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All of the following songs are by Chuck Berry EXCEPT:

"Blueberry Hill"

Which of the following songs was NOT recorded by Johnny Cash for Sun Records?

"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"

What was Elvis's first recording for RCA?

"Heartbreak Hotel"

The Beach Boys' first number 1 hit was:

"I Get Around"

Which song is also known as the "Vietnam song"?

"I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag"

Which song was investigated by the FCC?

"Louie Louie"

Which of the following songs includes vocables?

"Sh'boom"

"Surfin' U.S.A. is a reworking of what Chuck Berry song?

"Sweet Little Sixteen"

Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller wrote all of the following Elvis songs EXCEPT:

"That's All Right"

Which song was written by the members of the Monkees?

"The Girl I Knew Somewhere"

What was Elvis's nickname?

"The Hillbilly Cat"

All of the following songs are covers EXCEPT:

"The Last Time"

All of the following songs are by Jefferson Airplane EXCEPT:

"Toad"

Of which Beatles song did Paul McCartney say, "That's just John doing Dylan"?

"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"

Chuck Berry performed his famous _________ during his guitar solos.

"duck walk"

The Fisk Jubilee Singers began touring and performing during the _____.

1870's

"Shake, Rattle, and Roll" was recorded in:

1954

Colonel Tom Parker sold Elvis's contract to RCA in:

1955

"The Day the Music Died" happened in which year?

1959

In what year did the Beatles first visit the United States?

1964

The Rolling Stones first visited the United States in:

1964

Bob Dylan played an electric set at the Newport Folk Festival in:

1965

The Monkees television show premiered in:

1966

Are You Experienced? was released in:

1967

The Summer of Love was in:

1967

The Human Be-In was held in:

1967, San Fransico

Brian Jones drowned in:

1969

The song "Tom Dooley" is a

A strophic ballad

Which Rolling Stones album was the first to feature entirely new material and no covers?

Aftermath

Who served as the manager of the Rolling Stones beginning in 1963?

Andrew Loog Oldham

The transistor radio was developed by:

Bell Laboratory

Which group earned their first recording contract after appearing at Monterey?

Big Brother and the Holding Company

Which group or artist wanted to play "the blues in Technicolor"?

Big Brother and the Holding Company

"Hound Dog" was first recorded by:

Big Mama Thornton

Which record label was owned and operated by African Americans?

Black Swan

Which of the following was NOT a Hollywood film featuring Elvis?

Blackboard Jungle

"Blowin' in the Wind" was written by:

Bob Dylan

"Mr. Tambourine Man" was written by:

Bob Dylan

Which of the following people was NOT a songwriter?

Bobby Rydell

Who encouraged the Beatles to wear matching suits and have matching haircuts?

Brian Epstein

Who was the manager of the Beatles from 1962 to1967?

Brian Epstein

Double-tracking was a technique frequently used by:

Buddy Holly

Which of these American bands or artists was most influential on the Beatles?

Buddy Holly and the Crickets

"Take Good Care Of My Baby" was written by:

Carole King and Gerry Goffin

Johnny Cash left Sun Records and signed with:

Columbia

Which of the following artists did NOT record for Atlantic?

Diana Ross

Which of the following songs was the first single to be written by (not covered by) the Byrds?

Eight Miles High

"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" is about nuclear fallout.

False

"Great Balls of Fire" was composed by Jerry Lee Lewis.

False

"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" was written by Janis Joplin.

False

After World War II, swing bands increased in popularity and membership numbers.

False

All Brill Building songs were written at the request of a specific singer.

False

All of the Beatles' songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

False

Boogie woogie is another term for ragtime.

False

Brian Jones was the only member of the Rolling Stones who was never arrested for drug possession.

False

Brian Wilson traveled to India to study transcendental meditation.

False

Donovan was a San Francisco musician.

False

Donovan's earliest recordings are in the Chicago blues tradition.

False

Donovan's music focuses on the dark side of psychedelia.

False

During a final chorus, the members of a doo-wop group would sing the same melody in unison.

False

Hank Williams only recorded and performed songs that he had written.

False

Honky tonk music is performed in a subdued, intimate style.

False

Jerry Lee Lewis made his debut on the Ed Sullivan Show.

False

John Lennon was the group's lead guitarist.

False

Little Richard was one of the most subdued and conservative of all early rock and roll musicians.

False

Paul Revere and the Raiders wore replicas of United States Army uniforms from World War II.

