pop music exp midterm
Ella Fitzgerald's first famous recording was:
"A Tisket, A Tasket"
The first major Tin Pan Alley hit was:
"After the Ball"
What was Elvis's first recording for RCA?
"Heartbreak Hotel"
Which of the following Elvis songs did Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller write?
"Hound Dog"
The Beach Boys' first number 1 hit was:
"I Get Around"
Which song repeatedly asks, "Are we not men?"
"Jocko Homo"
George and Ira Gershwin wrote all of the following songs EXCEPT:
"Ol' Man River"
Which song features a sitar?
"Paint It, Black"
Which of the following songs was NOT re-recorded with sanitized lyrics by cover artist Pat Boone?
"Rock Around the Clock"
This song is a reworking of what Chuck Berry song? (Surfin' USA, The Beach Boys)
"Sweet Little Sixteen"
What was Jerry Lee Lewis's nickname?
"The Killer"
Which of the following was a song by Irving Berlin?
"White Christmas"
Leiber and Stoller produced all of the following songs EXCEPT:
"You've Lost that Loving Feeling"
All of the following are concept albums EXCEPT:
(What's the Story) Morning Glory
How many musicians were involved in the recording of this song? (Head Like a Hole, Nine Inch Nails)
1
How many singers are performing in this recording? (Tennessee Waltz, Patti Page)
1
What is the form of this piece? (West End Blues, Louis Armstrong)
12-bar blues
The first commercially successful Dixieland recording was made in:
1917
What year did Frank Sinatra's performance cause a riot in Times Square?
1944
Dick Clark began hosting American Bandstand in:
1957
"The Day the Music Died" happened in which year?
1959
In what year did the Beatles first visit the United States?
1964
The Beatles stopped touring in:
1966
The Monkees television show premiered in:
1966
Napster and MP3.com were sued by the RIAA in:
2000
Which band blended metal, folk, country, and blues in their music?
Aerosmith
The payola scandal ended the career of what disc jockey?
Alan Freed
The transistor radio was developed by:
Bell Laboratory
Who was the original performer of this song? (Shake, Rattle And Roll, Bill Haley & His Comets)
Big Joe Turner
The following artist used the microphone as part of his professional technique and reduced the volume of his voice to an intimate, conversational tone. He also shaped the phrases of the lyrics to heighten the meaning of the individual words.
Bing Crosby
Which group was accused of causing a young woman to commit suicide?
Black Sabbath
The two major bands of the Britpop movement were:
Blur and Oasis
Which of the following people was NOT a songwriter?
Bobby Rydell
Which musician started his career as the member of a Buddy Holly-styled rockabilly band?
Bobby Vee
Who encouraged the Beatles to wear matching suits and have matching haircuts?
Brian Epstein
Double-tracking was a technique frequently used by:
Buddy Holly
This song was written by: (Take Good Care Of My Baby, Bobby Vee)
Carole King and Gerry Goffin
Which of the following composers also wrote his own lyrics?
Cole Porter
All of these groups recorded "Louie Louie" EXCEPT:
Count Five
Which guitarist recorded this song in 1962? (Miserlou, Dick Dale)
Dick Dale
The Jimi Hendrix Experience was formed in:
England
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" was recorded by the Boswell Sisters.
False
"I Got Rhythm" was George Gershwin's first major hit at age twenty-two.
False
"Love Shack" was released in 1979.
False
"Wonderwall" was named for a song by John Lennon.
False
After the payola scandal, the FCC decreased the level of control and supervision that it exercised over radio stations.
False
Alice Cooper's music frequently has the bass, guitar, and vocal lines performing the same riff.
False
All of the Beatles' songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
False
Benny Goodman composed "Sing, Sing, Sing."
False
Bill Haley is listed as co-author of "Maybellene."
False
Brian Wilson traveled to India to study transcendental meditation.
False
Buddy Bolden traveled to Chicago to play alongside King Oliver.
False
Early Dixieland jazz frequently featured the tenor saxophone.
False
Frank Sinatra began his career by singing with Count Basie's orchestra.
False
Jerry Lee Lewis made his debut on the Ed Sullivan Show.
False
Kim Gordon is the lead singer of Sleater-Kinney.
False
Led Zeppelin billed themselves as a heavy metal band.
False
Many of Benny Goodman's orchestral arrangements were created by Paul Whiteman.
False
Metallica is considered the first hair metal band.
False
My Wild Irish Rose, Meet Me In St. Louis, and Daisy Bell were all piano rags.
