Chapter 9 Music

Which term refers to the mass adulation surrounding the Beatles?

Beatlemania

Who did not perform as a member of the Beatles?

Brian Epstein

Which surf guitarist was known for a characteristic "wet" sound, lead the Del-Tones, and was known for songs like "Pipeline" and "Misirlou"?

Dick Dale

Ernest Evans (Chubby Checker) was a successful recording artist as a teenager; established himself by the early 1960s as a songwriter and producer working behind the scenes of rock 'n' roll; and founded his independent label, Philles Records, at age 21.

False

The Beatles musical style remained virtually the same throughout their relatively short career.

False

Which is true about "The Twist"?

It was essentially an individual, noncontact dance without any real steps generally done by a boy-girl couple facing one another.

The _______ were a 1960s singing group that inspired the Broadway musical, and later movie, Dreamgirls, that presents a fictionalized account of their career and success story.

Supremes

What was the name of Motown's house band in the 1960s that featured bass player James Jamerson, drummer Benny Benjamin, and keyboardist Earl Van Dyke?

The Funk Brothers

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

The Supremes

"My Girl," composed and produced by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, performed by the Temptations, and released 1965, is an example of the "Motown sound."

True

In addition to the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, and the Kinks were bands of the "British Invasion" that retained substantial long-term popular success.

True

The "California sound" of the early 1960s grew out of an influential style known as "surf guitar" that was developed by Dick Dale (b. 1937) and his band the Del-Tones.

True

The Beach Boys first Top 10 hit, "Surfin' USA" (1963), borrows the music of Chuck Berry's 1958 hit "Sweet Little Sixteen" as a setting for the new beach craze.

True

The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds can be characterized as a "concept album," comprising a cycle of songs that charts a progression from youthful optimism to philosophical and emotional disillusionment.

True

The Brill Building was a famous New York City building where aspiring songwriters were employed in cubicles with pianos, packed tightly together, turning out songs for large numbers of artists and (mostly indie) labels.

True

A _______ album is a term used to characterize an album that is conceived as an integrated whole, with interrelated songs arranged in a deliberate sequence.

concept

Which Los Angeles-born trumpeter and songwriter founded A&M Records, led the Tijuana Brass, and was known for such hits as "The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)" and "A Taste of Honey"?

Herb Alpert

The _______ sound was the musical style created by songwriter and producer, Berry Gordy Jr., in Detroit during the 1960s.

Motown

What was the name of the record label founded by Phil Spector?

Philles

Which is not true about the Beatles' Number 1 hit from 1964, "A Hard Day's Night"? Group of answer choices

The song features flamenco guitar, castanets, and other "exotic" elements.

"Yesterday," written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, was unusual for its solo voice arrangement with guitar and string ensemble but enjoyed the most wide-ranging and enduring popularity of any of their songs.

True

Brian _______ (b. 1942) formed the Beach Boys with his two brothers, a cousin, and a friend in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

Wilson

What was the name by which the studio musicians with whom Phil Spector worked regularly at Gold Star Studios became known?

Wrecking Crew

The "California sound" of the early 1960s was influenced by a performing style of guitar that incorporated lots of reverb, and rapid, descending tremolo, and was known as _______ music.

surf