False

Phil Spector's wall of sound included one drum set, one piano, and one bass.

False

Swing bands usually included a banjo and a tuba

False

Teen idol singers went through a rigorous audition process to prove their singing skills.

False

The Grateful Dead exclusively played blues.

False

The Rolling Stones were seen as the clean-cut alternative to the scruffy Beatles.

False

The Rolling Stones' first trip to the United States was a huge commercial success.

False

The center of the Summer of Love was in Bethel, New York.

False

The subject of "Good Vibrations" is spiritual enlightenment.

False

Vaudeville refers to a music publishing district in New York City

False

The rhythm guitar plays most of the melodies.

False - rhythm guitar provides harmonic support

The National Guard provided security at Altamont.

False- Hells Angels were hired

Bob Dylan's birth name is Woodrow Wilson Dylan.

False-Robert Zimmerman

Which member of the Beatles studied the sitar in India?

George Harrison

Who produced nearly all of the Beatles' recordings?

George Martin

How did Thomas Dorsey first promote his gospel music?

He and Mahalia Jackson would stand on a street corner and perform the music.

Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land Is Your Land" as a reaction to:

Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"

Which artist's career was NOT launched by American Bandstand?

Jackie Brenston

Who composed "Hound Dog"?

Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller

Which musician played the "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock?

Jimi Hendrix

Mods were the antithesis of:

Kink Kultists

The drug of choice for the countercultural movement was:

LSD

Phil Spector received his early training from:

Leiber and Stoller

Many psychedelic rock groups borrowed imagery from the writings of:

Lewis Carroll

Hank Williams began his career on:

Louisiana Hayride

Who recorded the first commercially successful example of the urban blues?

Mamie Smith

The Who began their career playing at the:

Marquee Club

Who was known for performing the Carter scratch?

Maybelle Carter

The Rolling Stones got their name from a song by what blues artist?

Muddy Waters

The Grand Ole Opry was broadcast from:

Nashville

Dixieland jazz originated in:

New Orleans

All of these songs feature tape splices EXCEPT:

Norwegian Wood

Which guitarist was known for playing power chords in a windmill style?

Pete Townshend

Brian Wilson originally wrote "Don't Worry Baby" for:

Phil Spector

Who was one of the first people to record hillbilly music?

Ralph Peer

Which piece of classical music inspired the form of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit"?

Ravel's Bolero

Most of the Kinks' songs were written by:

Ray Davies

Which person was the lead singer of the Who?

Roger Daltrey

Which artist began his career as a gospel singer?

Sam Cooke

All of these bands were one-hit wonders EXCEPT:

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs

Which of these people became vice president of Motown in 1961?

Smokey Robinson

Who wrote and produced "The Way You Do The Things"

Smokey Robinson

What was the name of the record label launched by Sam Phillips in 1952?

Sun Records

The Animals were originally known as:

The Alan Price Combo

Which group or artist took their name from an eighteenth-century poem by William Blake?

The Doors

Which group openly criticized Americans?

The Kinks

The lyric of "Tomorrow Never Knows" are by"

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Which British band appeared at Monterey?

The Who

All of the following dances were inspired by the Twist EXCEPT:

The duck walk

Which instrument is featured in the choruses of "Good Vibrations"?

Theremin

The Psychedelic Experience was written by:

Timothy Leary

Who first said, "Turn on, tune in, drop out"?

Timothy Leary

The first successful free-form FM radio program was produced by:

Tom Donahue

All of these teams wrote songs for Aldon Music EXCEPT:

Tony Orlando and Bobby Vinton

"Like a Rolling Stone" was the longest 45 RPM single that had ever been recorded at the time when it was released.

True

Alan Freed popularized the term "rock and roll."

True

Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Mamie Smith were urban blues singers.

True

Bill Haley claimed that he invented rock and roll.

True

Cootie Williams and Johnny Hodges were frequent soloists in Duke Ellington's orchestra

True

Cream was the first rock supergroup.

True

Dick Clark was never accused of taking payola.

True

Don Kirshner oversaw the music for The Monkees television show.

True

Florence Ballard was originally the lead singer of the Supremes.

True

Guitar players would create blue notes on their instrument by using a bottleneck.

True

Jimi Hendrix preformed at Monterey.

True

Jimmie Rodgers had been a vaudeville performer before he became a country music singer.

True

Leiber and Stoller wrote a number of hit songs for the Drifters.

