history of recording industry test 1

which Louis Armstrong song popularized scat vocals

Bessie smith "empress of blues" records were only popular with black people

Which is NOT true about Paramount records:

original dixieland jazz band was an all white band that started the jazz craze

Thomas Edison did what

what was the phonograph originally created for

under the station WSM (grand ole opry) the weekly barn dance was hosted by who

which genre is traditional Anglo-American folk & dance style & is for white rural Southerns

how is music perceived as important

who are the members of " The Carter Family"

"he is plu-perfectly awful" who said it

acoustic guitarists, elaborate fingerpicking, and slide playing is incorporated in what genre

who brought pre recorded music to radio & had the show the make believe ballroom (disk jockey)

cab Calloway popularized zoot suits and scat singing, added a call and response into swing

who founded the first African-American owned publishing company & the record label, Black Swan.

what was the first radio station, located in Pittsburg

what was the title and artist's name that created the logo for the gramophone

who invented the phonograph

useful arts is ____ and science is ____

which genre was later termed as "country music"

when were the Bristol sessions held

which genre originated from field holler work songs of af am & was effected by min & vaudeville

jazz developed from which type of music

blues takes on a 12 bar Corus and a 3 line stanza

first stars of what radio show included Uncle Dave Macon Deford Bailey Roy Acuff & Bill Monroe

which year did the grand ole opry begin (WSM)

who was the first recording star and "platinum" artist

who said this "terrified at the thought that so much bad music may be put on record forever"

what artist & composer sang the blues songs "Beale Street Blues" & "St. Louis Blues"

Louis Armstrong made landmark records "Hot Five and Hot Seven" having hits in seven decades

Jimmie Rodgers “The Singing Brakeman” combined which genres of music into his style

which style of swing is syncopated

who was the artist that sold millions of copies in sheet music that outsold recordings

what's the earliest known recording

The logo for the gramophone was created solely for the invention

which artist got their start in hillbilly & was inducted into the country music hall of fame

Ralph Peer earned his money by a salary rather than royalties

David sarnoff Worked & headed RCA 1919-1970, created NBC, & bought victor talking machine co.

the Carter family coined the Carter scratch

which instrument was found in all wealthy homes around the late 1800s

who invented the Graphophone

who was the first important composer of American popular songs

eruo amer music was precisely pitched, not syncopated, strophic, & had rhythmic distant vocals

what caused the fall of the music industry in the 1930s

Lesley riddle helped coin the "Carter scratch" and helped "acquire" all their songs

who took over for duke ellington at the cotton club

coined term "canned music", led the Marine corp band & "impending harm to American musical art"

"the Crazy Blues" by Mamie Smith led to what

who invented the spring driven motor & waxy discs cut with a lateral groove pattern

af. am. stream music had melisma, call & response, flexibl pitch, polyrhythms, & was repetitive

musicians were afraid to record bc why? Which answer is NOT correct

Louis Armstrong was a part of which band

who was radio invented by

Xavier cougat was a part of which type of swing

Blind Lemon Jefferson was the first Country / Hillbilly recording artist.

the Bristol sessions were held in the Taylor-Christian Hat & Glove Company on state st. TN

the birth of indie labels recorded many classical and latin type music

who popularized the cowboy image and bought the baseball team LA angels

the birth of indie labels occurred when lateral discs became public domain

who influenced Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters

Ralph peer is responsible for the "Big Bang of country music"

"hot jazz songs just off the griddle" who said it

who said “music is the greatest form of social protest"

who invented the gramophone

blues had an eight beat pattern (3-3-2)

what movie in 1927 grossed 3 mil+ dollars & had the first record synched to a film "soundie"

which is NOT a part of Edisons 10 applications

bob wills what a part of which type of swing

how many types of swing were there

Which is NOT true about Okeh records:

benny goodman, count Basie, and duke Ellington were a part of which swing style

Louis Armstrong is from the Storyville District, he recorded w/ KOCJB for Gennett & Paramount

Country blues is a catchall term that contains flowering of guitar solos duos & string bands

jazz has syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensembles improvisation & distortions of pitch & timbre

Piedmont, Texas, Delta are all regional styles from what genre

who had the legend of being the first American to know that the titanic sank

who conceptualized the idea for the phonograph

Ralph Peer was a record executive for who

Which is NOT true about Black Patti records:

Which is NOT true about Gennette records:

the growth of big band / swing collapsed booking agencies

who sold their soul to the devil

charley patton was founded by who

Paul Whitman with his hit "whispering: 1920 was a part of which swing style

Which is NOT true about Black Swan records:

who was the king of country music & recorded Great Speckled Bird national anthem country music

how did the music industry exist before labels

electrical recording was introduced in 1925 by bell labs

Artist on the first jazz recording, "Livery Stable Blues" in 1917.

Benny Goodman: From Chicago. “King of Swing" was one of the first to integrate his band live

who invented the phonautograph

what were the types of swing

Fred gaisberg was the first A&R / record producer working for victor talking machine company