Unit 1 History of Rock 'n' Roll

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

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"

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

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

Songwriters often wrote music focused on themes in teenage life.

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

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

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

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

A characteristic of the Beach Boys soundprint is...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which genre is labelled as 2nd generation rock?

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

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

Elvis was not influenced by R & B and crooners

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

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

An example of the communal folk culture is which song?

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

All of these artists performed surf music EXCEPT

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

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

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

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

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

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

Songwriters and producers became more famous in the early 1950s

What happened on "The Day that Music Died"?

When did Bob Dylan go electric?

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

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

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

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

Folk Revival began in the 1940s

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

Billy Hayley and His Comets started in which genre?

Rockabilly is a merger of which two genres?

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

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

What is the structural form of 12-Bar blues?

What does SHMRFT stand for?

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

All of these singers were also songwriters EXCEPT

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