MUS 320 Notes
Which of the following songs was re-recorded with sanitized lyrics by cover artist Pat Boone?
"Ain't That a Shame"
Which of the following songs was NOT recorded by Johnny Cash for Sun Records?
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"
Which of the following songs has a political message?
"He Was a Friend of Mine"
Which recording was the first to be number 1 on the pop, country, and rhythm and blues charts simultaneously
"Hound Dog"
Which song is also known as the "Vietnam song"?
"I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag"
All of the following are cover songs EXCEPT:
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
Which song was investigated by the FCC?
"Louie Louie"
Which of the following songs includes vocables?
"Sh'boom"
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"
Of which Beatles song did Paul McCartney say, "That's just John doing Dylan"?
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
All of the following songs are by Jefferson Airplane EXCEPT:
'Toad"
The first commercially successful Tin Pan Alley song was written in
1892
The first commercial recordings of hillbilly music were made in the:
1920s
"Shake, Rattle, and Roll" was recorded in:
1954
Colonel Tom Parker sold Elvis's contract to RCA in:
1955
The Human Be-In was held in:
1967
The first successful free-form FM radio show occurred in:
1967
How many times did "The Twist" chart during the 1960s?
2
Which song was the first major Tin Pan Alley hit?
After the Ball
Which Rolling Stones album was the first to feature entirely new material and no covers?
Aftermath
The payola scandal ended the career of what disc jockey?
Alan Freed
Who served as the manager of the Rolling Stones beginning in 1963?
Andrew Loog Oldham
Which label was known for the "Southern soul" style of music?
Atlantic
The transistor radio was developed by:
Bell Laboratory
Which group or artist wanted to play "the blues in Technicolor"?
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Who was the original performer of this song? (Shake Rattle and Roll)
Big Joe Turner
Which artist is considered the primary forerunner of rockabilly music?
Bill Haley
Which of these artists performed covers almost exclusively?
Bill Haley
All of the following songs are by Chuck Berry EXCEPT:
Blueberry Hill
Which artist was unconcerned that his single "Like a Rolling Stone" was six minutes long, twice the length of any single that would be played on AM radio?
Bob Dylan
Which of the following people was NOT a songwriter?
Bobby Rydel
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
Bob Dylan's first album to include electric songs was:
Bringing it All Back Home
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
Who was Sam Phillips's next major rockabilly star after Elvis?
Carl Perkins
Johnny Cash left Sun Records and signed with:
Columbia
All of these groups recorded "Louie Louie" EXCEPT:
Count Five
Which of the following artists did NOT record for Atlantic?
Diana Ross
Which guitarist recorded this song in 1962? (Miserlou)
Dick Dale
All of the following artists were killed in the same plane crash EXCEPT:
Eddie Cochran
"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" is about nuclear fallout.
False
"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" was written by Janis Joplin:
False
About half of the performers at Woodstock were female.
False
After the payola scandal, the FCC decreased the level of control and supervision that it exercised over radio stations.
False
All Brill Building songs were written at the request of a specific singer.
False
All of the musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival were compensated generously for appearing.
False
Aretha Franklin wrote all of her own songs.
False
Arranged spirituals were sung by slaves
False
Bob Dylan's birth name is Woodrow Wilson Dylan.
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
Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Robert Johnson all played in the urban blues style.
False
Donovan was a San Francisco musician.
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
Elvis was stationed in Guam during his time in the Army.
False
Elvis's recording of "Blue Suede Shoes" was more successful than the recording made by Carl Perkins.
False
Honky tonk music is performed in a subdued, intimate style.
False
Jimmy Page replaced Eric Clapton as the guitarist for the Yardbirds.
False
John Lennon called "Tomorrow Never Knows" his "pocket symphony."
False
John Lennon was the group's lead guitarist.
False
Marty Balin wrote all of Jefferson Airplane's songs.
False
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards frequently wrote songs in the 12-bar blues form.
