20th Century Music - Midterm studying

Ragtime was prominent in the US during this time

1890-1910

The importance of ragtime

Video Games used it, the composer had to play it, it requires skill

"The man" in Dixieland and the "father of Popular music"

Louis Armstrong

Reasons why Armstrong was important

He created scat singing, had a radio show, featured in a hollywood movie, greatest soloist of Jazz music, holds the record for the oldest artist to have no.1 record, and he was the first African American to write an autobiography

The role of trumpet in Dixieland

Melody

The role of clarinet in Dixieland

Adds to the melody

The role of trombone in Dixieland

Baseline, melody, or/and sound effects

The role of Piano/banjo in Dixieland

Chords

The role of String bass/tuba in Dixieland

Baseline

The role of drums in Dixieland

Beat

Big Band Swing thrived in this decade

1940's

The biggest difference between Dixieland and Big Band

Dixieland is improv while Big Band is highly prepared

Count Basie's main instrument

Piano

Glenn Miller's main instrument

Trombone

Bill Haley's band name when they recorded country songs

Bill Haley's Saddlemen

Bill Haley's band after they dropped the cowboy image

Bill Haley and His Comets

The film that "Rock Around the Clock" was featured in

The Blackboard Jungle

"Rock around the clock's" status before it was released on film

Not a hit

Where Chuck Berry was born

San Jose, California

The school that Chuck Berry attended after he finished high school

A night school for hairdressing and cosmetology

The original name of the song "Maybelline"

Ida Red

What Chuck Berry was famous for

The Duck Walk

The president that Chuck Berry performed for

Jimmy Carter

Little Richard's real name

Richard Penniman

Little Richard was thrown out of the house at this age

13

What happened to Little Richard at the height of his success

Little Richard had a dream that his airplane was going to crash, and quit music

These are three of Little Richard's hits

Good Golly Miss Molly, Rip it Up, and Lucille

Macon, Georgia honored Little Richard with this

A street named after him

In 1986 these three artists were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard

Fats Domino's real name

Antoine Domino

Fats Domino's first language

Louisiana Creole French

Fats Domino's father played this instrument

Violin

Fats Domino plays this instrument

Piano

The age that Fats Domino started playing the Piano

9

Fats Domino's day job

A bedspring factory

Two things that almost ended Fats Domino's career

Survived a fatal car accident, and almost lost his hand in the bedspring factory

The record company that Fats Domino stayed with until the company sold

Imperial records

"Ain't That a Shame" reached the top ten, but this artist did a cover that reached no.1

Pat Boone

The amount that Fats Domino's records would regularly sell

Half a million to a million copies

The Beatles song that Fats Domino covered

Lady Madonna

The president that awarded Fats Domino with his first National Medal of Arts

Bill Clinton

The president that gave Fats Domino another National Medal of Arts after his first one was lost in a hurricane

Obama

Ray Charles' first single

Confession Blues

Ricky Nelson's trademark phrase

I don't mess around boy

Ray Charles' full name

Ray Charles Robinson

How Buddy Holly got the nickname "Buddy"

His mom thought charles was too big of a name for him

Why the spelling of Buddy Holly's last name changed

Decca misspelled his last name on his first record and he just kept it

The name before The Coasters

The Robbins

Two artists Pat Boone covered

Fats Domino and Little Richard

What Bo Diddley was the first to build

The rectangular guitar

How old Bo Diddley was when he built the rectangular guitar

15

The state that banned Ray Charles for not playing a segregated show

Georgia

The state that named one of Ray Charles' songs as their state song

Georgia

The name of the group that Eddie formed with a guy he met at a show

The Cochran Brothers

Two of Ray Charles' hits

Confession Blues and Hit the Road Jack

Who wrote "I'm a Man"

Bo Diddley

Made an appearance in the music video "Bad to the Bone"

Bo Diddley

Known as the "Clown Princes of Rock and Roll"

The Coasters

Why Gene Vincent dropped out of high school

To join the Navy

Gene Vincent's first band name

The Blue Caps

How old Frankie Lymon was when "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" came out

13

Eddie Cochran was an early master of

Studio Overdubbing

Who Pat Boone said he was related to

Daniel Boone an early American Frontier Hero

The event that caused Jerry Lee Lewis to be turned to an outcast

He married his 13 year old cousin

Bo Diddley was famous for

His syncopated beat

Who passed away in a car crash

Eddie Cochran

Yakety Yak and Charlie Brown were hits for this group

The Coasters

Who got booed off the stage in Madison Square Garden

Ricky Nelson

Why Ricky Nelson was booed off stage

He changed his appearance and performed a Rolling Stones Song

Who wrote the song 3 Stars

Eddie Cochran

That'll be the Day was this artist's first hit

Buddy Holly

Jerry Lee Lewis switched his style to this while attempting his comeback

Country

One of Buddy Holly's bands

Holly and the Two Tunes

Who was an Elvis lookalike

Gene Vincent

Got their start on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet show

Ricky Nelson

Jerry Lee Lewis' nickname

The Killer

How Jerry Lee Lewis got his nickname

For how well he played the piano and how rowdy he was on stage

Who passed away in a plane crash

Buddy Holly and Ricky Nelson

How many members there are in the Coasters

Around 20

Who came out with a full metal album

Pat Boone

Where Carl Perkins is from

Tiptonville Tennessee

The type of work did Carl Perkins and his family did

Picked Cotton

How many hours Carl Perkins would wok a day and how much money he would make

12 to 14 hours and made 50 cents a day

The name of the band that Carl Perkins and his brothers put together

The Perkins Brothers Band

The age that Carl Perkins wrote Movie Magg

13

Carl Perkins' biggest hit

Blue Suede Shoes

Who sold more copies of Blue Suede Shoes Elvis vs Perkins

Carl Perkins

The song that Carl Perkins wrote for Johnny Cash

Daddy Sang Bass

The name of the record label that Carl Perkins and his sons created

Suede

The song that Carl Perkins wrote for Dolly Parton

Silver and Gold

The year that the Drifters formed

1953

How the Drifters got their name

From a bird and fans said that they drifted from band to band

The first "leader" of the Drifters

Clyde McPhatter

What happened to the leaders of the Drifters in 1954 and 1957

They were both drafted

What the manager did to the Drifters and who the leader was during this time

Fired everyone and Ben E. King became the new leader

When the Drifter's contract expired they did this

Some members went to England and signed while others stayed in America performing

How many people were in the Drifters

60

The parent that Johnny Cash forms a rift with as a result of his brother's death

His father

Why Sam Phillips won't sign Johnny Cash at first and the song that he's sold on

Gospel doesn't sell and Folsom Prison Blues

Who wrote "Ring of Fire"

June Carter