Early 20th C Popular Music Thru Rock 'n' Roll

Who was the Swing Band that "started" the Swing Era in the summer of 1935?

How did early phonograph recording materials evolve?

Once Swing ended, it never found a revitalization period later on

Boogie Woogie was all of the following EXCEPT

12-bar blues is more technical and Ragtime is more emotional/laid back

True/False - this "King" embraced his success and died happy and fulfilled

What is the biggest difference between Swing music and early New Orleans Dixieland?

This record was preferred for Classical & Broadway records

Which ethnicities embraced early Dixieland jazz?

The Swing Era started all but which of the following:

Rock 'n' Roll music did...

The birthplace of Dixieland music and early jazz

The most famous Boogie Woogie band was

Who was the famous trumpet player from this group that ended up in movies and all over pop culture?

Blues is still a common form in popular music

Dixieland music spread north to which major US city?

Prior to 1945, ______________ were not considered musicians

Swing was a gradual phenomenon that took a while to catch on

Postwar America can be best described as

Swing was a "gateway to racial democracy" because of all EXCEPT

Dixieland music of the north evolved by focusing more on

Record sales steadily decreased in the first few decades of the 20th Century

The repeal of which constitutional ammendment in 1933 gave the US a "Let's Party" attitude

Ragtime primarily spread in popularity by all EXCEPT which of the following

For the first time in music history, some RnR songs topped which charts?

The difficult technique a Ragtime pianist must use in the left hand

Despite Swing's wild popularity, there was still a segment of our country that did not favor it

What song did the Glenn Miller band play at the beginning and end of every concert?

Elvis was all EXCEPT

Indie lables adapted quickly to change and helped spawn a boom for what styles of music in the early 50s?

Sinatra stood out as a singer in the late 40s/early 50s because

Music publishers immediately embraced printing and selling sheet music of Ragtime

Splitting the sound from its original source is a phenomenon called

The reason Edison wanted to invent the phonograph -

This city with it's "rough & tuble" attributes was the birthplace of Boogie Woogie

Aside from Swing, what was the other major cultural disruption prior to 1935?

Blues is both a __________ and a ______________

Where did Ragtime come from?

Postwar prosperity was evident by all EXCEPT

Much of the Swing Band melodies came from what preexisting musical tradition?

Cover versions of songs

The first nationwide commercial record sold in the US in 1904 was from what musical genre?

Despite his flaws, Alan Freed did all EXCEPT

The "Swing Band" that had already been actively performing at the Cotton Club prior to the outbreak of Swing music

The Nickelodeon

The overall mood of the US at the start of the 1930s was

R&B artist, songs about break-ups and romance, bluesy/smooth style

Which famous bandleader went overseas and to nearly every major town in the US spreading Ragtime

The horn of the phonograph did all EXCEPT

Ragtime is the first time we see a major social disruption caused by which age group?

Rock 'n' Roll was all of the following EXCEPT

This recording medium allowed for overdubbing, stereo sound, recording in layers, and an improvement in the sound

The first cross-country tour by this Swing Band was wildly successful everywhere they went

The moment Rock 'n' Roll broke out was....

The shellac disc was superior to the wax cylinder because of all EXCEPT:

Laughing records and comedy records were not popular until well into the 1930s

Flamboyant hair & makeup, eyerolls, leg up on piano, whooping, non-sense lyrics

Fletcher Henderson was perhaps the greatest _____________ of Swing music

Technology and social issues mirror that of 100+ years ago because

Nearly all pop music can fit into these two broad categories

Late 40's and early 50's music is full of great classics that withstood the test of time

Victor and Columbia built both the ____________ and the ____________.

Who was the band leader that took his band north?

The 33 1/3 LP disc was the first commercial record sold in the US

The "New Deal" legislation passed by FDR did all EXCEPT

The Swing Band that shattered records for #1 hits, played for USO concerts, bandleader's plane lost in 1944

Rock 'n' Roll ended by all EXCEPT

This age group embraced Swing/"hot" jazz in the mid to late 30s

TV changed music in the 50s for all of the following EXCEPT:

Blackboard Jungle was a move about

All of these changed in the Swing Era EXCEPT

Which instrument is NOT a standard Dixieland instrument?

This bizzare tune originally recorded in 1937 was updated in the 1950s by Duke Ellington

One of the most popular RnR artists and major guitar influence

The downfall of Swing came from all EXCEPT

This massive expo happens every 5 years in a major city drawing millions of visitors to see new innovations

FM radio had a distinct advantage over AM for all of the following EXCEPT

This record was used in jukeboxes and had a larger hole in the center

Black & White records were equally represented in jukeboxes of the Swing Era

What piece of technology was almost single-handedly responsible for sparking the Swing Era?

Ragtime music steered away from black stereotypes

Ragtime boosted the sale of

Who was the headliner for Swing Band shows?

Which coast of the US fell in love with Swing first?

Edison invented all of the following EXCEPT

Swing describes both _______________ and ________________.

This coast fell in love first because

White bands tended to focus on __________ while black bands tended to focus more on _________.

How did music reflect the mood of the early 1930s

This record was preferred by teens in the 50s/early Rock 'n' Roll

Who is the "King of Ragtime"?

Early phonograph recordings were all EXCEPT

"Rag-Time" means?