Popular music

Storyville was the name of

the district of new orleans where prostitution was legal

The Golden Gate Quartet sang an early version of which musical style?

Doo-wop

"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" is about nuclear fallout.

False

The Beach Boys' first number 1 hit was:

I get around

all of the following are cover songs EXCEPT:

I want to hold your hand

_________________ was a Methodist minister and composer pf the song "Stand By Me"

Charles Albert Tindley

All of the following artists were killed in the same plane crash EXCEPT:

Eddie Cochran

Elvis's first notorious hip-swiveling performance occurred on which television show?

The Milton Berle Show

Leiber and Stoller wrote a number of hit songs for the Drifters.

True

"I Got Rhythm" was George Gershwin's first major hit at age twenty-two.

false

Ragtime features a steady right hand melody and a syncopated left hand accompaniment.

false

Which white bandleader wanted to "make a lady out of jazz"?

paul whiteman

What technique is heard in this recording? (Earl's Breakdown)

peg tuning

Which of the following was NOT a factor in the rise of hillbilly music?

the creation of race records

Which artist's career was NOT launched by American Bandstand?

Jackie Brenston

Brian Wilson originally wrote "Don't Worry Baby" for:

Phil spector

Louis Jordan's music had crossover appeal with white audiences.

True

Mickey Dolenz and Davy Jones both had professional acting backgrounds.

True

This urban blues singer recorded 180 sides for Columbia records and was notably called the "Empress of Blues."

bessie smith

Which record label was owned and operated by African Americans?

black swan

What term best describes the vocal technique heard on words such as "oh," "go," and "Chicago"? Sweet Home Chicago

blue notes

Count Basie's piano style was influenced by:

boogie woogie

This style of piano playing is based on what other type of music? (Whole Lotta Shakin' Going on)

boogie woogie

By the middle of the 1920s, what city was the dominant center for jazz?

chicago

Due to a contract dispute, who was listed as the author of many of Stephen Foster's songs until the 1870s?

e.p. christy

Sentimental songs were written to stir feelings of national pride during the Civil War.

false

Sidney Bechet was an early successful jazz trombonist.

false

The Grand Ole Opry is named for one of the musicians who performed on the program.

false

Home music playing in nineteenth century focused on which instrument?

piano

All of the following were important in Duke Ellington's music EXCEPT:

piano comping

Benny Goodman's band first became famous by:

playing on the let's dance radio show

What technique or instrument is frequently heard in this recording?

plunger mute

Most girl groups achieved crossover success on the:

pop and rhythm and blues charts

What event resulted in many Creoles of Color to begin playing music with black musicians?

the institution of separate but equal laws

Most composers who wrote for revues came from the Tin Pan Alley tradition.

true

The vast majority of blackface minstrel songs were in verse-chorus form, and the music was neither African nor African American.

true

Hank Williams was fired from the Grand Ole Opry.

true

All of the following are audible in this recording EXCEPT: Lester Leaps In

trumpet solo by Cootie Williams

Which of the following songs is NOT by Stephen Foster?

turkey in the straw

African American swing bands were just as commercially successful as white swing bands.

false

The rural blues were developed in Chicago.

false

There is no call and response in this piece. West End Blues

false

Which of the following is NOT found in honky tonk music?

fundamental christian lyrics

Ralph Peer recorded all of these musicians EXCEPT:

gene autry

Who was the first host of the Grand Ole Opry?

george d hay

Who first developed the revue?

george lederer

Which of the following is NOT considered a standard?

give me jesus

Aretha Franklin grew up singing which style of music?

gospel

What vocal technique is heard in this song on words such as "well," "love," and "Peggy" (Peggy Sue)

hiccuping

All of the following were subgenres or styles of country music EXCEPT:

hillbilly

In 1949, what term did the Billboard charts use to replace "race records"?

rhythm and blues

This song is an example of: (Maybellene)

rhythm and blues

The Kansas City style of jazz includes all of the following EXCEPT:

soprano saxophone solos

What prompted the success of Bill Haley's version of "Rock Around the Clock?"

the group appeared in the film Blackboard Jungle

The group performing in this track was: (Green Onions)

the house band for stax

Scott Joplin's piano rags are in the form of ___.

the march

The form AABBACCDD best describes:

the march

How did ragtime earn its name?

the melodies were syncopated, or "ragged"

Guitar players would create blue notes on their instrument by using a bottleneck.

true

James Bland was an African American composer of coon songs.

true

Jimmie Rodgers had been a vaudeville performer before he became a country music singer.

true

Who produced nearly all of the Beatles' recordings?