True

Mickey Donlenz and Davy Jones both had professional acting backgrouds.

True

Most performances on American Bandstand were lip-synched.

True

Phil Spector frequently employed doubling in his recordings.

True

Race records included gospel music, vocal harmony groups, and small combos.

True

Songs in 32-bar song form follow an AABA form for the melody

True

The Animals primarily played covers of American blues songs.

True

The Beatles stopped touring in 1966.

True

The Beatles' first album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios.

True

The Beatles' first major engagement was in Hamburg, Germany.

True

The Rolling Stones recorded songs that had been written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

True

The Trips Festival was a large-scale acid test.

True

The World Psychedelic Center is located in London.

True

The form of the instrumental solo in "That'll Be The Day" is based on the twelve-bar blues.

True

The members of girl groups were interchangeable and could be fired at a moment's notice.

True

The name "doo-wop" comes from syllables of text that groups sang.

True

The record companies Okeh, Victor, and Atlantic all marketed race records.

True

Paul Revere and the Raiders were the musicals hosts of:

Where the Action Is

All of the following artist covered songs by Bob Dylan EXCEPT:

Woody Guthrie

What is the musical or formal basis of "Cotton Tail"

a contrafact on "I Got Rhythm"

"Purple Haze" includes all of the following EXCEPT:

a cover of a classic Chicago blues song

"You Really Got Me" includes all of the following EXCEPT:

a rave-up

What technique or style is audible in the final minute of "I'm A Man"?

a rave-up

"Sunshine of Your Love" features:

a repeated guitar riff

All of the following were promotional tactics of Tin Pan Alley song pluggers EXCEPT

advertising their songs via local radio broadcasts

Aside from Monday evenings, what time of day did American Bandstand air?

afternoon

"St. Louis Blues" is an example of?

arranged blues

What term best describes the vocal technique heard on words such as "oh," "go," and "Chicago" in "Sweet Home Chicago"?

blue notes

This style of piano playing in "Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin On" is based on what other type of music?

boogie woogie

What term best describes the relationship between the singer and the guitar at the end of each vocal phrase in "Sweet Home Chicago"?

call and response

In "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite," the Beatles used:

chance composition techniques

Scotty Moore and Bill Black were:

country musicians from Memphis

Aretha Franklin wrote all of her own songs.

false, she covered other artists' songs and performed songs that were written for her

Stax was a subsidiary of Motown.

false, subsidiary of Atlantic

"I Got A Woman" is an adaptation of what other type of music?

gospel

Aretha Franklin grew up singing which style of music?

gospel

Which of the following is a characteristic of a folk spiritual?

heterophony

What vocal technique is heard in this song on words such as "well," "love," and "Peggy" in "Peggy Sue"?

hiccupping

All of the following were subgenres or styles of country music EXCEPT:

hillbilly

What is true of "Break on Through"

it features a keyboard solo by Ray Manzarek

What musical style is heard in this excerpt of "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"?

jump blues

"Last Train to Claksville" includes all of the following EXCEPT:

mistakes that were left in the final recording

"Louie Louie" includes all of the following EXCEPT:

obscene lyrics

Most girl groups achieved crossover success on the:

pop and rhythm and blues charts

What genres of music are combined in "Sunshine Superman"?

psychedelia and folk

Boogie woogie music provided the soundtrack for?

rent parties in Chicago

In 1949, what term did the Billboard charts uses to replace "race records"?

rhythm and blues

Producers were responsible for all of the following EXCEPT:

singing

Colonel Tom Parker involved Elvis in all of the following EXCEPT:

songwriting

All of the following influenced the inexpensive production and distribution of rock and roll music EXCEPT:

the Hammond B-3 organ

Phil Spector produced music for all of these groups EXCEPT:

the Pendletones

"Baby Love" features all of the following EXCEPT:

the Temptation Walk

During the nineteenth century, most American homes had pianos for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

the competing publishers in Tin Pan Alley drove the price of sheet music down

The Summer of Love's name comes from:

the council organized to care for the people who traveled to the city

Which of the following was NOT a factor in the rise of hillbilly music?

the creation of race records

What prompted the success of Bill Haley's and the Comets' version of "Rock Around the Clock?"

the group appeared in the film Blackboard Jungle

Scott Joplin's piano rags are in the form of _______

the march

The form AABBACCDD best describes

the march

What vocal technique is heard in this recording of "Sleep Baby, Sleep"?

yodeling


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