MUCO 120 Test 2 Ch. 6

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Say it Loud:

"- was an affirmation of self respect. The song stays on the same chords and melody. Turned the assignation of MLK and turned it into an opportunity.

What did Motown Finishing School help?

Barry Gordy get image of "young America" across through Motown label.

Who did Aretha Franklin sign with?

CBS Records, turned her into a pop singer

When Atlantic records had a falling out with STAX who did they form a relationship with?

Fame Recordings

What else did James Brown develop?

Funk music

James Brown-

Godfather of Funk

Soul music grew out of?

Gospel music

John Myers:

Lives in Knoxville, originally sang Doo Wop signed by Savoy Records, had a band called the 5 pennies.

What was the school that Motown had?

Motown Finishing School

John Myers was done wrong by:

Motown, their manager signed away all of their rights to the songs, so they never got money for their songs

Otis Redding crossed over into:

Pop music

What is soul music?

Religious overtones, black gospel. Used to describe things that have soul.

What did Jerry Wexler invent?

Rhythm and Blues

John Myers singed with

Savoy Records

Same Cooke was-

Sweet Soul (had a pop of smoothness to his songs)

Sam Cooke played in a band called?

The Soulsters

Who was HDH's most successful bands?

The Temptations

Who were The Swampers?

The musicians that worked with the artists in Fame Recordings.

David Ruffin became:

a victim of becoming addicted to cocaine. Ego grew too much

Stax records was owned by?

a white brother and sister, Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton.

Michael Jackson:

adult life was strange. Very talented character.

The Temptations were highly:

choreographed

James Brown's music followed the:

civil rights movement, but transformed into funk

James Brown's guitar style is:

clipped" focus more and more on the rhythm elements, looking more towards the African music.

The Jerk was a

dance you did on the backbeat, almost late but it wasn't

Ray Charle's "I got a woman" helped..

define the soul sound.

"That's What I Say" had:

elements of Jazz and Latin

Otis Redding's Try a little tenderness:

is a cover song of a pop song and pulls it into soul music.

Heat Wave:

one of HDH's big hits.

Otis Redding-

one of the more successful artist that recorded at STAX, good bit of cross over success, meaning he crossed over to a more pop music.

"Sweet Soul"

spent three weeks at number 1 on the pop charts. Sounds a lot like Doo Wop

Sam Cooke's vocal style was:

sweeter, enabled him to cross over to the pop charts, tied up to the civil rights movement.

Motown songs

were steering away from "sex" more about "love". Stayed away from politics, anything that was controversial they stayed away from.

Formulaic Approach:

writing song after song, almost exactly the same

Berry Gordy put _____ to become one of the most successful record company, about ______ of what Motown released was put on the charts.

$800, 75%

What record company did Ray Charles sign with?

Atlantic Records

Who did Stax records for a relationship with?

Atlantic Records

What was the Choreographer at Motown?

Charles "Cholly" Atkins, he taught performers how to dance.

What genre did Ray cross over into?

Country (Georgia).

The Funk Brothers were:

Detroit based musicians who backed most of Motown's records until company relocated to San Francisco in 1970s.

What was James Brown's first band called?

Flames, later changed their name to The Famous Flames

The Jackson 5 were moving more towards?

Funk

Why was Otis Redding's career cut short?

He died in a plane crash

Family members of Ray thought he was blind because?

He witnessed his brother drawn.

Who were the professional songwriters for Motown?

Holland, Dozier, and Holland (H-D-H).

Who was a Perfectionist in a very intense way, dock your pay if you made a mistake. Tireless performer?

James Brown

Who played bass for the Temptations in My Girl?

James Jameson

What was the Temptations first #1 pop hit?

My Girl

What was The Famous Flames popular song?

Please, Please, Please

What was the name of the documentary about the funk brothers?

Shadows of Motown

What helped Otis Redding cross over to a white audience?

The Monterey Rock Festival, he performed here. Played with Booker T and the MG's.

Maxine didn't just polish the sound she polished

The people

What was Maxine Powell's job?

To take performers that weren't education and made them presentable on TV.

Ray Charles was the:

genius of soul music

"Soul Man" by Same and Dave had...

gospel chord changes borrowed heavily from singing style of gospel music

Soul music has a little bit of _____ and ______.

grit and character

Soul music went in two directions:

gritty soul (Ray Charles) and sweet soul music (Sam Cooke)

How did Sam Cooke die?

he was shot by the manager of a hotel and died.

What did The Black Power and Black Pride Movement do to music?

it move more and more away from the European based chord structures and back toward the African elements of music. Less chord progression and a new style of music was born "Funk"

Repetition of James Brown's songs points to directions he is going, it becomes less about

lyrics, melody and more about the grove and rhythmic aspect

Ray Charles was one of the:

most influential singers, voice influenced people he was also a very talented piano played.

