Exam #2
Which Bill Haley song was used as theme music for the movie Blackboard Jungle?
"Rock Around the Clock"
An early hit for Little Richard was __________________________.
"Tutti Frutti"
The form of Ray Charles's "What I'd Say" (1959) is_________________________.
12-bar blues
The musical form of "Sh-Boom" (The Chords, 1954) is ___________________________.
AABA with intro, interlude, and ending
___________________ was a country artist whose band recorded one of the first rock and roll records ("Rock Around the Clock") in 1954.
Bill Haley and His Comets
Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" is very similar in rhythm to which of the following records?
Bo Diddley's "Bo Diddley"
The main creative force behind the Beach Boys' musical compositions and arrangements was ____________________.
Brian Wilson
On "The Day the Music Died" (February 3, 1959), the country mourned the losses of Ritchie Valens, "the Big Bopper" (J. P. Richardson), and __________________________.
Buddy Holly
Our recording of Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts" features saxophonist ______________________.
Charlie Parker
The electric blues moved from Mississippi to ___________________________.
Chicago
______________________ was the most covered artist of rock and roll; his songs were recorded by such groups as the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles.
Chuck Berry
Buddy Holly's most successful early recordings came out of the studio in _________________________.
Clovis, New Mexico
A popular cover version of the Chords's "Sh-Boom" was recorded by the ______________________.
Crew Cuts
________________________ and his Latin orchestra popularized Latin music and acculturation through the medium of television.
Desi Arnaz
In 1954, Sun Records recorded __________________________, who was said to be a "white man with the Negro feel."
Elvis Presley
________________________ sings "Some Enchanted Evening" in South Pacific.
Emile de Becque
"Crazy Man Crazy" (1953) was the first big hit of Elvis Presley.
F
"Crying in the Chapel" was a blues song before it hit the doo-wop charts.
F
According to the text, no rock-and-roll artist was more covered by the creators of rock than Little Richard.
F
Being an important figure of early rock and roll, it was Louis Jordan who coined the term "Rhythm and Blues."
F
Buddy Holly was born and raised in Clovis, New Mexico.
F
Carole King's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" marked an important step in the development of popular music because it was the first time a woman's perspective was represented musically.
F
Elvis first recorded in Memphis for RCA Victor Records.
F
Ike Turner played the electric guitar in his band.
F
In Muddy Waters's "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" (1954), he used the standard 12-bar blues form.
F
In doo-wop, the practice of using the voice to imitate instruments, especially percussive-sounding instruments, was borrowed from the white artists they were covering.
F
Jerry Wexler, Atlantic Records A & R man, coined the term "rock and roll."
F
Like their bluesmen predecessors from the Delta, Muddy Waters and others like him preferred to play the acoustic guitar.
F
Little Richard was known for his virtuoso guitar playing.
F
Louis Jordan's jump-band group was called the Tin Pan Alley Five.
F
One can credit the incredible musical talent of Ray Charles to his being blind from birth.
F
Our text states the style of "Rock Around the Clock" is Latin-tinged rock and roll.
F
Race records had strong sales and market share during the years of the Depression.
F
Ray Charles closed the circle begun by Jackie Brenston's gospel hits of bringing blues into sacred music.
F
Ray Charles's first hit was "I Can't Stop Loving You."
F
Rockabilly began as black southern music.
F
The Flamingos' hit song "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1959) was particularly big because it was an original song composed specifically for that group.
F
The crucial difference between R&B and rock and roll was race.
F
The musical sophistication for the Beach Boys was mainly the work of Carl Wilson.
F
The downtown Latin style was intended for the Latin community while the uptown Latin style was for the white American market.
False
The rumba evolved from an Afro-Cuban dance called the mambo.
False
The tango originated in Puerto Rico.
False
The two most important "mambo kings" mentioned in the text are Xavier Cugat and Perez Prado.
False
____________________ was New York's first important sonero.
Frank Grillo ("Machito")
____________________ included a habanera in his opera Carmen:
George Bizet
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" was originally written by __________________ and recorded by the Shirelles.
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
_________________was a very important influence on doo-wop.
Gospel
According to the text, which of the following is not a reason that bop was completely divorced from social dancing?
