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Duplicate of Latin Music USA: The Salsa Revolution
Duplicate of Latin Music USA: The Salsa Revolution
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Based on mini series Latin Music USA, aired on PBS in 2010
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1
Masucci died a rich man .......
17 years after he sold Fania records.
7 years after he sold Fania records
1 year after he sold Fania records
19 years after he sold Fania records
2
The Salsa concert at Yankee Stadium ended in a ___
hug fest
riot
walkout
sing-a-long
3
Ruben Blades' and Willie Colon's recorded masterpiece was called _______
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Boogaloo Boogie
Siembra
Our Latin Thing
4
Celia Cruz brought some old school ________ to the Fania All Stars.
street cred
R&B
glamor
country style
5
Although Tite Alonso wrote more than 300 songs for Fania, to make ends meet he had to work __
as a lawyer
as a janitor
as a mail clerk
as a mailman
6
Hector Levoe music style was
rock and roll
city street
authentic Puerto Rican countryside
mix of disco and latin
7
Jorge Santana played _____ in the second movie.
piano
rock guitar
trumpet
congas
8
Masucci sold the label in _____
1976
1980
1985
1982
9
Jerry Masucci . . .
was a genius for picking hit songs.
was a former NYC cop.
cleverly took the most profit for his artists' work.
was a big risk taker musically and financially.
10
Ruben Blades was from _______
Puerto Rico
Panama
Mexico
Cuba
11
The album "Siembra" sold 500,000 copies in .....
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Havana, Cuba
Mexico City
Caracas, Venezuela
12
Fania Records existed under Jerry Masucci from . . .
the early 1920's to the 1970's.
the mid 1960's to 1979.
from the 1960's to 1989.
from 1971 to the present day.
13
Willie Colon is a famous
singer
saxophone player
trombonist
drummer
14
Fania records sold the most records .....
in Cuba.
in the US.
in Mexico.
outside of the US.
15
Harlem's predminately Latin neighborhood
Manhattan
the hood
el barrio
the streets
16
The fusion of traditional latin rythms with R&B and rock was called.....
Latin Rock
Rock en español
Latin Boogaloo
Urban Mambo
17
Celia Cruz was a legendary singer from
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Panama
New York City
18
People of Puerto Rican descent born in New York
New Yorkers
Chicanos
Nuyoricans
Latinos
19
Fania Records was started by . . .
Willie Colon and Ruben Blades
Johnny Pacheco and Jerry Masucci
Celia Cruz and Cheo Feliciano
Willie Colon and Hector Levoe
20
Willie Colón exploited the image of the ......
lawyer
musician
doctor
gangster
21
Ruben Blades' lyrics dealt with _______
the subway system.
love and loss.
people who cheat.
political and social problems.
22
Ruben Blades was a _______ before working at Fania records.
doctor
attorney
busboy
lawyer
23
The music is called salsa because . . .
chips and salsa is the artists' favorite food.
it is a mix of different styles of music and dance.
the creators were in a Mexican restaurant when they named it
the music and dance is hot and spicy
24
Larry Harlow
grew up in a Russian Jewish family of musicians.
played in popular African American orchestras as a teen.
liked the Latin music he heard walking to school.
learned from listening to Latin pianists' records.
25
The instrument that epitomizes the sound of Puerto Rican country music is the _____
puertorican cuatro
mandolin
banjo
congas
26
Fania records stopped making records in ____
1979
2009
1989
1969
27
Willie Colon began performing when he was
20 years old
18 years old
14 years old
9 years old
28
How did Hector Lavoe die?
an overdose
cancer of the throat
old age
AIDS
29
The concert that is considered the birth of modern day Salsa took place at.....
The Cheetah Club
Yankee Stadium
Madison Square Garden
The Palladium
30
The concert at the Cheetah Club was made into a movie called.....
Salsa New York Style
Salsa!!!
Our Latin Thing
The Birth of Salsa
31
Ruben Blades' first job at Fania records was ____
song writer
janitor
studio musician.
mail clerk
