Unit 1 History of Rock 'n' Roll

Which genre is defined as "authentic, more artistic; harder, more aggressive & improvisatory"?

Performed by The Ronettes and produced by Phil Spector, this song includes his "wall of sound"

Which genre is labelled as 2nd generation rock?

Folk Revival began in the 1940s

This is a protest song in which the lyrics hint at a change coming soon.

When did Bob Dylan go electric?

Which generation was the majority of rock music consumers in the 1950s and 1960s?

"That's All Right" was not an Elvis original. Who sung it before him?

Does "Boogie Chillen" by John Lee Hooker use 12-Bar Blues?

This famous NYC building was "songwriters central" and was where Carole King started out.

"Shake, Rattle, and Roll" was written by Bill Haley.

Songwriters often wrote music focused on themes in teenage life.

This song was almost impossible to perform & included many instruments, including the theremin.

Which Rockabilly artist did The Beatles emulate (too much) in their earlier music?

What does SHMRFT stand for?

Which genre is defined as "usually written out, and lots of thought into structure & posterity"

What is the structural form of 12-Bar blues?

All of these singers were also songwriters EXCEPT

Who was the first "rock" singer to double track his voice and guitar?

Which genre is defined as "commercial entertainment, mainstream"?

Why did blues musicians turn to electric guitars in Electric Urban Blues?

Vocal gasps, hiccups, and trembling, are a characteristic of Rockabilly and emphasized lyrics

Name the genre and song. It's an "operatic ballad" with dark lyrics and a full string section

Elvis was not influenced by R & B and crooners

Which was the Beatles' last album to include music written to be used in concert?

A characteristic of the Beach Boys soundprint is...

Billy Hayley and His Comets started in which genre?

This technique alternates voice and instruments and was used in "Hoochie Coochie Man".

This was a McCartney song for which George Martin brought in a string quartet .

An example of the communal folk culture is which song?

Poeticism, social criticism, more emphasis on words than voice are characteristics of who?

All of these artists performed surf music EXCEPT

Does "Heartbreak Hotel" performed by Elvis use 12-Bar Blues?

Rockabilly is a merger of which two genres?

Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys is an early example of what?

What happened on "The Day that Music Died"?

The person who sets up recording dates and is responsible for the character & sound of an album

This genre was danceable country music & used a rhythm section, fiddle, steel guitar, & improv.

Songwriters and producers became more famous in the early 1950s

Which genre was recorded and popularized primarily by African American women in the 1920s?

Name the song based on a country song and uses, 12 Bar-Blues, blues and r&b style guitar style

Which instrument did The Beatles use that initiated a "world music" element in pop?

Which genre is defined as "created directly & spontaneously out of communal experience"?

This archetypal Honky-tonk singer & songwriter melded blues with southern country elements.

Song structure in which every verse (strophe) of the text is sung to the same musical tune.

The Beatles' main recording producer and manager were...

Which group was the first to place an emphasis on recording over live performance?

The music industry marketed music to younger people more often after WWII because...

Mississippi Delta Blues is aka Country Blues and included acoustic guitar, banjo, and harmonica

This song was written and performed by the same person, includes riffs, and country vocal style