History Rock n' Roll Ch 4-5

Name the five Rolling Stones albums he produced

1) Beggars Banquet 2) LEt it bleed 3)sticky fingers 4)exile on main street 5) goats head suit

Name the three departments of "Artist Development":

1) Finishing School 2) Choreography 3) Music Fundamentals

What was the goal of Artist Development?

Artist grooming that would prepare them for stardom

What was the first song Mick Jagger and Keith Richards wrote together?

As Tears Go by

Name three country blues artists that were most celebrated by British blues artists

Charlie Patton Son House Robert Johnson

What type of electric blues was most influential to British blues artists

Chicago

Name the single released in the Spring of 1966 that would jump FAME onto the world stage.

When a Man Loves a Woman

Who was his producer/co-songwriter?

Willie Mitchell

Name the most celebrated artist to record at FAME Studios (only made one recording)

Wilson Picket

Who was the first Atlantic Records artist to record at Muscle Shoals?

Wilson Picket

Who was Rick Hall's first success in 1962?

You better move on

Who was the first breakthrough band to rise from the U.K. blues scene?

The rolling stones

What was his first solo single to achieve notoriety? #20 on R&B charts?

These arms of mine

Which 1966 recording was the finest example of Otis Redding's wide, expressive, emotional range encapsulate in a three-and-a-half minute single?

Try a Little Tenderness

Where did the gospel originate?

Urban areas

Who founded a new enterprise known as Fame? Of all his songwriters, which one took this operation most seriously?

Tim Stafford; Sherril and Hall

Who wrote 8 out of 13 of the tracks lyrics

Tony Asher

Who was the lead singer of the Animals?

Eric Burden

What was the structure of the gospel?

Flatted 3rds, 6ths, and 7ths, singing of bent tones Beats 2 and 4 emphasized Off-beat rhythmic accents

Name the Yardbirds' first hit. Why did Eric Clapton hate the song?

For Your Love- pop

When Eric Clapton began practicing to record, who was the blues artist that he tried best to imitate? The artist's style lent itself well to blending blues and folk

Freddy King

What was the last album of the Jimmy Miller era?

Goats HEad Soup

What was the first body of African American music to be appreciated by post-civil war white America?

Gospel

Name the first Yardbirds hit that Jeff Beck recorded on

Heart Full of Soul

Name the Yardbirds most important album released in 1966

Heart full of love

Name Hendrix's first released single, and his second and third released singles.

Hey Joe, Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary

Because he could have increased his revenue (for this record) if he had his own distributor, what did Gordy do in response?

Hired Barney Ales, radio deejay with close connections to white-owned national distributing companies

Name the duo's breakthrough single in 1966

Hold On! I'm Coming

What was the texture, form, and instrumentation of gospel?

Homophony- call and response structure Instrumental accompaniment Outer form is strophic sound-structure

Name the first British blues hit in America and the band that recorded it

House of the rising sun

What was the traditional blues chord progression?

I IV V

Name The Rolling Stones's first #1 hit in the US that transformed them into international pop icons?

I can't get no Satisfaction

Name the only record she recorded at Muscle Shoals.

I never loved a man the way I loved you

Name Charles's first important single in 1954 which in his words "was where it all started"?

I've Got a Woman

Who was the catalyst for the formation of The Rolling Stones?

Ian Stewart

What was the text (subject matter) of the spiritual?

Important biblical events

How did the concept of "outer form" enter into African-derived polyrhythmic music?

Innovation of the filtering process

Instead of voices in the response section (of call and response), what did this filtering unit incorporate?

Instrumental section, i.e brass

Name the six original members of The Rolling Stones:

Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Ian Stewart, Dick Taylor, Mick Avery

Who was the Atlantic Records connection that helped make this single a huge success?

Jerry WExler

Name the Atlantic Records producer who took an interest in this song, which led to his interest in Jim Stewart's label/operations

Jerry Wexler

Who bought out her contract from CBS?

Jerry Wexler

Name the band that resulted for Jimi Hendrix. His co-manager came up with the name to focus completely on Hendrix as the frontman

Jimi Hendrix Experience

Which black American blues guitarist was Eric Clapton's main influence when he performed with The Cream?

Jimmi Hendrix

Name the core members of FAME's legendary session group: The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section (they were on hand for the Wilson Pickett Sessions)

Jimmy Johnson, Spooner Oldham, Roger Hawkins, Junior Lowe, (tommy cogbill and chips moman)

By the end of 1967, who became the lifeline for The Rolling Stones?