False
Most country and western musicians were members of ASCAP.
False
Most of Big Brother and the Holding Company's hit songs were original compositions.
False
Motown is located in Nashville.
False
New gospel songs during the 1940s and 1950s were often called "Tindleys."
False
Paul Revere and the Raiders wrote almost all of their own music.
False
Phil Spector recorded the vocalists' singing before he recorded the instruments.
False
Phil Spector's wall of sound included one drum set, one piano, and one bass
False
Record companies held the singers responsible for the way a record sounded.
False
Rockabilly music was no longer popular after the 1950s.
False
Simon and Garfunkel refused to use amplified instruments
False
Teen idol singers went through a rigorous audition process to prove their singing skills.
False
The Beatles only performed one song on the Ed Sullivan Show.
False
The Grand Ole Opry is named for one of the musicians who performed on the program.
False
The Grateful Dead released more hit singles than any other band in the late 1960s.
False
The Monkees were created to emulate the Rolling Stones.
False
The rhythm guitar plays most of the melodies.
False
The songs "Sugar Sugar" and "Bang Shang a Lang" were recorded by Paul Revere and the Raiders.
False
The subject of "Good Vibrations" is spiritual enlightenment.
False
Vaudeville refers to a music publishing district in New York City.
False
Benny Goodman frequently purchased big band arrangements from
Fletcher Henderson
Leadbelly's music was recorded by?
Folklorists
Ralph Peer recorded all of these musicians EXCEPT:
Gene Autry
How did Thomas Dorsey first promote his gospel music?
He and Mahalia Jackson would stand on a street corner and perform the music.
What was Elvis's first recording for RCA?
Heartbreak Hotel
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
Which artist released the album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again, Mama!
Janis Joplin
Which group headlined the Human Be-In?
Jefferson Airplane
Which musician played "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock?
Jimi Hendrix
Whom did Brian Jones call "the most exciting performer I have ever heard"?
Jimi Hendrix
Who said, "We don't write songs, we write records"?
Leiber and Stoller
Phil Spector received his early training from:
Lieber and Stoller
Who wrote and produced this song? (Yakety Yak - The Coasters)
Lieber and Stoller
Scott Joplin's piano rags are in the form of
March
The Who began their career playing at the:
Marquee Club
Who was known for performing the Carter scratch?
Maybelle Carter
Otis Redding performed at:
Monterey
The Rolling Stones got their name from a song by what blues artist?
Muddy Waters
The Grand Ole Opry was broadcast from:
Nashville
All of the following songwriters worked for Motown EXCEPT:
Otis Redding
Which guitarist was known for playing power chords in a windmill style?
Pete Townshend
Which member of the Grateful Dead studied classical music composition?
Phil Lesh
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
The Human Be-In was held in:
San Francisco
Who wrote and produced this song? (The way you do the t... - the temptations)
Smokey Robinson
What was Elvis's first single for Sun Records?
That's all right
Which of the following was NOT an early name of the Beatles?
The Crickets
Which group or artist took their name from an eighteenth-century poem by William Blake?
The Doors
All of the following were vocal harmony groups EXCEPT:
The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Which group openly criticized Americans?
The Kinks
The first commercially successful Dixieland group was:
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Which of these British bands appeared at Monterey?
The Who
What instrument is featured in the choruses of this song? (Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys)
Theremin
The Psychedelic Experience was written by:
Timothy Leary
Who first said, "Turn on, tune in, drop out"?
Timothy Leary
This song was written by: (Last train to clarksville)
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
All of these teams wrote songs for Aldon Music EXCEPT:
Tony Orlando and Bobby Vinton
"Maybellene" is based on a country and western song.
True
"Mersey beat" is another term for "back beat."
True
"Tomorrow Never Knows" is in simple verse form.
True
Cootie Williams and Johnny Hodges were frequent soloists in Duke Ellington's orchestra.
True
Dick Clark was never accused of taking payola.
