CH. 2
"Race" records
Original marketing term for rhythm and blues
To many teenagers, Alan Freed was the father of rock and roll.
TRUE
As a song, "roll over Beethoven" celebrates
Teenagers listening to rhythm and blues
As a result of the payola scandal, Alan Freed
Was run out of the music business
Early in his career Elvis was marked as
a country and western artist
A crossover song is
a song or record appearing on multiple music charts
Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran were particularly popular with
audiences in England
The practice of payola involved
creating business friendships with disc jockeys by offering gifts
Elvis is often thought of as a song stylist because he
did not write his own songs but chose which material he would record
Which of the following statements about Buddy Holly is FALSE?
he was a cover artist
The country and western chart was originally called
hillbilly
The emergence of rock and roll in the 1950s can be attributed to the relationship between DJs and
indie record labels
The success of crossover artists significantly reduced
the crossover potential for the original artists
"That'll be the day" was the first hit for
Buddy Holly
All of the following were artists with Sun Records EXCEPT
Buddy Holly
"Maybellene"
Chuck Berry's first hit on Chess Records
Alan Freed began his career in:
Cleveland
"Whole lotta shakin' goin' on"
Crossover success for Jerry Lee Lewis
Colonel Tom Parker
Elvis Presley's manager
(T/F) Along with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Little Richard were killed in the same plane crash.
FALSE
(T/F) Cover versions of rhythm and blue songs by white artists very rarely performed better on the pop charts than the rhythm and blues originals
FALSE
(T/F) Elvis is best thought of as a master songwriter who wrote in a variety of pop genres.
FALSE
(T/F) It was a common practice for major record labels to watch the country and western charts for hits and then cover those songs for pop market.
FALSE
Elvis's recordings with RCA helped establish a style that came to be called "rockabilly"
FALSE
"Shake, Rattle, and Roll"
Song originally preformed by Big Joe Turner
All of the following are elements of Chuck Berry's music EXCEPT
Songs geared toward adult black listeners
To which independent label was little Richard signed?
Specialty
Which of the following was NOT a major record label in the 1950s?
Sun
(T/F) Before Elvis signed a major record deal, major labels were NOT inserted in Rock and Roll
TRUE
(T/F) Both Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry wrote music that was intended for a pop audience with influences of country and western and rhythm and blues.
TRUE
(T/F) Both independent and major record labels used payola.
TRUE
(T/F) Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard were all artists recorded on independent labels.
TRUE
(T/F) Most of rock's originators and many of the independent labels they worked for were out of the music business by 1960.
TRUE
(T/F) White artists covering Little Richard's music left out much of the sexual innuendo in his lyrics.
TRUE
Which song was the first million-selling single for sun records
"Blue Suede Shoes"
Elivis's first single for RCA was
"Heart break hotel"
Two high-profile individuals associated with the payola scandal were
Alan Freed and Dick Clark
The rock and roll party was
Alan Freed's radio show in New York
ASCAP
American Society of Composers, Artists, and Performers
All of the following are examples of crossover artists EXCEPT
Big Joe Turner
Which 1950s movie featured Bill Haley's "(We're Gonna) Rock around the Clock"?
Blackboard Jungle
Little Richard's aggressive piano playing and "wild man" image were direct contrast to
Fats Domino
Brenda Lee
Female rockabilly singer
Which Sun Records singer was dubbed the "female Elvis"
Janis Martin
The first rock and roll artists to cultivated the "wild man" persona was
Little Richard
The "whitening" of rhythm and blues was marked by
Lyrics changed to dance references instead of sexual innuendos
Which of the following was a trademark of Little Richard's music?
Maniacal singing
All of the following events affected the first wave of rock and roll EXCEPT
Pat Boone having the first rock-and-roll hit song
Elvis Presley's contract was bought by
RCA records
The Moondog Show
Radio show hosted by Alan Freed
The congressional hearings on the payola scandal focused on
Radio stations that played rock and roll
Alan Freed
Received coauthor credit for song "Maybellene"
Who started Sun Records in Memphis
Sam Phillips
Vocal hiccup
Trademark of Buddy Holly
Whom did ASCAP represent during the payola scandal?
Traditional pop songwriters