Jimmy Miller

Who was Vee Jay Records' primary blues artist?

Jimmy Reed

During their early collab, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards both had identical music tastes. Name three classic blues artists that they studied.

Jimmy Reed, Big Bill Broonzy, John Lee Hooker,

Which legendary A&R an at CBS records discovered her in 1960?

John Hammond

Who was the famous WLAC DJ who promoted it?

John R Richbourg

Name at least seven of those blues artists

John lee hooker howlin wolf sonny boy williamson otis dush buddy guy elmore james muddy waters

What was the most successful recording to come out of the Wilson Pickett Sessions? It was his greatest chart success.

Land of 1000 Dances

List the different pairs of drum sizes and what each pair represented:

Large (Iya): starts new rhythms Medium (Otolele): follows iya Small (Okonkolo): fast, repetitive rhythm reigned in by iya

What artist inspired him to become a singer?

Little Richard

What was the role of Yoruban polyrhythmic music?

Mediated social discourse between deity and celebrant

To what city and in what venue did Jim Stewart and Estelle Aston move their label operations to?

Memphis

The significance of Cooke's signal "You Send Me" (1957)

Molded gospel-inspired musical sensibilities to appeal to a white mainstream audience

What was Berry Gordy's first record made at Hitsville that he co-wrote with Jamie Bradford?

Money (that's what I want)

What was the texture, form, and instrumentation of the spiritual? (Non-concert version)

Monophonic-no instrumental accompaniment Usually repetitive

What did this filtering unit of W. African music change in regard to instrumentation?

More western style instruments, i.e. fiddles, guitars, brass, etc.

What was the difference between the sound of Motown and Southern Soul? Name the first R&B artist (and song) that recorded under this label

Motown saw about polish, soul was about raw intensity and authenticity

The Rolling Stones specialized in performing covers of Chess Records artists. Name five of them.

Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Bo Didley, and Chuck Berry

The significance of Sam Cooke (both musically and business-wise):

Music, business venues, mass-market crossover appeal

Name two additional hit singles that the Rhythm Section recorded there

Mustang Sally, Funky Broadway

What was the significance of the session group's bass player?

Originality through Eastern influences Created his own bass lines around a given chord chart, established Motown "hooks"

Who was Stax's greatest success story? He was also Southern Soul's first crossover sensation

Otis Redding

Which English label distributed Chess recordings throughout UK thereby making these records easy to obtain?

PYE international

What was Motown's first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100?

Please, Mr. Postman

List several of Gordy's singles and the artists who recorded him

Please, Mr. Postman- The Marvelettes Shop Around-Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Lonely Teardrops-Jackie Wilson

What was the significance of the Ring Shout?

Ring shout- adaptation to new environment Genre developed into spiritual

Of these artists, who was the one that best embodied the so-called romantic myth of the lone blues guitarists?

Robert Johnson

Which device did Beck use that enabled him to sustain notes while simultaneous distorting them?

Roger Mayer fuzz box

Name the songwriter he collaborated with on singles released by the Brunswick label What was his songwriting policy?

Roquel "Billy" Davis: catchy phrases, danceable but not too funky

Who were the artists that recorded this Satellite Records's hit?

Rufus and Carla Thomas

Where did the spiritual originate?

Rural southern communities "invisible churches"

Name Cooke's label and publishing company

SAR records and Kags Music Publishing

What was Satellite Records' new name in 1961?

STAX

What was the text (subject matter) of gospel?

Salvation, conversion, embracement of the Holy Spirit

Name the Stax in-house writer/producer team who crafted the successful sound of this duo (first success)

Sam and Dave

What label did Jim Stewart establish in October of 1957?

Satellite REcords

The significance of Ray Charles and the name of the musical movement he started:

Secularized gospel music

What did Ray Charles do to gospel music?

Secularized it

Why was Sam Cooke considered one of black America's greatest success stories?

Set the standard for black artists/entrepreneurs as a producer, pop icon, and business man

What did Cooke bring to gospel that was never before seen?

Sex appeal

Motown' first big hit (first million dollar seller):

Shop Around

Name the Gordy protégé who wrote the million dollar hit:

Smokey Robinson

Name the first hit recorded in Rick Hall's new studio on Avalon Avenue (in Muscle Shoals) and the artist who recorded it

Steal Away: Jimmy Hughes

Name the first original song of the Jagger/Richards collaboration recorded by the band. What cover song was the most notable from this album and why?

