered by many to be the most innovative guitarist in history of Rock

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrd’s cover of Dylan’s _________ is generally considered to have started the Folk Rock movement

Southern Rock

The “Rural cousin” to the more citified country rock is known as _______

England

Heavy Metal was born in the dismal, grimy industrial cities of what country?

Progressive Rock

Art rock is also at times referred to as ______.

Alice Cooper

______ is known as the Godfather of Gruesome Rock Theatre.

Glam Rock

The type of rock that incorporates flamboyant fashions, assaults on sexual conventions, and glitzy theatrical presentations is known as _______.

Elton John

_______ has far and away been the most commercially successful Glam Rocker