Music 107 Midterm (Quizzes 1-7) (7)
Of the following artists, which came from primarily country and western roots?
Bill Haley, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins
This style was a direct descendant of African-American spirituals.
Black gospel
This highly influential musical style appeared in the rural deep south in the late 19th century.
Blues
This style came from a mixture of West coast jazz and samba form.
Bossa nova
What did the magnetic tape recorder replace in the postwar era?
Direct-to-disc recording
In the late-1940s, the Delta blues appeared in a new form known as
Electric blues
This recording artist had eclectic influences, including jazz singers such as Billie Holiday and instrumental soloists such as violinist Jascha Heifetz.
Frank Sinatra
Match the performer or band with their associated style. Girl group: Surf Music: Latin soul: Countrypolitan: Mongo Santamaria The Crystals Dick Dale and the Del-Tones Patsy Cline
Girl group: The Crystals Surf Music: Dick Dale and the Del-Tones Latin soul: Mongo Santamaria Countrypolitan: Pasty Cline
In his brief career, _______________ had thirty-six hit records, and is considered to be a seminal figure in "good old country music."
Hank Williams
Chuck Berry's skills included which of the following?
He was an influential vocalist. He was an electric guitar pioneer. He was a skilled songwriter.
The 1920s are known as the _______________.
Jazz Age
Because of his wild stage performances and "bad boy" image, this artist was known as "The Killer."
Jerry Lee Lewis
Match the performer or group with the associated musical style: Jump blues: Country Crooner: Honky-tonk: Blues Crooner: Bluegrass: Urban electric blues: Doo wop: Bill Monroe Louis Jordan Charles Brown Eddy Arnold The Drifters Hank Williams Muddy Waters
Jump Blues: Louis Jordan Country Crooner: Eddy Arnold Honky-Tonk: Hank Williams Blues Crooner: Charles Brown Bluegrass: Bill Monroe Urban Electric Blues: Muddy Waters Doo Wop: The Drifters
Strongly influenced by jump blues, this artist was known for his exuberant performances and hard-driving piano playing.
Little Richard
This song, composed by George Stoddard, became the first hit song to be popularized as a record before it was released as sheet music.
Mary
Which of the following had an influence on hillbilly music?
Minstrel shows, Vaudeville, Tin Pan Alley songs, Hawaiian steel guitar bands
During the 1960s and 1970s ____________ solidified itself as the center of the country music world.
Nashville, TN
The most popular black pop artist of the postwar era was ______________, whose roots as a ____________ were reflected in his smooth vocal delivery and subtle timing qualities.
Nat King Cole, jazz pianist
Which pop vocalist had a hit with an adaptation of a country song in 1950?
Patti Page
This highly influential record is considered to be the first concept album.
Pet Sounds
This record producer broke in as a vocalist and by the age of twenty-one had established his own record label.
Phil Spector
The most popular hillbilly performer in the years leading up to and during World War II was
Roy Acuff
The increased demand for peripheral popular music styles such as rhythm and blues was met by _____________ the late 1940s.
Small independent labels
Which of the following was a significant advantage of tape recording over the previous method of recording?
The ability to overdub
Regarding the second wave of the British invasion, which statement is true?
The bands were more blues and r&b influenced than the first wave.
The term "payola" refers to
The illegal practice of bribing radio disc jockeys.
The influence of the rumba can be seen in the songs of composers in which genre during the 1930s?
Tin Pan Alley
The Wrecking Crew was
a group of top Los Angeles studio musicians
The _____________ rhythm is an important structural element in many Latin music styles.
clave
In the postwar years, the label "hillbilly music" was changed to "____________," and the label "race music" was changed to "____________."
country and western, rhythm & blues (correct)
Southern black spiritual music was characteristically
expressive and extroverted
What was controversial about Dylan's 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance?
he appeared with an electric band.
________ music was the term initially used to describe recordings for sale to white southerners
hillbilly
The growth of hillbilly music in the 1930s was aided by
network radio
Bob Dylan's early success was a result of
other performers covering his songs.
Recordings for sale to African-Americans were initially classified as ___________ music.
race
During the 1930s a smooth, polished style of jazz known as [1] emerged.
swing
Two broadcast technologies that took off after World War II were FM radio and _____________ .
television
The term "Great American Songbook" refers to
the catalog of standard tunes
The first dance craze of the 1960s was ________________.
the twist
_____________ was known as the "Singing Brakeman" and the "Father of Country Music."
"El Manicero"
Which of the early British invasion hits was an exception to the overall feel-good, up-beat sound of the other hit songs by early British invasion bands?
"House of the Rising Sun"
Which song was the Rolling Stones' breakthrough hit?
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
The music heard in this audio excerpt is in the style of
Classic blues
A major difference between white and black gospel music was that white gospel performers were expected to sing only sacred music.
FALSE
What demographic did the American popular music industry primarily target for sales in the early- to mid-20th century?
The middle class
What was one of the factors that caused most American record companies to go out of business by the early 1930s?
The onset of the Great Depression
Which of the following were ways that Tin Pan Alley songs were personalized for the listener?
Vernacular English, An intimate singing style
Tin Pan Alley songs were mostly written in
verse-refrain form
1.) a short repeated melodic or rhythmic fragment 2.) a solo vocal line answered by an instrumental or vocal line 3.) three four-bar phrases with an AAB lyrical structure 4.) a vocal embellishment where a group of notes are sung on one syllable of text
1.) riff 2.) call and response 3.) 12-bar blues form 4.) melisma
What was the "wall of sound"?