Tell Me, Not Fade Away- buddy holly

Name the session band for Motown:

The Funk Brothers

Name the place and date of The Rolling Stones' debut performance

The Marquee Club, july 12 1962

What was the first important new genre of western polyrhythmic music?

The Ring Shout

Name the gospel group with which Cooke launched his professional career

The Soul Stirrers

What was The Rolling Stones's next album and their two most notable covers?

5 by 5, It's all over now, Time on my Side,

Define the four properties of traditional West African Music

1) Polyrhythmic groove: 3 pairs of drums playing different patterns, creating an underlying groove 2) Call & Response: vocal style in which a soloist sings and the group responds 3) Hand Clapping: 1 & 3 in 3-beat pattern accentuated, in syncopation with "call and response" 4) Rhythmic Distribution (Hierarchy): higher pitch corresponds with faster playing

What were the five steps of Motown's assembly line approach of quality control?

1) Songs written, produced, and recorded, brought out to Quality Control 2) Friday meetings- anything without top 40 potential rejected 3) Voting and record approval 4) Manufacturing 5) Selling

Starting with their next album, we see the beginning of two changes with The Rolling Stones. What were they?

1) collabrative output increases 2) less blues/gritty- more orignal

Name the four properties of the Ring Shout

1) counterclockwise circle 2) call and response vocals 3) hand clapping in syncopation with... 4) feet stomping

List the four properties of post-civil war African American music

1) hand clapping 2) foot stomping 3) improvising ornamentation 4 polyrhythmic grooves

Name three songs (and the new instruments) that were a result of Brian Jones's new contribution

1) paint it black- the indian sitar 2) under my thumbs- marimba 3) lady jane- dulcimer

Name the six reasons why white, middle class, British art school students found black American blues so attractive:

1) they were entranced with the raw intensity derived from gospel-driven, emotion and sense of passion 2)The Grit 3)Sexuality 4) Foundation (Technique, Artistic Expression, Truth, Mystique, Classical style of music) 5) 6) real sound real words sexual classical foundation of music mystique foreign

List the personnel of Motown's session band:

1)Earl Van Dyke 2) Robert White 3)Eddie Willis 4)Joe Messina 5)Benny Benjamin 6)James Jamerson

Name four original songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards that the band did not record (and the artists who recorded them)

1)That Girl Belongs to Yesterday- Gene Piney 2) Surprise, surprise,- Lulu 3) Blue turns to grey -cliff richards 4)take it or leave it- the searchers

Name the Motown staff of songwriters

1)William Smokey Robinson 2)Ivy Joe Hunter 3)Mickey Stevenson 4)Norman Whitfield 5)Brian and Eddie Holland

List Stax's personnel

1)Wilson Picket 2)Jerry Wexler 3) sam and dave 4)estelle parsons 5) jim parson otis redding

List the five elements of Motown's "House Style" regarding music policy:

1)smooth, polished sound 2)beat out front 3)unique techniques 4)melodies 5)catchy lyrics

List the 3 components of the new Jagger/Richards songwriting formula. What was the first song where they honed in this new songwriting formula?

1. catchy, easily memorable, reported electric guitar riff, that serves as the main instrumental them 2. Jagger pop tunesmithism, catchy memorable, easy to sing 3. courses that are tuneful and standout in contrast to verse sections.

When was Atlantic Records founded and by whom?

1947 Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.

What year was Tamla records founded?

1959

In the turn of the 20th century, three items were influential to the evolution of modern gospel. What were they?

1: The Jubilee Quartet 2: The The Tabernacle Songs of Reverend Albert Tindley 3:"Holiness" and "Sanctified" Churches

What was Country blues?

1st body of black american music to lay down these basic blues sructures

What were the BATA drums?

3 pairs of traditional Yoruban drums 6 pitches Small, medium, and large sizes

What was the traditional blues structure for lyrics (in stanza form)?

AAB

What was the difference between country and urban blues?

Addition of Differet Timbres and blues solos

What types of scales/models did the session bass player use to give his music an "Eastern Feel"? What were his two inspirations for creating original bass-lines:

African, Cuban, and Indian scales/modes Listening to how a person spoke and the way he walked

Name the last great artist of the Soul Era:

Al Green

Who became RS's gamechanging manager?

