American Popular Music MidTerm Quiz

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

What is the standard form of Tin Pan Alley songs?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In what way was Benny Goodman forward looking?

Who invented the phonograph?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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