George Martin

Buddy Holly's unique guitar sound was a result of what factor?

He played a solid-body guitar

Your Hit Parade was sponsored by:

Lucky Strike Cigarettes

The Rolling Stones got their name from a song by what blues artist?

Muddy Waters

The composer of this song is: (Some Enchanted Evening)

Rodgers and Hammerstien

Which artist began his career as a gospel singer?

Sam Cooke

All of these bands were one-hit wonders EXCEPT:

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

The Flatt and Scruggs song "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" was written for what television show?

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beatles stopped touring in 1966

True

Backbeat delivery is characterized by:

emphasis on beats 2 and 4

Jim Crow was a famous actor and songwriter in Christy's Minstrels.

false

Many of Benny Goodman's orchestral arrangements were created by Paul Whiteman.

false

Most arranged blues songs were in the form of the 12-bar blues.

false

Most book musicals take place over a period of many months or years.

false

Most country and western musicians were members of ASCAP.

false

My Wild Irish Rose, Meet Me In St. Louis, and Daisy Bell were all piano rags.

false

Old Man Blues is in 12-bar blues form.

false

Leadbelly's music was recorded by?

folklorists

"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" features:

fuzzbox

All of the following songs are patriotic parlor songs EXCEPT:

jeannie with the light brown hair

Who was one of the first musicians to create written notations of jazz?

jelly roll morton

What Musical style is heard in this excerpt? (Choo Choo Ch Boogie)

jump blues

The Grand Ole Opry was broadcast from:

nashville

The Ziegfeld Follies is an example of a:

revue

Teen idol singers went through a rigorous audition process to prove their singing skills.

False

The Foggy Mountain Boys played a regular morning spot on WLS in Chicago.

False

Critics and journalists called Frank Sinatra a:

swooner

Which of the following was NOT an early name of the Beatles?

The Crickets

All of the following dances were inspired by the Twist Except

The Duck Walk

At the Newport Folk Festival, Bob Dylan was backed by:

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Most of the Beatles' early recordings were completed in one take.

True

Most of the Byrds' earliest recordings were covers of folk songs.

True

Which of the following composers also wrote his own lyrics?

cole porter

Honky tonk music is performed in a subdued, intimate style.

false

All of the following instruments were heard in a blackface minstrel show EXCEPT:

harmonica

Woody Guthrie was the first artist establish a connection between folk music and:

left-wing politics

Who was known for performing the Carter scratch?

maybelle carter

Coon songs focused on:

negative stereotypes of black males

Tin Pan Alley was a music publishing district in:

new york

This song includes all of the following EXCEPT: (Louie Louie)

obscene lyrics

George and Ira Gershwin wrote all of the following songs EXCEPT:

ol' man river

"The Twist" promoted what style of dancing?

open

What was the single most important way to promote popular music during the swing era?

radio

Bill Monroe was influenced by all of the following EXCEPT:

ragtime

Who was one of the first people to record hillbilly music?

ralph peer

"Race records" is another term for?

records produced by and marketed toward African Americans

Boogie woogie music provided the soundtrack for?

rent parties in Chicago

What vocal technique is heard in this recording? West End Blues

scatting

Producers were responsible for all of the following EXCEPT:

singing

Vaudeville performances included:

singing, dancing, comedy, and skits

Instrumental musicians performed blue notes by incorporating

smears

The most popular type of bands in the 1920s were known as:

society syncopators

This song features all of the following EXCEPT: (Baby Love)

the temptation walk

All of the following were important factors in the creation of jazz EXCEPT:

tin pan alley

Which of the following people was NOT a member of Duke Ellington's band?