Andrew Loog Oldham

What was Motown's policy regarding songwriters? How did they get a lock on a particular artist?

Any writer who wrote the first hit song for a certain artist got a lock on that artist -any "flop" (below top 20) would remove the lock

Who was the first head of distribution for Berry Gordy, and why was he successful?

Barney Ales Had connections to white and black radio stations

Name the founder of Motown His policy as a lyricist:

Berry Gordy Catchy lyrics in a first person, narrative format

Which of these original Rolling Stones members left and who were their replacements?

Bill Wyman, Charlie Bass, Mick Taylor, Ronnie Wood

The Rolling Stones eventually branched out to R&B. Name two artists they studied

Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry

Cooke's smooth mid-range voice would be an inspiration for other singers such as:

Bobby Womack, Otis Redding, and Johnny Taylor

Name Stax's session group

Booker T and the MG's

What was the first hit to come out of Satellite records studio in 1960?

Cause I love you

List the 2 turning points that changed the momentum of gospel-based soul music

Civil Rights Movment, and MLK Assasination

Name 3 of Jeff Beck's earliest guitar influences:

Cliff Gallup, Mary Ford, Les Paul.

Name Tamla's first release

Come to Me- Marv Johnson

At which venue did The Rolling Stones build their initial fan base?

Crawdaddy Club

Which island became the first filtering unit of West African polyrhythmic music?

Cuba

What was the structure of the spiritual?

Direct melodies and flexible beats European time signatures

What type of repetitive bass pattern was used and what instrument replaced the drums?

Drums replaced by a double bass, playing a two to four note repetitive pattern

Who first introduced young Jimi Hendrix to the blues?

Earnstine Benson

Name the first Rolling Stones album completely comprised of original songs:

aftermath

What other sonic aspect made their sound completely different from conventional blues thereby creating a genre called "Heavy Blues"?

aggresjve

first person did lsd

albert hoffman-1938

What was the significance of his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in June of 1967?

crossed over officially.

What was the label's name from 1946-50? The new name in 1950 was:

aristocrat records

Name the singer/songwriter who recorded you better move on

arthur alexander

What was the key for The Rolling Stones under this producer?

back to basics

What transformation would the background, sideman electric guitarist experience as a result of this movement known as British blues revisionism? What American music style would they emulate thereby achieving originality?

became accomplished artist and frontmen

Also with this influence, what did Clapton start doing with regard to playing "blue notes" which had a uniquely expressive feel?

bending the strings (page 176)

Name Alexis Korner's band:

blues incorporated

Which Chicago blues artist became the touchstone by which Jeff Beck could synthesize his 3 earliest influences directly into his own blues-oriented, lead guitar sound?

buddy guy

Who were the first to capture the sound of Chicago Blues in the recording studio?

chess brothers

What was her singing style at CBS?

cool easy jazz tunes

what type of concept album resulted in Brian Wilson's creative vision

deep personal emotions

Why did Clapton leave The Yardbirds?

didn't want to sel out

What marked the end of the Wexler/Hall partnership?

dishonesty aretha franklin (page 150)

What did Beck's eclectic approach to his sonic experimentation do to those blues influences?

distort them

Name the Rolling Stones' debut album (include the year)

englands newest hit makers- may 30, 1964

Name The Yardbirds' three important electric guitarists

eric clapton jeff beck jimmy page

What was The Rolling Stones greatest artistic achievement in album format?

exile on main

What was the significance of The Negro Gospel and Religious Festival at Carnegie Hall?

first all gospel concert in history (featured Mahalia Jackson; spurred interest in gospel recording as well as "gospel divas and dons"

Name the debut album of the Yardbirds. What was its significance?

five little yardbirds

As lead guitarist for this band, within the covers of Slim Harpo and Howlin' Wolf, which guitarist did Clapton continue to emulate in his lead solos

freddie king

What artist inspired Eric Clapton to become a lead guitarist?

freddie king

What device did Keith Richards use to make the main, repeated guitar riff sound like a horn section?

gibson fuzz tone box with a foot pedal

How did Jimi Hendrix distort his influences with a makeshift fuzz box?

guitar became flashy, heavy, dense,

Which the first power trio, The Cream, did they all improvise simultaneously?

heavy blues

What would this album's process lead to-and eventually culminate in,

heavy metal

Explain Stax's metric policy of the "delayed backbeat":

his dance was putting on more emphatic backbeat while also... .... delaying and slightly accentuating the second beat more than the fourth