Its repertoire was totally newly-composed.
"Rocket 88, " recorded by ____________________, is considered by many to be the first rock-and-roll record.
Jackie Brenston
Elvis starred in __________________ before going into the U.S. Army.
Jailhouse Rock
_________________________ introduced the term "Rhythm and Blues" into the musical world.
Jerry Wexler
______________________ was a leading figure, composer, and arranger for the Modern Jazz Quartet.
John Lewis
Latin Music assimilated into American popular music in three stages. Which of the following is not included in the stages?
Latin styles helped influence the folk musicians as the two cultures could easily relate to living in the lower strata of society.
In the first stage of the assimilation of Latin styles into American popular music, ___________________________________.
Latin styles were seen and as exotic novelties
For which of the following artists/groups did Leiber and Stoller not write and produce?
Little Richard
Richard Rodgers's first partnership was with ____________________________.
Lorenz Hart
"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" was a big hit for _____________________________.
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Bebop started in _____________________________.
Minton's Playhouse in Harlem
Muddy Waters grew up in _______________________, where he soaked up the working experience that can be found in his music.
Mississippi
Which of the following singers set a new standard for the pop song?
Nat "King" Cole, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald
Leiber and Stoller's key rule for recording success included which of the following?
No more than 3 minutes 40 seconds, no less than 2 minutes 20 seconds.
The first collaboration of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II was __________________________.
Oklahoma
The biggest hit of 1955, "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White," was recorded by ____________________________.
Perez Prado
________________________ recording of "I Got a Woman" brought criticism when he bridged gospel music with secular blues music.
Ray Charles's
Frank Sinatra recorded for a couple different record labels before starting his own in 1960. His own record company was __________________________.
Reprise
Which of the following record companies launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley?
Sun
Surf music was responsible for two important sounds in the rock world: high-register close harmony vocals and _________________________________.
Surf music was responsible for two important sounds in the rock world: high-register close harmony vocals and _________________________________.
"I Only Have Eyes for You," by the Flamingos, was originally a foxtrot ballad.
T
"Rock Around the Clock" is considered by many as the first rock-and-roll record.
T
According to the text, shuffle rhythm was only occasionally used in rock-era songs.
T
Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" (1954) could be considered a "lite" version of rhythmic R&B.
T
By the early 1960s, many deemed rock and roll a fad that had run its course.
T
Chuck Berry spent two years in jail for violation of the Mann Act.
T
Chuck Berry's main instrument was the guitar.
T
Despite his lasting legacy, the musically significant part of Elvis's career lasted only three years.
T
Doo-wop died out suddenly around 1960.
T
Early race records were charted in Billboard magazine as "Harlem Hit Parade."
T
Electric blues migrated from Mississippi to Chicago.
T
Elvis's big hit, "Mystery Train" (1955) was actually a cover.
T
Leiber and Stoller wrote and produced "Jailhouse Rock" for Elvis Presley.
T
Like so many other blues men, Muddy Waters got his unique blues inspiration from the Mississippi Delta.
T
Little Walter played the harmonica.
T
Many doo-wop songs were, in effect, cover versions of existing songs.
T
Multitrack recording changed the modus operandi of rock recording.
T
Overdubbing is recording an additional part onto an existing recording.
T
Surf music helped create a real sense of place through its many recordings.
T
The "cover version" is a rock-era concept.
T
The Bo Diddley beat is the same as the clave pattern used in Afro-Cuban music.
T
The Payola scandal and ASCAP's urging of investigation into BMI led many people to view this as proof of the inherent corruption of rock and roll.
T
The hit song for the girl group The Shirelles, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow," was co-written by a woman.
T
The personnel makeup of the Beach Boys was three brothers, a cousin, and a friend.
T
Leiber and Stoller produced records for many hit groups. One of the most prominent was _______________________.
The Coasters
___________________ strongly influenced the sound of the Beach Boys' vocals.
The Four Freshmen
Jump-bands diverged from big-band swing in which of the following ways?
The shuffle replaced the four-beat swing rhythm.
According to the text, which of the following is one of the aspects that made doo-wop so accessible for white teens?
