Music 12 Unit 10: Rhythm and Blues 1946-1954
Doo-wop is ___
A pop oriented r&b genre that typically featured remakes of popular standards or pop style originals by black vocal groups
A cover version is ___
A version of a song by someone other than the original artist
The musical form of 'Sh Boom" (The Chords, 1954) is ___
AABA with intro, interlude, and ending
During his first years in Chicago, Muddy Waters added ___ to his performance of the blues
Amplification and a full rhythm section
Numerous Doo Wop groups' names included those associated with ___
Birds
The electric blues moved from Mississippi to ___
Chicago
A popular cover version of the Chord's "Sh-Boom" was recorded by the ___
Crew Cuts
"Crying in the Chapel" was a blues song before it hit the doo-wop charts
False
Being an important figure of early rock and roll, it was Louis Jordan who coined the term "Rhythm and Blues"
False
Ike Turner played the electric guitar in his band
False
In Muddy Waters's "(I'm Your) Hootchie Coochie Man" (1954), he used the standard 12-bar blues form
False
In doo-wop, the practice of using the voice to imitate instruments, especially percussive sounding instruments, was borrowed from the white artists they were covering
False
Jump bands use smaller rhythm sections than big bands
False
Like their bluesmen predecessors from the Delta, Muddy Waters and others like him preferred to play the acoustic guitar
False
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five became famous for their 1946 recording of "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
False
Louis Jordan's jump band group was called the Tin Pan Alley Five
False
Race records had strong sales and market share during the year of the Depression
False
White covers of black recordings did not affect black artists' accessibility to white markets
False
Doo-wop had its roots in ___
Gospel, pop, and rhythm and blues
Doo Wop and scat singing have similarities in that they ___
Imitate instruments, especially percussive sounding ones
"Rocket 88" recorded by ___, is considered by many to be the first rock and roll record
Jackie Brenston
___ introduced the term "Rhythm and Blues" into the musical world
Jerry Wexler
"Choo Choo Ch'Bogie" was a big hit for ___
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Muddy Waters grew up in ___ where he soaked up the working experience that can be found in his music
Mississippi
According to the text, the electric blues of the 1950s brought ___ into popular music
Nastier guitar sounds
In the early days of recording labels, Okeh Records was known for ___
Race records
Most songs from the jump bands utilized the ___ beat
Shuffle
Muddy Waters's "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" (1954), features this popular, time-tested technique known as ___ in the opening
Stop time
Jump bands diverged from big-band swing in which of the following ways?
The shuffle replaced the four-beat swing rhythm
According to the text, which of the following is one of the aspects that made doo-wop so accessible for white teens?
They heard familiarity in it from the Tin Pan Alley pop songs their parents listened to
The shuffle rhythm lines up nicely with the ___ division of the beat
Triplet
According to the text, shuffle rhythm was only occasionally used in rock-era songs
True
Early race records were charted in Billboard magazine as "Harlem Hit Parade"
True
Electric blues migrated from Mississippi to Chicago
True
In a jump band, each player's role is clearly defined
True
Like so many other blues men, Muddy Waters got his unique blues inspiration from the Mississippi Delta
True
Little Walter played the harmonica
True
Many doo-wop songs were, in effect, cover versions of existing songs
True
Muddy Water's song, "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" features a stop-time riff
True
The "cover version" is a rock-era concept
True