tommy dorsey

"I Got Rhythm" was more famous than the musical in which it first appeared.

true

Most society syncopator groups did NOT have the word "jazz" in their names.

true

New Orleans was a racially and ethnically diverse city at the turn of the twentieth century.

true

Stephen Foster was initially embarrassed to be associated with blackface minstrelsy.

true

What type of instrumental playing is heard in this excerpt? (Foggy Mountain Breakdown)

Three finger

This song was written by: (Last Train to Clarksville)

Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

Bill Monroe's first band included only his brothers.

True

Buddy Holly never had a single appear on the country music charts.

True

Chubby Checker was the only African American musician who became famous by performing on American Bandstand.

True

Chubby Wise was the fiddler for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys.

True

Dick Clark was never accused of taking payola.

True

Which of these singers was most notable for the scat style of delivery?

Louis Armstrong

What vocal style is heard in this recording? Anything Goes

crooning

Johnny Cash originally auditioned for Sun Records as a gospel singer.

True

Lester Flatt invented the G run.

True

The A&R man was primarily responsible for hiring and firing musicians, not producing recordings.

True

What vocal technique does the singer frequently use in this song? (Take My Hand, Precious Lord)

melisma

Garage bands included all of the following EXCEPT:

mostly original music

Most members of garage bands were:

teenage boys

"Lips that Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine" is a song about:

temperance movement

Paul Revere and the Raiders were the musical hosts of:

Where the Action is

Leiber and Stoller produced all of the following songs EXCEPT:

You've lost that loving feeling

Hank Williams began his career on:

louisiana hayride

Who recorded the first commercially successful example of the urban blues?

mamie smith

Christy's Minstrels performed for seven years at which New York venue?

mechanic's hall

This song includes all of the following EXEPT: (Last Train to Clarksville)

mistakes that were left in the final recording

What term best describes the relationship between the singer and the guitar at the end of each vocal phrase? Sweet Home Chicago

call and response

What guitar technique is heard here throughout this song? Can the Circle be Unbroken

the carter scratch

Boogie woogie is another term for ragtime.

false

Broadside ballads contained music notation and lyrics.

false

Buddy Bolden traveled to Chicago to play alongside King Oliver.

false

Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Robert Johnson all played in the urban blues style.

false

Dixieland jazz frequently featured the tenor saxophone.

false

Funeral music in New Orleans was always played in a slow, dirge-like style.

false

Hank Williams only recorded and performed songs that he had written.

false

The first commercially successful Dixieland group was:

the original dixieland jazz band

Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to jazz's migration out of New Orleans?

the repeal of jim crow laws

Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, and Rudy Vallee were vaudeville performers who made money performing Tin Pan Alley songs.

true

Charles Harris published his music himself.

true

"What Is This Thing Called Love," "Night and Day," "Begin the Beguine," and "Just One of Those Things" are all songs by Irving Berlin.

false

Benny Goodman composed "Sing, Sing, Sing."

false

What is this style of left-hand piano playing called? Maple Leaf Rag

stride

All Brill Building songs were written at the request of a specific singer.

False

Which song was investigated by the FCC?

Louie Louie

Simon and Garfunkel refused to use amplified instruments.

False

Which of the following was NOT a musical by Richard Rodgers?

show boat

Southern soul features all of the following EXCEPT:

songs written by HDH

How did many popular singers in the 1940s begin their careers?

Singing with a big band

Which of the following songs is by Otis Redding?

Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay

Colonel Tom Parker involved Elvis in all of the following EXCEPT:

Songwriting

Which of the following artists did NOT sing on the show Your Hit Parade?

Perry Como

Which of the following was the Beatles' first full-length album?