James Brown was the:

the Godfather of Soul

John Myers wife was:

the Niece of Carl Martin from Big Stone Gap, Virginia.

Sam Cooke is:

the innovator of sweet soul

By 1965 Motown had become:

the largest grossing black owned company.

Martha and the Vandellas were founded in?

1960 by Annette Beard, Rosalind Ashford and Gloria Williams, and eventually included Martha Reeves.

What was John Myers band named?

5 pennies

What was Sam Cooke's song that stood out during the civil rights era?

A Change is gonna come, Vocal style is more gospel oriented in the one.

Who sang at MLK's funeral?

Aretha Franklin

Who was the Queen of Soul?

Aretha Franklin

Why was Motown named this?

Because it was born in Detroit, MI.

Who was Motown started by?

Berry Gordy, he was also a song writer, so he decided to start a record label.

A Change is gonna come by Sam Cooke was inspired by?

Bob Dylan

Who was Stax records integrated band?

Booker T and the MG's.

Holland, Dozier, and Holland (H-D-H) wrote alot like?

Brill Building Song Writers

Who was the temptations cherographer?

Cholly Atkins

Who joined The Temptations as the lead vocalist?

David Ruffin

"Baby Love"; HDH wrote hooks for them?

Dianna Ross and the Supremes

What did James Brown's music sound like?

Doo Wop, vocals were very passionate

When was soul music going on?

During the black pride movement

If Holland, Dozier, and Holland (H-D-H) wrote a hit:

Gordy told them to write a song that was just like that one. But if it didn't continue to become hits he would tell them to write a different song.

Gay had an album about his brother going to Vietnam and people protesting the war but

Gordy wouldn't let him do it, so he hired the funk brothers himself and Gordy ended up letting Gay do the album.

What music did Aretha Franklin do at first?

Gospel music

Southern Soul:

Griter more like Ray Charles type of sound.

What was James Brown known as?

Hardest working man in show business

What was James Brown's biggest hit during the 60's and what musical elements did it have?

I got you, Call and response, gospel vocals

What was the song John Myers a cowriter of?

It's a Lonesome Road

Who was the last of the highly choreographed band of Motown?

Jackson 5

The Funk Brothers worked in:

Jazz and rhythm and blues world.

Who was the head of Atlantic Records?

Jerry Wexler worked with Ray Charles

Holland, Dozier, and Holland (H-D-H) wrote songs for?

Martha and the Vandellas, Heat Wave

Who pushed Gordy to let him do what he wanted to do?

Marvin Gay

Motown Finishing School was fun by?

Maxine Powell

Stax Records was located in:

Memphis, TN

Who was the lead singer of the Jackson 5?

Michael Jackson (he left Motown and teamed up with Quincy Jones)

Who was The Funk Brothers signed with?

Motown

Where is Fame Recordings located?

Muscle Shoals, AL

Where was MLK's Assassination?

On the balcony of the Lorane hotel. In Memphis TN.

Heat Wave went to the top of the charts and Gordy told them to write another song just like it which was called?

Quicksand, then he told them to write another just like it.

Whose heart lied with jazz and rhythm and blues?

Ray Charles

Who did James Brown influence?

Rock and Roll such as the Rolling Stones.

What was one of the early success song by Motown?

Shop Around by Smokey Robinson Doing.

What did the Motown Finishing School do?

Taught performers how to act different.

When Barry Gordy changed up his music by adding girl groups and backup singer and deemphasizing the sacsaphone what did he keep?

The Backbeat

Who did John Myers tour with?

The Funk Brothers

Who was the backbone of Motown?

The Funk Brothers

In 1970 John Myers formed a band called

The Hearts of Stone then he was singed by Motown

In the Midnight hour made what popular?

The Jerk

How were Holland, Dozier, and Holland (H-D-H) approaching their songwriting?

They were thinking how to write a hit. They approached it from a book oriented type of writing, what is the hook. Also, Berry Gordy, set a competitive type of environment to where songwriters were competing with each other. Basically if you didn't write a hit for a group, then Berry would give the band to a different songwriter.

What did Barry Gordy do to his music?

Turned it from soul music into pop music

What song did Gay do this "• went into the studio and did his voice takes, when the recording engineer sent Gay home, he by accident he left two vocal tracks unmuted and had two different vocal tracks and Gay ended up liking it. Something good coming out of a mistake"?

What's Going On?

Atlantic records worked with

Wilson Picket, helped him write "In the Midnight hour"

Why did Motown stay strong during the British Invasion?

because Gordy changed the sound to where it was reformulated to the white audience. And it was a HUGE success.

What did Atlantic Records do to Aretha Franklin?

put her back on to her gospel roots.


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