CH. 2

"Race" records

Original marketing term for rhythm and blues

To many teenagers, Alan Freed was the father of rock and roll.

TRUE

As a song, "roll over Beethoven" celebrates

Teenagers listening to rhythm and blues

As a result of the payola scandal, Alan Freed

Was run out of the music business

Early in his career Elvis was marked as

a country and western artist

A crossover song is

a song or record appearing on multiple music charts

Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran were particularly popular with

audiences in England

The practice of payola involved

creating business friendships with disc jockeys by offering gifts

Elvis is often thought of as a song stylist because he

did not write his own songs but chose which material he would record

Which of the following statements about Buddy Holly is FALSE?

he was a cover artist

The country and western chart was originally called

hillbilly

The emergence of rock and roll in the 1950s can be attributed to the relationship between DJs and

indie record labels

The success of crossover artists significantly reduced

the crossover potential for the original artists

"That'll be the day" was the first hit for

Buddy Holly

All of the following were artists with Sun Records EXCEPT

Buddy Holly

"Maybellene"

Chuck Berry's first hit on Chess Records

Alan Freed began his career in:

Cleveland

"Whole lotta shakin' goin' on"

Crossover success for Jerry Lee Lewis

Colonel Tom Parker

Elvis Presley's manager

(T/F) Along with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Little Richard were killed in the same plane crash.

FALSE

(T/F) Cover versions of rhythm and blue songs by white artists very rarely performed better on the pop charts than the rhythm and blues originals

FALSE

(T/F) Elvis is best thought of as a master songwriter who wrote in a variety of pop genres.

FALSE

(T/F) It was a common practice for major record labels to watch the country and western charts for hits and then cover those songs for pop market.

FALSE

Elvis's recordings with RCA helped establish a style that came to be called "rockabilly"

FALSE

"Shake, Rattle, and Roll"

Song originally preformed by Big Joe Turner

All of the following are elements of Chuck Berry's music EXCEPT

Songs geared toward adult black listeners

To which independent label was little Richard signed?

Specialty

Which of the following was NOT a major record label in the 1950s?

Sun

(T/F) Before Elvis signed a major record deal, major labels were NOT inserted in Rock and Roll

TRUE

(T/F) Both Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry wrote music that was intended for a pop audience with influences of country and western and rhythm and blues.

TRUE

(T/F) Both independent and major record labels used payola.

TRUE

(T/F) Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard were all artists recorded on independent labels.

TRUE

(T/F) Most of rock's originators and many of the independent labels they worked for were out of the music business by 1960.

TRUE

(T/F) White artists covering Little Richard's music left out much of the sexual innuendo in his lyrics.

TRUE

Which song was the first million-selling single for sun records

"Blue Suede Shoes"

Elivis's first single for RCA was

"Heart break hotel"

Two high-profile individuals associated with the payola scandal were

Alan Freed and Dick Clark

The rock and roll party was

Alan Freed's radio show in New York

ASCAP

American Society of Composers, Artists, and Performers

All of the following are examples of crossover artists EXCEPT

Big Joe Turner

Which 1950s movie featured Bill Haley's "(We're Gonna) Rock around the Clock"?

Blackboard Jungle

Little Richard's aggressive piano playing and "wild man" image were direct contrast to

Fats Domino

Brenda Lee

Female rockabilly singer

Which Sun Records singer was dubbed the "female Elvis"

Janis Martin

The first rock and roll artists to cultivated the "wild man" persona was

Little Richard

The "whitening" of rhythm and blues was marked by

Lyrics changed to dance references instead of sexual innuendos

Which of the following was a trademark of Little Richard's music?

Maniacal singing

All of the following events affected the first wave of rock and roll EXCEPT

Pat Boone having the first rock-and-roll hit song

Elvis Presley's contract was bought by

RCA records

The Moondog Show

Radio show hosted by Alan Freed

The congressional hearings on the payola scandal focused on

Radio stations that played rock and roll

Alan Freed

Received coauthor credit for song "Maybellene"

Who started Sun Records in Memphis

Sam Phillips

Vocal hiccup

Trademark of Buddy Holly

Whom did ASCAP represent during the payola scandal?

Traditional pop songwriters