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Aretha Franklin "respect"
Which of the following songs has the most audible influence from gospel music?
Berry gordy, William Stevenson and William robinson
Which songwriters contributed to the songwriting and production for early Motown hits?
delayed backbeat
Wilson Pickett, his studio musicians, and producer Jerry Wexler developed the musical technique of the ___, which contributed to the relaxed style of southern soul.
Country Joe and the Fish
With their 1967 album Electric Music for the Mind and Body, ___ helped bridge the gap between Berkeley radicals and San Francisco Hippies.
horn arrangements & backing vocals
the production techniques of Motown and Chicago R&B included "sweetening" elements, such as:
"Hard Day's Night" > "Help!" > "Paperback Writer"
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" was the Beatles' first number-one hit in the US. Place the following Beatles songs that also went to number one in chronological order.
"amen" cadence & call-and-response
"People Get Ready," by the Impressions, includes which musical elements hat evoke spiritual roots?
Donovan & Led Zeppelin
Folk musicians in the 60s also took on psychedelic styles, as heard in the music of ___ whose albums featured studio musicians that later formed the famous rock group ___.
piano solo & 4/4 meter
Gerry and the Pacemakers' "How Do You Do It?" musical characteristics:
live touring shows & films
Given the scarcity of rock and roll, country and western, and rhythm and blues music in the UK, how did fans there most frequently access this music?
port cities
Hamburg and Liverpool have the commonality of being ___, where music may have traveled more easily from the US and abroad.
hand claps & two-part vocals
Match the instrumentation: "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
tape loops & sitar
Match the instrumentation: "Tomorrow Never Knows"
"Downtown" = Petula Clark "Wishin' and Hopin'" = Dusty Springfield "Summer Nights" = Marianne Faithfull "Love of the Loved" = Cilla Black
Match the musician with their correct hit.
1. The Beach Boys 2. Apple Records
Match the name of the company with the correct band. 1. The Beach Boys 2. The Beatles
clever lyrics & high tenor vocals
Motown guy groups:
pop oriented & orchestral strings
Motown guy groups: The Four Tops
major record labels
On radio stations in Britain, rock and roll was featured in a limited fashion, mostly on stations with financing from.
doo-wop, R&B/soul, & funk
Place James Brown's hit songs in chronological order
Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles (White Album), Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road, & Let It Be
Place the following albums by the Beatles in chronological order of their release.
introduction > verse 1 > verse 2 > instrumental bridge > re-introduction > verse 3
Place the formal sections for Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" in the order in which they appear in the song.
Cream, blues, & virtuosic
While groups like the Beatles and Beach Boys pushed the limits and techniques of rock and roll, bands like ___ , with a focus on lead guitarist Eric Clapton, featured a ___ style and ___ playing.
Mellotron
Some of the orchestra sounds on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band emerge from the use of a sampling keyboard called a ___.
1. Beats 2. Hippies
1. Jazz and be-bop (e.g., Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie) 2. Rock and folk (e.g., The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan)
1. Grateful Dead & Pink Floyd 2. The Beatles & The Doors
1. Music as soundtrack to a trip 2. Music as the trip
1. Jimi Hendrix, Sly and the Family Stone, Santana 2. Otis Redding, The Mamas and the Papas
1. Woodstock 2. Monterey Pop
The UFO Club
A pioneering event space for London underground performances was called:
Percy Sledge, When a Man Loves..." and Wilson Pickett "Mustang Sally"
After a falling out with Stax records in Memphis in 1965, Wexler moved production to Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Which of the following records were released under this new partnership?
Simple verse, a coda
Aretha Franklin's "Respect" is in a modified ___ form. The modifications include the addition of ___, when she sings the famous R-E-S-P-E-C-T passage.
provocative lyrics, & contrasting verse-chorus form & prominent fuzz guitar
As exemplified by "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," the Rolling Stones used what musical features that depart from the Beatles' style of pop?
"Green Onions," Booker T. & the MGs & "Last Night," the Mat-Keys
Atlantic Records and the Memphis-based Stax Records formed a partnership in the 1960s. Which recordings from this list were released under this partnership?
Gladys Knight and the Pips & Marvin Gaye
Berry Gordy gathered staff to listen to a song in "quality control" meetings. One result of these meetings is that the version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by ___ was released before the original by ___.
complex lyrics
Bob Dylan and the Beatles met in 1964. Which of Dylan's musical traits is likely to have influenced the Beatles?