What was Clapton's first recorded single with this band?

i wish you could

What were the four changes this new manager spearheaded?

image, record deal, sac ian stewart, songwritting converts

What was the significance of adding Ronnie Wood?

intertwining rhythmic guitars

After his NYC arrival, which well -established groups did he tour with as a sideman?

isley brothers, little richard, ike and tina, king curtis,

What was Mick Taylor's final album with The Rolling Stones?

it's only rock n roll

In which band did Jimi Hendrix have his first experience as a frontman. Which blues legends was he studying?

kasuals; muddy waters, jimmy reed, slim harpo, and albert king

Which device enabled delays of exact durations?

klempt echolette

What two guitar-playing styles could Hendrix do simultaneously?

lead and rhythm

What was the Rolling Stones' limitation? In other words, what did they lack? In what alternative way did they turn this disadvantage into an advantage?

lead guitarist

What alternative model did The Rolling Stones standardize in Rock n' Roll?

lead singer as the frontman

Name Brian Jones' final album with The Rolling Stones in '69

let it bleed

In The Nazz are Blue, what technique did Jeff Beck incorporate over the 1,4,5 blues harmonic progression?

main instrumental theme over power chords

Who became The Rolling Stones bonafide guitarist?

mick taylor

How was The Yardbirds' performance style different from the other early bands just mentioned? What did they do that the others did not?

more improvisational approach

When was the debut of The Jimi Hendrix Experience?

oct 13 1966

List the three elements that make up the "Hi! Records" sound:

organ fill in, a smooth steady beat, horn section punctuations

What did Jimi Hendrix return as after the Monterrey Pop Festival?

original writer

Name the Rolling Stones' album that marked the completion of the transition from a blues-oriented sound, to their guitar-based rock n' roll style that gained them widespread notoriety

out of our heads

What made Hendrix the frontman with regard to his performance style?

pyrotechnic

What did Estelle transform the old concession stand into?

record shop

What was the significance of Jimmy Reed's influence on Eric Clapton?

repettive boogie riffs

What was the division of duties between the two Rolling Stones guitarists?

rhythm and lead

What was the musical focus of these five influences that would be the hallmark of the Jagger/Richards collab to come?

rhythmically focused

With the addition of theirnew member, what did The Rolling Stones become once again

rock n roll

Name the three most important early British blues bands:

rolling stones animals yardbirds

Who was Nanker Phelge?

rollingstones fake psudonym

subject matter

romantic obsessions of love lost, love found, and love unrequited

What was his turning point?

sang for Johnny Jenkins and the Pinetoppers. met future manager Phil Walden

What was Redding's last recording? When was it released?

sittin the the dock of the bay 1967

Which Chess recording was among the first to benefit from this distribution arrangement? It became a ht on the white charts.

smokestack lightning by howlin wolf

What do you call an improvised melody line inserted between sung verses?

solo

Which Rolling Stones album in '71 featured his guitar solos throughout the entire format of songs?

sticky fingers

what was his lyric approach

talked about his feelings, tony translated them

What analog device enabled Jeff Neck to use varying degrees of reverb and up to 12 echo settings?

the binson echorec

Name that club that Alexis Korner's founded? What was the significance of this venue?

the ealing club

What type of artist (instrumentalist) did British blues revisionism transform from a sideman to a front and center virtuoso icon?

the electric guitar

Name the blues band that solidified Jeff Beck's legendary status

the tridents

What were the keys to the originality of the British artists? In other words, why would they sound different from their American counterparts?

they weren't african american they didn't have day to day hardships group frmat

What was the magic of Jimmy Reed's influence all about?

understood the magic of repetition, of monotony, transforming itself become this sort of hypnotic trans life thing"

To what level did Led Zeppelin take the process of heavy sounding distorted electric blues?

virtuoso

What was the significance of her two-sided smash hit in regard to Southern Soul crossover?

was dubbed the queen of soul

Who comprised Stax's songwriting/producer team?

wexler, hayes and porter

Whose version did The Animals model their cover after?

woody guthrie

What was the original version of this bluest hit, who wrote it, and who was among the first to record it?

woody guthrie, written by John a and alan lomax, bob dylan

Name the band managed by Giorgio Gomelsjt that transformed Eric Clapton into a bonafide, full-time musician

yardbirds

What was Eric Clapton's first band?

yardbirds