Unit 1 History of Rock 'n' Roll

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

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.

Songwriters often wrote music focused on themes in teenage life.

Elvis was not influenced by R & B and crooners

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

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

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

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

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

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

All of these artists performed surf music EXCEPT

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

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

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

What is the structural form of 12-Bar blues?

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

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

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

When did Bob Dylan go electric?

An example of the communal folk culture is which song?

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

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

Performed by The Ronettes and produced by Phil Spector, this song includes his "wall of sound"

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

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

Billy Hayley and His Comets started in which genre?

What happened on "The Day that Music Died"?

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

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?

Songwriters and producers became more famous in the early 1950s

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

A characteristic of the Beach Boys soundprint is...

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

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

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

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

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

Rockabilly is a merger of which two genres?

All of these singers were also songwriters EXCEPT

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

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

Which genre is defined as "authentic, more artistic; harder, more aggressive & improvisatory"?

Folk Revival began in the 1940s

What does SHMRFT stand for?

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

Which genre is labelled as 2nd generation rock?

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

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