They heard familiarity in it from the Tin Pan Alley pop songs their parents listened to.
The two "Mambo Kings" mentioned in the text are ____________________________.
Tito Puente and Perez Prado
"El Manisero" was the first authentic Cuban song that enjoyed widespread popularity with American audiences.
True
A clave rhythm pattern usually consists of five irregularly-spaced taps spread over two four-beat measures.
True
The cha-cha-cha was the first of the twentieth-century Latin dance fads in the United States.
True
The habanera entered the United States by way of Mexico.
True
The success of golden-age musicals was in part due to their dramatic plots.
True
When a jazz pianist comps, he is playing chords intermittently to provide accents, oftentimes off the beat.
True
Third-stream music is _____________________________.
a fusion of classical and jazz music
Doo-wop is__________________________.
a pop-oriented R&B genre that typically featured remakes of popular standards or pop-style originals by black vocal groups
A standard is __________________________.
a song that has remained popular and retained its appeal well after its initial popularity
A cover version is __________________________.
a version of a song by someone other than the original artist
Leonard Bernstein was known for _________________________.
all of these are correct
During his first years in Chicago, Muddy Waters added ________________________ to his performance of the blues.
amplification and a full rhythm section
A montuno is _________________________.
an active pattern played by the piano
Which of the following is not a key innovation of bebop discussed in the text?
an unusual, novel instrumentation
A tumbao pattern is typically played by the ___________________.
bass
Which of the following is the style used in Gillespie's 1945 "Salt Peanuts"?
bebop
Numerous Doo Wop groups' names included those associated with _____________________.
birds
Payola refers to __________________________________.
bribe money paid to DJs to guarantee airplay for certain records on the radio
The _____________________ replaced the mambo as the Latin dance of choice in the United States.
cha-cha-cha
The first post-bop style to emerge was ____________________.
cool
Ray Charles defined the relationship between gospel and blues and also reached out to _________________________.
country and pop standards
Song interpretation involves excellent pacing as well as reshaping a melody with subtle changes; however, it begins with a (an) _________________________________.
distinctive vocal style
A primary reason for the frequent production of the golden-age musicals is their success as vehicles for cutting-edge scenic and lighting design.
f
During the 1950s, LP (long-playing) albums catered mainly to teens.
f
Elvis's hit song from 1957, "Jailhouse Rock," was actually from the movie, Blackboard Jungle.
f
Jump bands use smaller rhythm sections than big bands.
f
Little Richard's first big hits came from recording studios in his native Georgia.
f
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five became famous for their 1946 recording of "Chattanooga Choo-Choo."
f
The Modern Jazz Quartet featured performers on piano, bass, drums, and saxophone.
f
White covers of black recordings did not affect black artists' accessibility to white markets.
f
Before WWII, radio stations favored recordings over live programming.
false
Frank Sinatra started and ended his career as one of the biggest stars of Capitol Records.
false
Richard Rodgers's first songwriting partner was Oscar Hammerstein, II.
false
The 1945 recording "Salt Peanuts" featured tenor saxophonist, John Coltrane.
false
The Modern Jazz Quartet was a very popular group that only lasted a short while.
false
The Modern Jazz Quartet was made up of the typical jazz quartet instrumentation: piano, bass, drums, and guitar.
false
The mambo never really caught on because it wasn't well received by white audiences.
false
Tito Puente was born and raised in Puerto Rico and came to New York to seek his fame and fortune.
false
Doo-wop had its roots in _____________________.
gospel, pop, and rhythm and blues
The ___________________ is one of the first recorded instances of African influence on European music.
habanera
Elvis's early musical career (before 1958) was cut short due to __________________.
his enlistment in the U.S. Army
Doo-wop and scat singing have similarities in that they _____________________.
imitate instruments, especially percussive-sounding ones
Tito Puente's "Complicacion" marks an important development in Latin popular music in America because _____________________________.
it mixed big-band-style horns with a full Latin percussion section
Carole King's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" was important because ________________________.
it represented a woman's perspective in pop music
Two new recording formats that appeared in the late 1940s were __________________________.