SMiLE & Smiley Smile
Brian Wilson's concept album ___ was eventually abandoned (and only partially released decades later). The Beach Boys did release ___ in 1967, which was a bit more accessible to listeners.
4/4 meter unconventional instruments (i.e. not just guitar, bass, drums, etc.)
Compare "A Day in the Life" by the Beatles and "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys. What musical characteristics do they have in common?
Original: "The Last Time" & "It's All Over Now" Cover: "Not Fade Away" & "Come On"
Cover or a Rolling Stones original?
The Animals
Davies and Korner were originators of the London blues scene that gave rise to bands like ___.
declined to sign the Beatles & allowed the Beatles to keep their demo tape
Decca
used a session drummer for the demo instead of Ringo & recorded "Love Me Do" as a demo
EMI
Elvis Presley & Lonnie Donegan
Idols NOT developed in the UK:
B section & A section
In "A Day in the Life," two incomplete songs were stitched together. McCartney wrote the ___ and Lennon wrote the ___.
saxophone playing part of the melody & key change
In "Baby Love," by the Supremes, how is each new verse embellished or enhanced from the first verse?
Big Brother and the Holding Company
In a genre performed mostly by white musicians, ___ displayed the strongest connection between psychedelic music and African American blues and singing traditions.
chorus & verses
In the Rolling Stones "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," the ___ sections are less intense and the ___ are more emphatic—a reversal of typical energy in song form.
high and soft backing vocals & horn melodies
Instrumentation style: "Baby Love" the Supremes
"Tomorrow Never Knows" by the Beatles
Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh mixed their recordings on the fly, including robust improvisation. They were particularly inspired by the production of __.
southern soul & Atlantic Records
Jerry Wexler (and Ahmet Ertegun) realized that Black audiences craved music that authentically expressed their lived experiences amidst growing racial consciousness. What genre and label filled this need?
simple verse form & manic and amateurish sounds
Listen and compare the Kinks' "You Really Got Me" and the Who's "My Generation." What musical characteristics do they have in common?
Spanish rhythms two-chord shuttle
Listen to the following clip of "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane and choose all musical characteristics that apply.
vocal harmonies & build to chorus
Listen to the following clip of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart" and indicate which musical characteristics apply.
driving guitar chords, vocal duets/harmony, & AABA form
Many of the Beatles' early hits were musically modeled on previous American hits. What elements were recycled in, for example, "I Want to Hold Your Hand"?
gospel and rhythm and blues
Martha and the Vandellas opened the door for later artists like Aretha Franklin due to the audible influence of ___ in their music.
"Rescue Me," Fontella Bass
Match hit song with record label: Chess Records
"The Monkey Time," Major Lance
Match hit song with record label: Okeh Records
"For Your Precious Love," Jerry Butler and the Impressions
Match hit song with record label: Vee-Jay Records
The Dick Clark Five & Gerry and the Pacemakers
Match the correct group with its type: Beatles-type
The Animals & The Yardbirds
Match the correct group with its type: Stones-type
Dark Side of the Moon
Recording both lengthy, free-form improvisations and radio-friendly singles, Pink Floyd's success was limited to the UK until the release of their album.
Jack Kerouac & Allen Ginsberg
San Francisco was the home of the burgeoning hippie and beat scene. Who were two celebrated writers of this movement?
Tommy Steele & Cliff Richard
Select the idols developed in the UK:
concept album
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is often considered rock's first ___ in part because it had a recurring theme—the made-up band within a band—and had no gaps between songs.
ABA & interludes
The Beatles "A Day in The Life" is written in ___ form and uses contrasting sections like a bridge and ___.
Hamburg & 6 hours
The Beatles booked frequent gigs in ___ , Germany, where they performed sets that were ___ hours long.
Lennon's commentary on Christianity
The Beatles stopped giving public performances in 1966. One reason for this was ___.
Little Richard, Elvis, & Motown
The Beatles were extremely fluent in American pop, recording covers of what artists or styles early in their career?
Sunday Night at the London Palladium
The Beatles' breakthrough success in the UK—not the US—came from what televised performance?
sexual themes, revenge: "Norwegian Wood" alienation, existentialism: "Eleanor Rigby" loss of confidence, naiveté: "Help!"
The Beatles' lyrics' became increasingly complex over time. Match the Beatles' song with its lyrical theme.