Please Please Me

One of the first composers of songs for blackface minstrel shows was:

dan emmett

The record companies Okeh, Victor, and Atlantic all marketed race records.

true

This song is a reworking of what Chuck Berry Song? (Surfin' USA - The Beach Boys)

Sweet little sixteen

All of the following were vocal harmony groups EXCEPT:

The Fisk Jubilee Singers

"White Christmas" was the biggest hit of all time on Your Hit Parade.

True

Alan Freed used the phrase "rock and roll" to describe the African American popular music that he was playing.

True

Don Kirshner oversaw the music for The Monkees television show.

True

Which of these instruments is NOT found in a string band?

harmonica

The very first version of "Tennessee Waltz" was:

a country and western song

All of the following influenced the inexpensive dissemination of rock and roll EXEPT:

the Hammond B-3 organ

Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Mamie Smith were urban blues singers.

true

Song pluggers would pay children to sing their songs on street corners.

true

Songs in 32-bar song form follow an AABA form for the lyrics.

true

Richard Rodgers worked with both Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein.

true

Who wrote most of the music that the Rolling Stones recorded during the early 1960s?

The songs were covers of American blues music.

Aftermath included all of these instruments EXCEPT:

cello

Doris Day was also a prolific film actress.

True

Florence Ballard was originally the lead singer of the Supremes.

True

Stax was a subsidiary of Motown.

False

The Ink Spots and the Golden Gate Quartet were racially integrated groups.

False

The Monkees were created to emulate the Rolling Stones.

False

The Monkees were the brainchild of Dick Clark.

False

The film Bonnie and Clyde included music by Ralph and Carter Stanley.

False

The instrument heard in this recordingis a steel guitar. (Come On-A My House)

False

The membership of girl groups was integrated.

False

The rhythm guitar plays most of the melodies.

False

The songs "Sugar Sugar" and "Bang Shang a Lang" were recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders.

False

Which of the following was typical for a doo-wop group?

Four male singers

How did Thomas Dorsey firts promote his gospel music?

He and Mahalia Jackson would stand on a street corner and perform the music.

Which of the following styles did NOT influence rockabilly music?

Ragtime

Bob Dylan's birth name is Woodrow Wilson Dylan.

False

Aside from Monday evenings, what time of day did American Bandstand air?

afternoon

Most parlor songs included:

relatively simple piano accompaniment

"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" was recorded by the Boswell Sisters.

False

"Great Balls of Fire" was composed by Jerry Lee Lewis.

False

All of the following songwriters worked for Motown EXCEPT:

Otis Redding

In the urban blues, a singer was accompanied by?

a piano or a small combo

"Alexander's Ragtime Band" is an example of:

a tin pan alley song

Ella Fitzgerald's first famous recording was:

a tisket, a tasket

The first successful, urban blues recording, selling more than 75,000 copies, was made in what year?

1920

The first commercial recordings of hillbilly music were made in the:

1920s

The Golden Age of the American Musical began in the:

1930s

Count Basie's band began playing at New York's Famous Door in:

1938

In what year did Bill Monroe earn his regular spot on the Grand Ole Opry?

1939

What year did Frank Sinatra's performance cause a riot in Times Square?

1944

The classic version of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys existed from:

1945-1948

Flatt and Scruggs formed the Foggy Mountain Boys in:

1948

"Shake, Rattle, and Roll" was recorded in:

1954

The first major Tin Pan Alley hit was:

after the ball

Dick Clark began hosting American Bandstand in:

1957

"The Day the Music Died" happened in which year?

1959

Berry Gordy, Jr. started motown in:

1959

In what year did the Beatles first visit the United States?

1964

The Rolling Stones first visited the United States in:

1964

The Monkees television show premiered in:

1966

The payola scandal ended the career of What disc jockey?

Alan Freed

What was the name of the publishing house that produced "Brill Building" rock?

Aldon Music

Most Tin Pan Alley songs were in:

verse-chorus form

Which of the following was NOT a club that Beatles played in between 1960 - 1962?

CBGB

Who was Sam Phillips's next major rockabilly star after Elvis?

Carl Perkins

This song was written by: (Take Good Care of my baby)

Carole King and Gerry Goffin

Most of the singing in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys was performed by:

Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt

Which of the following was NOT a Hollywood film featuring Elvis?

