American Music Final Study

Dolly Parton used her hit single as the theme song to the movie and later a Broadway musical by the same name about sexual harassment in the work place towards women

"9 to 5"

the song that became Georgia's state song as an apology for ray charles "banning incident"

"Georgia on my mind"

Jazz pianist Herbie Hancock had a "breakout" hit in 1982 with the song

"Rockit" that used robotics and record scratching to live up to its album title, Future Shock.

Supposedly named after a line of women's antiperspirant by Mennen, the band's lead singer became the "voice of a generation" with this song...

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana was one of the first grunge (or post- punk) songs.

What genre is considered to have been "controlled" by Disney media in the 2000s with acts like Hannah Montana, The Cheetah Girls and former Mickey Mouse Club House actors Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Britney Spears

"Teen pop"

Buddy Hollys big hit-

"That'll be the day"

The first video ever shown on MTV was

"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles on August 1, 1981.

The first charity rock project was actually "Do they know it's Christmas" by Boomtown Rats. However, most Americans remember the first charity rock song being...

"We are the World" written by Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson which was produced by Quincy Jones

"Shaft" by Isaac Hayes was an example of

"blacksploitation" movie themes popular in the 70s.

1985, a New York Times article declared country music "dead". However, The year 1986 brought forth several new artists who performed in traditional country styles, such as honky-tonk sparked a movement in country music called

"new traditionalist" movement featuring artist like Reba McEntire, Dwight Yoakam, Randy Travis, and Ricky Van Shelton.

Mozarts final work

"requiem"

Jazz subgenre created by Charlie Parker

Bebop

co writer of most of Elton Johns songs

Bernie Topin

Early 1990s musical groups like this Philadelphia all male group in R&B re-popularized classic soul - inspired vocal harmonies.

Boyz II Men

In 2005, a Checotah, Oklahoma native, became the first American Idol winner to record primarily singing country music, instead of pop, rap or rhythm and blues.

Carrie Underwood

Artist like Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, and Shakira are examples of...

Cross over artist which found success in avenues outside of music specifically in films and other industries like fashion.

Two individuals who were involved at the beginning of the radio industry and were also influential during the rebound of the recording industry were

David Sarnoff of RCA Victor and William S. Paley of Columbia Records.

The song "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy, produced by The Bomb Squad, is an example of

East Coast Rap.

A genre of music which utilized style from the "punk" movement of the 1980s and 1990s, yet profited heavily in the fashion industries with stores like Hot Topic selling skinny jeans, black eyeliner, tight t-shirts with band names, studded belts, and flat, straight, jet-black hair with long bangs.

Emo Rock

Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic provided a template for modern gangster rap by

Featuring artist and collaborations with artist Snoop Dogg which was not seen in other genres during the 1990s

Social networking sites such as MySpace and Purevolume enabled amateur artists to promote their music, and thanks to the internet, many underground unsigned artists become discovered and well known amongst alternative subcultures called

Garage Rock with bands like The Strokes and The White Stripes

music genres that influenced the accordion in tejano music

German and Czechoslovakian

The record industry in the 90s allowed Punk music to break into the mainstream with the release of the 1994 album "Dookie" by

Green Day

The band No Doubt, fronted by what female vocalist, music addressed political issues of the inequities of women in society and culture.

Gwen Stefani

His 1989 hit "There's a Tear in My Beer" was a duet with what father and son country artist allowing...

Hank Williams, Jr. to perform with his father Hank Williams using electronic merging technology impressed the recordings of Williams, which then made it appear as if Hank Jr. was actually playing with his father.

What genre gained the most notoriety as a "legit genre" with the emergence of crunk and snap during the 2000s...

Hip- Hop/Rap thanks to artist like Eminem, OutKast, Nelly, Jay - Z, and Kanye West

The 1990s saw a movement of singer-songwriters not seen since the late 1960s early 1970s. However, this 1995 album became the second highest selling album of all time by a woman influencing later women singer - song writers like Taylor Swift

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette

2nd lead singer of motley crew

John Corabi

Writer of "ring of fire"

June Carter not Johnny Cash

This 1998 hip-hop album was nominated for 10 Grammy's, winning 5, and eventually went on to sell 19 million copies worldwide.

Lauryn Hill's album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

The popularity of grunge music became known as "Alternative Rock" in mass culture which

Led to major record labels signing and promoting bands that were emulating the grunge genre

The metal genre found mainstream success in the 1990s thanks to the release of what album, which today still is on the billboard top 100 album sales list.

