American Popular Music MidTerm Quiz

In most performances of early “minstrel shows,” the performers were __________.

What new form of singing arose specifically because of the availability of electric microphones?

The basic features of the blues form include which of the following?

Which surf guitarist was known for a characteristic “wet” sound and leading the Del-Tones?

Okeh Records, under the direction of ____________, was the first label to send mobile recording units into the South, se

What is the “B” section of a song in AABA form also called?

Who was the most influential songwriter of American popular song during the nineteenth century?

Which white actor invented the minstrel character “Jim Crow?”

Who first used the term “rock’n’roll”?

What is the standard form of Tin Pan Alley songs?

Which artist was the first black musician to host his own weekly radio series (1948–1949) and network TV show?

What role did song pluggers play in the music industry from the nineteenth century until the 1920s?

From 1999 to 2009, what drastic shift changed the music industry?

In what way was Benny Goodman forward looking?

Which artist called himself the “Father of the Blues?”

Which composer discussed in this chapter studied music at elite institutions such as Yale and Harvard?

_______ is used to describe the quality or ‘tone color’ of a given sound.

The guitar manufacturer ______________ is well-known as the maker of Les Paul

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John Philip Sousa was famous for composing what type of ensemble?

Which artist had their biggest hit with the song “Don't Be Cruel?”

Which popular African American musical artist opened the door to generations of singers who lacked a “beautiful” voice?

Which Spanish-born violinist, film star, and bandleader was known as the “Rhumba King?"

What was the 1st form of musical and theatrical entertainment regarded by European audiences as distinctively American?

Which one of the following artists or groups recorded for Motown records in the 1960s?

What did the music industry call recordings from the 20s - 40's that were made by African Americans artists?

Which 19th-century dance was initially regarded as a threat to morality due to its intimacy between partners?

Which record format released in 1949 by RCA Victor Corporation allowed a listener to load a stack of singles?

Tin Pan Alley was technically a stretch of a street in the heart of the 19th-century music publishing industry:

Who invented the phonograph?

Which country blues artist's playing was so remarkable that stories circulated claiming he sold his soul to the devil?

Which honky-tonk artist recorded “The Wild Side of Life?”