Blackboard Jungle

Which of these songs was written by Bill Monroe?

Blue Moon of Kentucky

"Blowin' in the Wind" was written by:

Bob Dylan

During a final chorus, the members of a doo-wop group would sing the same melody in unison.

False

Frank Sinatra began his career by singing with Count Basie's orchestra?

False

Gospel music was influenced by the Catholic Church

False

It was illegal for a disc jockey to accept payola during the 1950s.

False

Jerry Lee Lewis made his debut on the Ed Sullivan Show.

False

Most popular singers, during the 1940s and 1950s, wrote all of their own songs.

False

Phil Spector's wall of sound included one drum set, one piano, and one bass.

False

Record companies held the singers responsible for the way the record sounded.

False

Which of the following artists did NOT record for Atlantic?

Diana Ross

Which of the following songs was NOT recorded by Johnny Cash for Sun Records?

"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"

What was Elvis's first recording for RCA?

"Heartbreak Hotel"

Which of the following Elvis songs did Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller write?

"Hound Dog"

Which recording was the first to be number 1 on the pop, country, and rhythm and blues charts simultaneously?

"Hound Dog"

Which of the following songs was NOT re-recorded with sanitized lyrics by cover artist Pat Boone?

"Rock Around the Clock"

Which of the following songs includes vocables?

"Sh'boom"

Which song was written by the members of the Monkees?

"The Girl I Knew Somewhere"

What was Jerry Lee Lewis's nickname?

"The Killer"

Which of the following was NOT by Louis Jordan?

"We Will Understand It Better By and By"

Chuck Berry performed his famous _________ during his guitar solos.

"duck walk"

How many singers are performing in this recording? (Tennessee Waltz)

1

What is the form of this piece? West End Blues

12-bar blues

The first full-length minstrel show was performed in the:

1840s

Johnny Cash left Sun Records and signed with:

Columbia

Which of the following artists performed sweet soul?

Ben E.King

Who was the original performer of this song? (Shake, Rattle, and Roll)

Big Joe Turner

Which artist is considered the primary forerunner of rockabilly music?

Bill Haley

The first commercially successful Dixieland recording was made in:

1917

How many times did "The Twist" chart during the 1960s?

2

This song is a: (Blue Moon of Kentucky)

waltz

Which of the following best describes the rhythm of this piece? After the Ball

waltz

Which of the following was a song by Irving Berlin?

white christmas

What vocal technique is heard in this recording? T for Texas

yodeling

Earl Scruggs's style of banjo playing requires how many fingers?

3

Which singer was confined to a wheelchair due to contracting polio as a child?

Connee Boswell

All of these groups recorded "Louie Louie" EXCEPT:

Count Five

Who encouraged the Beatles to Wear matching suits and have matching haircuts?

Brian Epstien

Who was the manager of the Beatles from 1962 to 1967?

Brian Epstien

All of these artists recorded for Sun Records EXCEPT:

Buddy Holly

Double-tracking was a technique frequently used by:

Buddy Holly

Paul Anka founded Aldon Music.

False

Paul Revere and the Raiders wore replicas of United States Army uniforms from World War II.

False

Paul Revere and the Raiders wrote almost all of their own music.

False

Which guitarist recorded this song in 1962? (Miserlou)

Dick Dale

What was the name of the recording studio started by Sam Phillips?

Sun Records

The members of girl groups were interchangeable and could be fired at a moment's notice.

True

The name "doo-wop" comes from syllables of text that groups sang.

True

This song was written by Otis Redding. (Respect)

True

Which song features a sitar?

Paint It Black

A breakdown contains no lyrics.

True

"St. Louis Blues" is an example of?

arranged blues

Which singer frequently used the technique of overdubbing?

Patti Page

Who produced this song? (Da Doo Ron Ron)

Phil Spector

Which one of these people became the vice president of Motown in 1961?

