MUS 320 Notes

Which of the following songs was re-recorded with sanitized lyrics by cover artist Pat Boone?

"Ain't That a Shame"

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

"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"

Which of the following songs has a political message?

"He Was a Friend of Mine"

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

"Hound Dog"

Which song is also known as the "Vietnam song"?

"I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag"

All of the following are cover songs EXCEPT:

"I Want to Hold Your Hand"

Which song was investigated by the FCC?

"Louie Louie"

Which of the following songs includes vocables?

"Sh'boom"

Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller wrote all of the following Elvis songs EXCEPT:

"That's All Right"

Which song was written by the members of the Monkees?

"The Girl I Knew Somewhere"

What was Elvis's nickname?

"The Hillbilly Cat"

All of the following songs are covers EXCEPT:

"The Last Time"

Of which Beatles song did Paul McCartney say, "That's just John doing Dylan"?

"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"

All of the following songs are by Jefferson Airplane EXCEPT:

'Toad"

The first commercially successful Tin Pan Alley song was written in

1892

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

1920s

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

1954

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

1955

The Human Be-In was held in:

1967

The first successful free-form FM radio show occurred in:

1967

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

2

Which song was the first major Tin Pan Alley hit?

After the Ball

Which Rolling Stones album was the first to feature entirely new material and no covers?

Aftermath

The payola scandal ended the career of what disc jockey?

Alan Freed

Who served as the manager of the Rolling Stones beginning in 1963?

Andrew Loog Oldham

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

Atlantic

The transistor radio was developed by:

Bell Laboratory

Which group or artist wanted to play "the blues in Technicolor"?

Big Brother and the Holding Company

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

Which of these artists performed covers almost exclusively?

Bill Haley

All of the following songs are by Chuck Berry EXCEPT:

Blueberry Hill

Which artist was unconcerned that his single "Like a Rolling Stone" was six minutes long, twice the length of any single that would be played on AM radio?

Bob Dylan

Which of the following people was NOT a songwriter?

Bobby Rydel

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

Brian Epstein

Who was the manager of the Beatles from 1962 to1967?

Brian Epstein

Bob Dylan's first album to include electric songs was:

Bringing it All Back Home

Double-tracking was a technique frequently used by:

Buddy Holly

Which of these American bands or artists was most influential on the Beatles?

Buddy Holly and the Crickets

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

Carl Perkins

Johnny Cash left Sun Records and signed with:

Columbia

All of these groups recorded "Louie Louie" EXCEPT:

Count Five

Which of the following artists did NOT record for Atlantic?

Diana Ross

Which guitarist recorded this song in 1962? (Miserlou)

Dick Dale

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

Eddie Cochran

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

False

"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" was written by Janis Joplin:

False

About half of the performers at Woodstock were female.

False

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

False

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

False

All of the musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival were compensated generously for appearing.

False

Aretha Franklin wrote all of her own songs.

False

Arranged spirituals were sung by slaves

False

Bob Dylan's birth name is Woodrow Wilson Dylan.

False

Boogie woogie is another term for ragtime.

False

Brian Jones was the only member of the Rolling Stones who was never arrested for drug possession.

False

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

False

Donovan was a San Francisco musician.

False

Donovan's music focuses on the dark side of psychedelia.

False

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

False

Elvis was stationed in Guam during his time in the Army.

False

Elvis's recording of "Blue Suede Shoes" was more successful than the recording made by Carl Perkins.

False

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

False

Jimmy Page replaced Eric Clapton as the guitarist for the Yardbirds.

False

John Lennon called "Tomorrow Never Knows" his "pocket symphony."

False

John Lennon was the group's lead guitarist.

False

Marty Balin wrote all of Jefferson Airplane's songs.

False

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards frequently wrote songs in the 12-bar blues form.

False

Most country and western musicians were members of ASCAP.

False

Most of Big Brother and the Holding Company's hit songs were original compositions.

False

Motown is located in Nashville.

False

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

False

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

False

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

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 a record sounded.

False

Rockabilly music was no longer popular after the 1950s.

False

Simon and Garfunkel refused to use amplified instruments

False

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

False

The Beatles only performed one song on the Ed Sullivan Show.

False

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

False

The Grateful Dead released more hit singles than any other band in the late 1960s.

False

The Monkees were created to emulate the Rolling Stones.

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

The subject of "Good Vibrations" is spiritual enlightenment.

False

Vaudeville refers to a music publishing district in New York City.

False

Benny Goodman frequently purchased big band arrangements from

Fletcher Henderson

Leadbelly's music was recorded by?

Folklorists

Ralph Peer recorded all of these musicians EXCEPT:

Gene Autry

How did Thomas Dorsey first promote his gospel music?

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

What was Elvis's first recording for RCA?

Heartbreak Hotel

Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land Is Your Land" as a reaction to:

Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"

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

Jackie Brenston

Which artist released the album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again, Mama!

Janis Joplin

Which group headlined the Human Be-In?

Jefferson Airplane

Which musician played "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock?

Jimi Hendrix

Whom did Brian Jones call "the most exciting performer I have ever heard"?