True
Don Kirshner oversaw the music for The Monkees television show.
True
Eric Clapton's called his definitive guitar style his "woman tone."
True
Florence Ballard was originally the lead singer of the Supremes.
True
Gene Autry and Roy Rogers were known as "singing cowboys."
True
In "Tomorrow Never Knows," John Lennon's voice was recorded with a rotating Leslie speaker.
True
In oral tradition, music is learned and transmitted from memory instead of by a written score.
True
Jimi Hendrix was a left-handed guitarist playing a right-handed guitar strung for a lefty.
True
Memphis Minnie was a rural blues singer.
True
Mickey Dolenz and Davy Jones both had professional acting backgrounds.
True
Most AM radio singles were less than three minutes long.
True
Pete Seeger never signed with a major record label as a solo artist.
True
Slapback was a characteristic sound that Sam Phillips created in his recording studio.
True
The A&R man was primarily responsible for hiring and firing musicians, not producing recordings.
True
The Beatles' first album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
True
The Great Migration was a significant influence on the development of gospel music.
True
The Rolling Stones recorded songs that had been written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
True
The distortion heard in "Heart Full of Soul" comes from a fuzzbox.
True
The form of the instrumental solo in this song is based on the twelve-bar blues. (That'll be the day - buddy holly)
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
Top 40 radio played the top 40 songs repeatedly every 24 hours.
True
Paul Revere and the Raiders were the musical hosts of:
Where the Action Is
All of the following artists covered songs by Bob Dylan EXCEPT:
Woody Guthrie
What is the musical or formal basis of this piece? (Cotton Tail - Duke Ellington)
a contrafact on "I Got Rhythm"
This song contains all of the following EXCEPT: (My Generation - The Who)
a fuzzbox
In the urban blues, a singer was accompanied by?
a piano or a small combo
What technique or style is audible in the final minute of this song? (I'm a Man - The Yardbirds)
a rave-up
All of the following are true of concept albums EXCEPT:
all of the songs on the album have the same instrumentation
What term best describes the vocal technique heard on words such as "oh," "go," and "Chicago"? (Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson)
blue notes
The members of the Who had backgrounds in all of these musical styles EXCEPT:
blues
What term best describes the relationship between the singer and the guitar at the end of each vocal phrase? (Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson)
call and response
Aftermath included all of these instruments EXCEPT:
cello
In "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite," the Beatles used:
chance composition techniques
"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" addresses all of the following topics EXCEPT:
drug use
"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" features:
fuzzbox
This song is an adaptation of what other type of music? (I Got A Woman - Ray Charles)
gospel
What vocal technique is heard in this song on words such as "well," "love," and "Peggy"? (Peggy Sue - Buddy holly)
hiccuping
All of the following were subgenres or styles of country music EXCEPT:
hillbilly
What musical style is heard in this excerpt of "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"?
jump blues
The subject of "Like a Rolling Stone" is:
materialism
"The Twist" promoted what style of dancing?
open
Jimi Hendrix did all of the following EXCEPT:
play three guitars simultaneously
What genres of music are combined in this song? "sunshine superman - Donovan"
psychedelia and folk
"Race records" is another term for?
records produced by and marketed toward African Americans
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
Protest songs usually contain:
simple melodies
Lonnie Donegan's "Rock Island Line" is an example of:
skiffle
Colonel Tom Parker involved Elvis in all of the following EXCEPT:
songwriting
What is this style of left-hand piano playing called? (Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin, William Albright)
stride
Phil Spector produced music for all of these groups EXCEPT:
the Pendletones
This song features all of the following EXCEPT: (Baby Love)
the Temptation Walk
The Summer of Love's name comes from:
the council organized to care for the people who traveled to the city
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
The group performing in this track was: (Green Onions)
the house band for Stax
This song was written by Otis Redding. (Respect)
ture
Many urban blues singers began their careers as?
vaudeville performers