Smokey Robinson

Who wrote and produced this song? (The way you do the things you do)

Smokey Robinson

"Mersey beat" is another term for "back beat."

True

Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney both had their own television shows.

True

Phil Spector frequently employed doubling in his recordings.

True

The first commercially successful Tin Pan Alley song was written in __.

1892

Colonel Tom Parker sold Elvis's contract to RCA in:

1955

in what year did Paul McCartney dissolve the Beatles' partnership?

1970

Surf rock was invented in:

Southern California

Memphis Minnie was a rural blues singer.

true

Rockabilly music was no longer popular after the 1950s.

False

Phil Spector received his early training from:

Leiber and Stoller

Who said, "We don't write songs, we write records"?

Leiber and Stoller

Who wrote and produced this song? (Yakety Yak)

Lieber and Stoller

Woody Guthrie traveled and collected songs in the American South during the Great Depression.

False

"Maybellene" is based on a country and western song.

True

This song is an adaptation of what other type of music?

gospel

Gene Autry performed in all of these mediums EXCEPT:

vaudeville

Many urban blues singers began their careers as?

vaudeville performers

Most country music comes from musical traditions of the British Isles.

True

Most of Bob Dylan's early songs dealt with specific situations or people.

True

Most performances on American Bandstand were lip-synched.

True

Race records included gospel music, vocal harmony groups, and rhythm and blues music.

True

The Monkees outsold the Rolling Stones and the Beatles in 1967.

True

The Rolling Stones recorded songs that had been written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

True

The form of the instrumental solo in this song is based on the twelve-bar blues. (That'll be the Day)

True

Top 40 Radio played the top 40 songs at least once every 24 hours.

True

Most of Jelly Roll Morton's music was recorded by:

alan lomax

To entice vaudeville performers to sing their songs, song pluggers used all of the following tactics EXCEPT:

allowing them to help compose the songs

Big bands included all of the following instruments EXCEPT:

banjo

Who composed the song "Dixie"?

dan emmett

Duke Ellington's orchestra played at the Cotton Club.

true

Fletcher Henderson began his musical career with Black Swan Records.

true

Gene Autry and Roy Rogers were known as "singing cowboys."

true

All of the Beatles' songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

False

Aretha Franklin wrote all of her own songs.

False

Bill Haley is listed as co-author of "Maybellene."

False

Bill Monroe was a singer and did NOT play any instruments.

False

Booker T and the MGs played from notated arrangements.

False

Motown is located in Nashville.

False

New gospel songs during the 1940s and 1950s were often called "Tindleys"

False

None of the members of the Monkees had ever sung before they were cast in the group.

False

Phil Spector recorded the vocalists' singing before he recorded the instruments.

False

Stephen Foster first became famous by composing music for:

minstrel shows

Which label was known for the "Southern soul" style of music?

Atlantic

The transistor radio was developed by:

Bell Laboratory

"Hound Dog" was first recorded by:

Big Mama Thornton

After World War II, swing bands increased in popularity and membership numbers.

False

After the payola scandal, the FCC decreased the level of control and supervision that it exercised over radio stations.

False

Alan Freed called himself the Rhythm and Blues King.

False

Which of these artists performed covers almost exclusively?

Bill Haley

All of these teams wrote songs for Aldon Music EXCEPT:

Tony Orlando and Bobby Vinton

Phil Spector produced music for all of these groups EXCEPT:

the Pendeltones

The Hutchinsons were a blackface minstrel troupe

false

The spoken text of a book musical comes from the:

libretto

Generally, the term "book musical" is synonymous with "Broadway musical."

true

George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin were all composers of Tin Pan Alley songs early in their careers.

true

Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and George Gershwin all began their careers as composers of songs for Tin Pan Alley.

true

Kid Ory was known for his "tailgate trombone" style of playing.

true

Most parlor songs were in verse-chorus form.

true

Which of the following people was NOT a songwriter?

Bobby Rydell

This song was written by: (The Tambourine Man)

Bob Dylan

Which musician started his career as the member of a Buddy Holly-styled rockabilly band?

Bobby Vee