Chapter 2

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

Blackboard Jungle

Name the song that was the first million-selling single for Sun Records?

Blue Suede Shoes

In what city did Alan Freed begin his career?

Cleveland

Who bought Elvis Presley's contract from Sun Records?

Colonel Tom Parker

Elvis Presley was marketed as what early in his career?

Country and Western Artist

Name the two high-profile individuals associated with the payola scandal

Alan Freed and Dick Clark

To whose style was Little Richard's aggressive piano playing and "wild man" image a direct contrast?

Fats Domino

Which Sun Records singer was dubbed the "female Elvis?"

Janis Martin

What was the country and western chart originally called?

Most Played Juke Box Folk Records

With what audience were Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran particularly popular?

Rockabilly

Who started Sun Records in Memphis?

Sam Phillips

For whom was "That'll Be the Day" their first hit?

The Crickets

What was the Rock and Roll Party?

The new name of Freed's show.

By what was the "whitening" of rhythm and blues marked?

When Bill Haley's version of "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" removed the sexual-ness from Big Joe Turner's original song.

What is a crossover song?

When a record or song holds a prominent position on more than one of the three types of charts, this is called "crossover."

Who was Alan Freed?

a. A popular disc jockey in the early years of rock music. b. Promoted rhythm and blues shows for African American audiences c. Has his own show, "The Allen Freed show"

By what was the success of crossover artists significantly reduced in the mid-to-late- 1950s?

a. Cover versions of songs- people that would cover the original song

Name some prominent examples of crossovers in the 1950s?

a. Fats Domino- "The Fat Man", "Goin' Home", and "something's wrong" b. Chuck Berry-" Maybelline," "School Day," "Rock and Roll Music, "Johnny B. Goode"

For what reasons is Elvis Presley thought of as a song stylist?

a. He had an exceptional ability to choose songs and discover engaging ways to interpret them.

What happened to Alan Freed as a result of the payola scandal?

a. He lost both his radio job and his television show b. Drove him out of the music business c. Pleaded guilty to a charge of taking bribes

Name all of the events responsible for the end of the first wave of rock and roll

a. Little Richard thought he had a calling for ministry and so he quit music b. Elvis received his draft notice in 1957 then headed to Germany c. Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13 yr old cousin and ruined his career after the press heard about it d. Buddy Holly died in a plane crash in 1959 e. Ritchie Valens and the Big Popper were also killed in the crash f. Chuck berry was charged with violating the Mann Act (transporting a minor across state lines)

What was the focus of the congressional hearings into the payola scandal?

a. Radio stations that played rock and roll b. They manipulated ingrained stereotypes that people involved in rhythm and blues were likely to be dishonest, bringing the cultural struggle over the segregation of black and white cultures

As a song, what does "Roll Over Beethoven" celebrate?

a. The idea that the practice of teens listening to rhythm and blues music—which is playfully cast as a contagious virus—would probably make Beethoven turn over in his grave"

What was the practice of "payola"? What did it include?

a. The practice of paying disc jockeys to play music on the radio b. Both independent and major labels used payola c. Jukeboxes d. Developing relationships with DJs

Who did ASCAP represent during the payola scandal?

a. The traditional pop song composers b. Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood song writers, mainstream pop performers and their record companies