A dense, almost symphonic style of production.
Which were important trends in popular music in the early 1960s?
A new style of non-contact dancing emerged. Baby boomers entered the music business as writers and performers. An expansion of the self-contained songwriter-performer concept.
Which of the following was the unifying demographic element in the early rock 'n' roll audience?
Age
What was the primary means of exposure for new dance tunes in the early 1960s?
American Bandstand
The main way that songs were popularized at the turn of the century was
Broadway shows, Vaudeville
Although this early rock 'n' roll star's career lasted a brief one and a half years, he was highly influential on future pop and rock artists such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones
Buddy Holly
This early rock 'n' roll star's first hit was an adaptation of a country swing tune named "Ida Red."
Chuck Berry
This was a polished style of the blues, mostly recorded in the northern United States.
Classic blues
_________________ was first performed on guitar, often by sliding a bottle or a knife on the neck.
Country blues
After finishing military service, this performer had several country-influenced hits.
Elvis Presley
____________ was undoubtedly the first bona fide superstar of rock 'n' roll.
Elvis Presley
Early rock 'n' roll was one distinct style of music.
FALSE
Surf music was a polished, carefully crafted new style of rock 'n' roll.
FALSE
The Grand Ole Opry was an important live radio broadcast of race music.
FALSE
The folk music movement embraced rock 'n' roll from the start.
FALSE
This recording artist grew up with the musical traditions of New Orleans.
Fats Domino
During the postwar years the popularity of country music
Increased
Which of the following is not true of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band? It was the first concept album. It had a counterculture ambience. The musical styles were eclectic. Some of the songs are interpreted as having drug references.
It was the first concept album.
Which of the following statements are true of "Beatlemania"? The type of hysteria generated by the fans had never been seen before. It was the first time that non-American performers were received with this level of adulation. It marked the beginning of the British invasion. Beatles merchandise made millions. It only lasted a few weeks.
It was the first time that non-American performers were received with this level of adulation. It marked the beginning of the British invasion. Beatles merchandise made millions.
Which of the following were key figures in the music publishing business at the turn of the 20th century?
Publishers, Song pluggers
__________ was/were the most important method for introducing new music during the Great Depression.
Radio
This musical style was referred to as "a country man's song with a black man's rhythm."
Rockabilly
What were Tin Pan Alley songs mostly about?
Romantic love
After World War II, young people in America were buying more than one-third of all records sold.
TRUE
At the turn of the 20th century, the public mainly bought new songs in the form of sheet music. (true or false)
TRUE
The technique of writing new lyrics over a repeating melody is known as through-composed form. (true or false)
TRUE
Which of the following was the first Latin dance fad of the 20th century?
Tango
The early recordings by this band were clearly indebted to the music of Chuck Berry.
The Beach Boys
This famous rhythm was actually based on the Latin clave figure.
The Bo Diddley beat.
In the early 1960s, the new center of the music business in New York was
The Brill Building
This group moved away from its country roots towards a jump blues sound, and recorded the first rock 'n' roll song to become a pop hit.
The Comets
Of the early British invasion bands, which was the only one to challenge the Beatles top spot?
The Dave Clark Five
The first recording of jazz is generally credited to _____________________.
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Which of the following was not true of American record companies in the 1950s? The major labels were immediately enthusiastic about rock 'n' roll. The indie labels released most of the early rock 'n' roll recordings. The indie labels put out more hit rock 'n' roll records than the majors. The major labels used white artists to record covers of songs by black artists.
The major labels were immediately enthusiastic about rock 'n' roll.
Which of the following was a factor that led to the decline of the record business during the 1930s?
The rise of radio, The great depression
Which of the following was true of the "baby boom" generation?
They had more disposable income than previous generations. They were the first generation to grow up with television. They had their own taste in fashion, dance, and music.
__________________ refers to the music publishing business that was centered in New York beginning in the 1890s.
Tin Pan Alley
This musical style appeared in Oklahoma in the 1930s, and was an integration of country, swing, and mariachi music.
Western swing
______________ was a singer-songwriter who wandered the southwestern U.S. during the great depression singing about social issues.
Woody Guthrie
This style was meant for listening, not dancing, and represents the beginning of modern jazz.
bebop
How were the Beatles' eclectic musical ideas enhanced?
by having George Martin as their producer.
_______________ were a descendant of the big bands, featuring groups of five or six players that played a style of boogie-woogie.
jump bands
Songs by Brill Building songwriters were typically about which of the following subjects?
love, boy-girl relationships, teenage issues
The first Latin style to develop in the United States was the _________.
mambo
"Like A Rolling Stone" was a departure for pop music because
of the edgy lyrical content. of the beat-poet inspired style of writing. of the sonic density of the overall sound.
Nowadays, the only part of a Tin Pan Alley song that is usually performed is the
refrain
The song "Long Tall Sally" features a musical technique known as
stop time
The Beatles decision to stop performing live in 1966 led to
the creation of their most imaginative work.
The invention of _______________ changed the way that music was recorded, and allowed music to be sung in a style known as crooning.
the electric microphone
"The Wreck of the Old 97" was significant because it was
the first million-selling country hit