Metallica's 1991 "Black" Album

Creator of the Woodstock festival

Micheal Long

A peer - to - peer file sharing system began in 1999 which changed how we obtain music is was called

NAPSTER which was in 2001 shut down due to copyright laws and fines included $26 Million USD to the record labels and artist along with a $10 Million dollar licensing fee to continue the service

Bad Boy records was spearheaded by

Notorious big and Puff daddy

A genre of music which is considered to be part of the idea of "toxic masculinity" is at its height embracing violence and anti-authority behavior

Nu Metal

A genre of "Radio and Music Video friendly" rock music in the 2000s designed to hook in young teens with artist like Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson, and Good Charlotte...

Pop Rock

Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl's new band, the Foo Fighters, helped popularize the genre and define its parameters

Post - Grunge Era

Thanks to mainstream success of Latin Artist like Ricky Martin and Shakira, a new music genre blends West-Indian music influences of reggae and dancehall with those of Latin America, such as bomba, plena, salsa, merengue, Latin pop, cumbia and bachata as well as that of hip hop, contemporary R&B, and electronica featuring artist like Daddy Yankee and Don Omar

Reggaeton

Considered to be the "Queen of Tejano Music" this Texas artist and her siblings found fame in popular music as cross over artist Mexico and The United States.

Selena y Los Dinos

Aretha Franklins husband-

Ted White

What event changed the world for American's in the 2000s including life, music, popular culture, and politics?

The 9/11 attacks in 2001, which influenced military conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq over the past 20 years

Although some argue that the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds was the first "concept" album, the more commonly accepted album is

The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Three groups that were a part of the First British Invasion were

The Beatles, The Who, and The Rolling Stones

The one truth in Purple Rain-

The Lisa and Wendy segment

Max Yasgur's farm was the site of what 1969 Festival?

The Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969.

The Pearl Jam song "Jeremy" from the "10" album discusses what social issues

The bullying culture in school and teenage depression

What daily life change occurred in the 2000s which changed how Americans listen to music?

The invention of the smart phone with 85% of Americans owning a cell phone by 2009

MTV Saw the average air time for videos drop from 8 hours a day in 2000 to 3 hours a day by 2008 due to...

The rise of social media and streaming websites like YouTube as an outlet for the promotion and viewing of music videos along with the rise of reality shows popularity.

Until recently unseated by a greatest hits collection of The Eagles, the top selling album of all time was

Thriller by Michael Jackson, produced by Quincy Jones

The three great eras in American popular music are

Tin Pan Alley, Post WWII genres, streaming music.

singer turned Buddhist after suicide attempt

Tina turner

A popular movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger, popularized the soundtrack for the movie featuring country artist Johnny Lee, The Charlie Daniels Band, and Kenny Rogers

Urban Cowboy

According to the RIAA, this female artist is the best-selling female R&B artist of the 20th century.

Whitney Houston

The fusion of European artistic sensibilities with rock instruments and sound is called

art rock.

Although club CBGB helped launch the careers of punk bands such as The Ramones and Blondie, its name actually meant

country, bluegrass and blues.

Snow job meaning-

emptying a rubes wallet while leaving a smile on his face

The "message music" of the 60s was found in music of artist of like Bob Dylan or the Mama's and the Papa's

folk and folk-rock

"I can only imagine" symbolizes-

forgiveness and change

Androgyny, a term drawn from the Greek for man and woman, was fundamental to the musical genre

glam, or glitter, rock

Late 90s groups such as Prodigy, the Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, and Underworld found success

harnessing "rave" energy to pop appeal

The late 70s style of music that absolutely rejected the "peace and love" ethos of the 60s was

heavy metal.

Smokey Robinson's understanding of Top 40 Format included the fact that,

if an artist hoped to achieve regular airplay, a song should not be over 2-3 minutes in length.

Country blues can be distinguished from city, or classic, blues by...

irregularity of form and the singing styles and rhythms of the fields and work gangs.

R & B was considered unsuitable for the mainstream market in the 1950s,1960s, and 1970s because

of the insistent rhythm, lack of radio air time, and suggestive content.

As rap became a major corporate enterprise in the 1990s known as "executive rap", the most successful artists

often played multiple roles such as performing artist, writer, producer and label head.

One criticism of the recording industry during the 90s and early 2000s with the R&B music was

placing too much emphasis (and money) on superstar performers such Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston and the hit singles they produced.

In the post-world war II era of music, some of the technological advances that helped independent record labels to survive were...

tape recording, the transistor and 33 and 45rpm records.

"Payola" or "pay-for-play" refers to what prior to the #MeToo movement

the long-time practice of offering financial, sexual or other personal inducements in return for promotion of a record.

1996 was termed pop music's "Year of the Woman" by some due to the success of many female artist's at once, and this occurred again in 1999 when

women swept the Grammy awards .