long-playing (LP)¾33 rpm records and the 45rpm single
Which of the following Latin dances originated in the United States?
mambo
In Afro-Cuban music, a ____________________________ is a syncopated repeated phrase, usually played on the piano.
montuno
LP albums, appearing in the 1950s, featured which of the following types of music?
musical theater and classical
According to the text, the electric blues of the 1950s brought _____________________ into popular music.
nastier guitar sounds
Establishment figures viewed the Payola scandal and licensing investigations as proof _____________________.
of the inherent corruption of rock and roll
Highly popular singer Nat King Cole started his career as a ______________________.
pianist in a jazz trio
In jazz, comping for the pianist means __________________________.
playing chords intermittently to provide accents
Which of the following best describes the style of The Flamingo's 1959 recording of "I Only Have Eyes for You"?
pop ballad sung doo-wop style
Leiber/Stoller, Sam Phillips, and Norman Petty all fulfilled the role of _____________________.
producer
In the early days of recording labels, Okeh Records was known for ___________________.
race records
Rockabilly, according to Carl Perkins, is a country man's song with a black man's __________________________.
rhythm
According to the text, the postwar (post-WWII) market share of American popular music belonged to all the following styles except ______________________________.
rhythm and blues
According to the text, Elvis's early musical style was quintessentially __________________________.
rockabilly
Don Azpiazú's 1930 recording of "El Manisero" ("The Peanut Vendor") is an example of a ______________________.
rumba
The ____________________, second of the Latin dance crazes in the United States, developed from the Cuban son.
rumba
Little Richard claimed he was responsible for the new beat of rock and roll, but Chuck Berry created a rock-defining sound by ____________________.
showing how it could be played on the guitar
Most songs from the jump-bands utilized the _________________ beat.
shuffle
Muddy Waters's "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" (1954) features the popular, time-tested technique known as __________________ in the opening.
stop time
"Unforgettable," Nat King Cole's big 1951 hit, features ____________________, in addition to the normal rhythm section.
strings and vibraphone
According to the text, a primary reason for frequent productions of the golden-age musicals is their _______________________________.
success as dramas
"Mystery Train" was Elvis Presley's first hit to reach number one on the nation's country-western charts.
t
In a jump band, each player's role is clearly defined.
t
Muddy Water's song, "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" features a stop-time riff.
t
Sinatra both sang and starred in a number of films.
t
The music from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! bears almost no resemblance to country or western music.
t
Musical evidence suggests that the habanera also moved south to Argentina where it was the rhythmic basis of the _____________________.
tango
Irene and Vernon Castle captivated audiences with the ______________________ in 1913.
tango nuevo
The Latin music hybrid known as the mambo originated in _______________________.
the United States
Which of the following American popular dances has a rhythm similar to the habanera?
the cakewalk
The "Bo Diddley beat" is virtually the same as ______________________.
the clave rhythm
According to the text, ___________________ marked the end of the golden age of the musical theater.
the death of Oscar Hammerstein, II
One of the defining sounds of rock and roll was __________________________.
the switch from acoustic to electric bass
The shuffle rhythm lines up nicely with the _________________ division of the beat:
triplet
"Tumbao" refers to an off-beat bass pattern.
true
Bebop is a technically demanding form of jazz.
true
Bebop musicians were considered part of the first counterculture.
true
Latin styles also had a profound effect on American jazz and R&B music.
true
Many of Rodgers/Hammerstein's Broadway musicals, including South Pacific, are more classical and orchestral in scope.
true
Of all the famous bandleaders in Hollywood, the most filmed bandleader was Xavier Cugat.
true
Pop singing sensation Frank Sinatra got his start singing for Harry James and Tommy Dorsey.
true
The habanera became the rhythmic basis of the tango.
true
The show I Love Lucy illustrated the blending of Latin music/musicians into American culture.
true
The uptown Latin style featured heavier percussion and denser, more complex rhythmic texture to appeal to the ever-growing Latin community in New York.
true
The Modern Jazz Quartet added the ___________________ to the standard piano, bass, and drums.
vibraphone
The most commercially successful R&B style in the latter part of the 1950s was the music of __________________________.
vocal groups, doo-wop