The Ed Sullivan Show
The British invasion began when the Beatles performed on what American TV show?
The Lovin' Spoonful The Grateful Dead Jefferson Airplane
The Kesey "acid tests" and the Red Dog Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada hosted which musical acts during their time?
interruptions to the steady beat orchestral instruments and piano
The Rolling Stones recorded Their Satanic Majesties Request in 1967 in response to the Beatles' release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Which of the following are features of the Stones' album?
the Temptations
The Supremes were first called the Primettes, sister group tp the Primes. The Primes were later known as:
simple verse form
The Temptations' "The Way You Do the Things You Do," The Impressions' "People Get Ready," and Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" all share what similar musical attribute?
growing up in Liverpool, England
The first two songs written for the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band—"Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane"—were inspired by what memories or events?
Began performing in Hamburg < played the Litherland Ballroom in Liverpool < unsuccessfully demoed for Deca < signed with EMI in London
The following events of the Beatles' career in chronological order.
Eastern philosophy drug use
The song "Eight Miles High" by the Byrds was one of the first rock songs to express what two facets of psychedelia?
the Supremes, Mary Wells, & Martha and the Vandellas
There were significant and successful women-fronted groups in Motown, including which of the following?
blue & refrain
This verse of "I Got My Brand On You" uses a ___ progression and a ___ after each verse.
FM radio station
Tom Donahue helped promote psychedelic rock by starting a(n) ___ in 1967.
enjoyed Ska and R&B and late-night dancing and amphetamines
UK band The Who were very popular in the Mod subculture in London. Which of the following characterize "the Mods."
flutes, sitar, & horns
What additional (and often unusual) instruments were used in later Beatles songs?
up-tempo rhythm & influence of trad jazz
What are common musical characteristics of the "skiffle" style?
use of key changes & expanding verses
What are some distinctive features of the Who's "My Generation"?
aleatoric techniques taped organ sounds Indian music
What avant-garde compositional techniques were used on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
AM single format like "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," modeled after Alice in Wonderland
What characteristics apply to Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit"?
extended final A section
What is slightly unusual about the form of "White Rabbit," by Jefferson Airplane?
experimental instrumentation added sections ("trips")
What musical aspects of the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" were novel and unusual?
simple chord progressions modal scales improvised solos
What musical attributes appear on "Dark Star," from the Grateful Dead's album Live/Dead?
guitar riff & contrasting verse-chorus form
What musical characteristics apply to the Rolling Stones' "I Can't Get No Satisfaction."
simple verse form guitar solo
What musical characteristics do Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" and Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze have in common?
tracks played backwards, tape loops, & drones
What musically innovative compositional techniques were used in the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows"?
The Quarrymen & Johnny and the Moondogs
What were names used by the Beatles earlier in their career?
Vee-Jay Records & Capitol Records
Which American record labels released early music by the Beatles?
clean guitar sound, distinctive horn arrangements, and funky bass
as represented by "In the Midnight Hour," by Wilson Pickett, what musical characteristics are emblematic of the songs released by Stax in Memphis during the 60s?
the inclusion of a refrain & horns (solo and background)
in the Temptations' song, "The Way You Do the Things You Do," how is simple verse form embellished?
duties and work carefully delegated and delineated
match each method of record-making with its respective label: Motown
production and credit shared amongst performers and producers
match each method of record-making with its respective label: Stax Records
clear lead vocals; stomping drum beat; high, wispy backing vocals
match: "Baby Love" the Supremes
forward horn sounds, solo and bluesy vocals, interaction between instruments and vocals
match: "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1"
gospel-influenced lead vocals; girl group backing vocals; soul instrumentation
match: "Respect" Aretha Franklin
Atlanta, Chicago, and Muscle Shoals
select the regional areas that contribute significantly to the emergence of rock styles by Black musicians.
Otis Redding
warmly embraced by hippie rockers and flower children, soulful rhythm and blues singer ___ performed at a mainstream pop festival in 1967.
the group danced and depicted the lyrics with their movements & the groups lip-synched
what is true about programs like American Bandstand and Swingin' Time as they relate to Motown groups?
the use of the same studio band, later called the "Funk Brother"
what was essential to the creation of the quintessential "Motown Sound?"
soulful, gospel style & supper-club, jazz style
when Wexler signed Aretha Franklin to Atlantic, Franklin's first recordings were in a more ___ compared to her previous Columbia recordings that featured a ___.