Jimi Hendrix

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

Leiber and Stoller

Phil Spector received his early training from:

Lieber and Stoller

Who wrote and produced this song? (Yakety Yak - The Coasters)

Lieber and Stoller

Scott Joplin's piano rags are in the form of

March

The Who began their career playing at the:

Marquee Club

Who was known for performing the Carter scratch?

Maybelle Carter

Otis Redding performed at:

Monterey

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

Muddy Waters

The Grand Ole Opry was broadcast from:

Nashville

All of the following songwriters worked for Motown EXCEPT:

Otis Redding

Which guitarist was known for playing power chords in a windmill style?

Pete Townshend

Which member of the Grateful Dead studied classical music composition?

Phil Lesh

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

Ralph Peer

Which piece of classical music inspired the form of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit"?

Ravel's Bolero

Most of the Kinks' songs were written by:

Ray Davies

Which person was the lead singer of the Who?

Roger Daltrey

The Human Be-In was held in:

San Francisco

Who wrote and produced this song? (The way you do the t... - the temptations)

Smokey Robinson

What was Elvis's first single for Sun Records?

That's all right

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

The Crickets

Which group or artist took their name from an eighteenth-century poem by William Blake?

The Doors

All of the following were vocal harmony groups EXCEPT:

The Fisk Jubilee Singers

Which group openly criticized Americans?

The Kinks

The first commercially successful Dixieland group was:

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Which of these British bands appeared at Monterey?

The Who

What instrument is featured in the choruses of this song? (Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys)

Theremin

The Psychedelic Experience was written by:

Timothy Leary

Who first said, "Turn on, tune in, drop out"?

Timothy Leary

This song was written by: (Last train to clarksville)

Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

All of these teams wrote songs for Aldon Music EXCEPT:

Tony Orlando and Bobby Vinton

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

True

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

True

"Tomorrow Never Knows" is in simple verse form.

True

Cootie Williams and Johnny Hodges were frequent soloists in Duke Ellington's orchestra.

True

Dick Clark was never accused of taking payola.

True

Don Kirshner oversaw the music for The Monkees television show.

True

Eric Clapton's called his definitive guitar style his "woman tone."

True

Florence Ballard was originally the lead singer of the Supremes.

True

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

True

In "Tomorrow Never Knows," John Lennon's voice was recorded with a rotating Leslie speaker.

True

In oral tradition, music is learned and transmitted from memory instead of by a written score.

True

Jimi Hendrix was a left-handed guitarist playing a right-handed guitar strung for a lefty.

True

Memphis Minnie was a rural blues singer.

True

Mickey Dolenz and Davy Jones both had professional acting backgrounds.

True

Most AM radio singles were less than three minutes long.

True

Pete Seeger never signed with a major record label as a solo artist.

True

Slapback was a characteristic sound that Sam Phillips created in his recording studio.

True

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

True

The Beatles' first album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios.

True

The Great Migration was a significant influence on the development of gospel music.

True

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

True

The distortion heard in "Heart Full of Soul" comes from a fuzzbox.

True

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

True

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

Top 40 radio played the top 40 songs repeatedly every 24 hours.

True

Paul Revere and the Raiders were the musical hosts of:

Where the Action Is

All of the following artists covered songs by Bob Dylan EXCEPT:

Woody Guthrie

What is the musical or formal basis of this piece? (Cotton Tail - Duke Ellington)

a contrafact on "I Got Rhythm"

This song contains all of the following EXCEPT: (My Generation - The Who)

a fuzzbox

In the urban blues, a singer was accompanied by?

a piano or a small combo

What technique or style is audible in the final minute of this song? (I'm a Man - The Yardbirds)

a rave-up

All of the following are true of concept albums EXCEPT:

all of the songs on the album have the same instrumentation

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

blue notes

The members of the Who had backgrounds in all of these musical styles EXCEPT:

blues

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

call and response

Aftermath included all of these instruments EXCEPT:

cello

In "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite," the Beatles used:

chance composition techniques

"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" addresses all of the following topics EXCEPT:

drug use

"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" features:

fuzzbox

This song is an adaptation of what other type of music? (I Got A Woman - Ray Charles)

gospel

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

hiccuping

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

hillbilly

What musical style is heard in this excerpt of "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"?

jump blues

The subject of "Like a Rolling Stone" is:

materialism

"The Twist" promoted what style of dancing?

open

Jimi Hendrix did all of the following EXCEPT:

play three guitars simultaneously

What genres of music are combined in this song? "sunshine superman - Donovan"

psychedelia and folk

"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

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

rhythm and blues

Protest songs usually contain:

simple melodies

Lonnie Donegan's "Rock Island Line" is an example of:

skiffle

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

songwriting

What is this style of left-hand piano playing called? (Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin, William Albright)

stride

Phil Spector produced music for all of these groups EXCEPT:

the Pendletones

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

the Temptation Walk

The Summer of Love's name comes from:

the council organized to care for the people who traveled to the city

What prompted the success of Bill Haley's and the Comets' 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

This song was written by Otis Redding. (Respect)

ture

Many urban blues singers began their careers as?

vaudeville performers