False
Mötley Crüe, Van Halen, and Guns N' Roses started by playing in New York clubs.
False
None of the members of the Monkees had ever sung before they were cast in the group.
False
Old Man Blues is in 12-bar blues form.
False
Paul Revere and the Raiders wore replicas of United States Army uniforms from World War II.
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
Phish prohibits recordings of their live concerts.
False
Ragtime features a steady right hand melody and a syncopated left hand accompaniment.
False
Record companies held the singers responsible for the way a record sounded.
False
Robert Plant wrote the lyrics for "Whole Lotta Love."
False
Rockabilly music was no longer popular after the 1950s.
False
Sidney Bechet was an early successful jazz trombonist.
False
The rhythm guitar plays most of the melodies.
False
The riffs in British heavy metal were more melodic than the riffs in American heavy metal.
False
This song is about satanic rituals. (I'm Eighteen, Alice Cooper)
False
Tina Weymouth was the drummer of the Talking Heads.
False
Van Halen's "Eruption" prominently features the synthesizer.
False
Who is known as the "Father of the Big Bands"?
Fletcher Henderson
Who first developed the revue?
George Lederer
R.E.M. was from:
Georgia
Who was one of the first musicians to create written notations of jazz?
Jelly Roll Morton
The members of Devo met at:
Kent State University
The drug of choice for the countercultural movement was:
LSD
On which album does this song appear? (Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin)
Led Zeppelin IV
Which of these singers was most notable for the scat style of delivery?
Louis Armstrong
Your Hit Parade was sponsored by:
Lucky Strike Cigarettes
Which group was accused of inciting the shooting at Columbine High School?
Marilyn Manson
The Rolling Stones got their name from a song by what blues artist?
Muddy Waters
Vince Neil, Nikki Six, and Tommy Lee were members of:
Mötley Crüe
All of these bands included two lead guitars EXCEPT:
Mötorhead
Sub Pop Records signed:
Nirvana
Which white bandleader wanted to "make a lady out of jazz"?
Paul Whiteman
Which group refused to make music videos?
Pearl Jam
Which group was involved in a lengthy battle with Ticketmaster?
Pearl Jam
Which group has never released a charting album?
Phish
The composer of this song is: (Some Enchanted Evening, Perry Como)
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Which of the following was NOT a musical by Richard Rodgers?
Show Boat
Which group's music features no bass guitar?
Sleater-Kinney
Nirvana toured with:
Sonic Youth
Surf rock was invented in:
Southern California
Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman were members of:
Sub Pop Records
What was the name of the recording studio started by Sam Phillips?
Sun Records
Which of the following was NOT an early name of the Beatles?
The Crickets
All of the following dances were inspired by the Twist EXCEPT:
The Duck Walk
Andy Warhol promoted:
The Velvet Underground
Who wrote most of the music that the Rolling Stones recorded during the early 1960s?
The songs were covers of American blues music.
What instrument is featured in the choruses of this song? (Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys)
Theremin
All of the following are true of arena rock EXCEPT:
They feature acoustic music exclusively
Which of the following people was NOT a member of Duke Ellington's band?
Tommy Dorsey
All of these teams wrote songs for Aldon Music EXCEPT:
Tony Orlando and Bobby Vinton
Nine Inch Nails is:
Trent Reznor
"Good Vibrations" features several tape splices.
True
"Mersey beat" is another term for "back beat."
True
"White Christmas" was the biggest hit of all time on Your Hit Parade.
True
Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, and Rudy Vallee were vaudeville performers who made money performing Tin Pan Alley songs.
True
David Lee Roth was replaced with Sammy Hagar.
True
Dick Clark was never accused of taking payola.
True
Doris Day was also a prolific film actress.
True
Eddie Van Halen was a classically trained musician.
True
Generally, the term "book musical" is synonymous with "Broadway musical."
True
George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin were all composers of Tin Pan Alley songs early in their careers.
True
James Hetfield is the lead singer of Metallica.
True
Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix both died of drug overdoses.
True
Janis Joplin had been the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company before starting a solo career.
True
Johnny Cash originally auditioned for Sun Records as a gospel singer.
True
Marilyn Manson is both a person and a band.
True
Mickey Dolenz and Davy Jones both had professional acting backgrounds.
True
Most AM radio singles were less than three minutes long.
True
Most performances on American Bandstand were lip-synched.
True
Most society syncopator groups did NOT have the word "jazz" in their names.
True
New Orleans was a racially and ethnically diverse city at the turn of the twentieth century.
True
Phil Spector frequently employed doubling in his recordings.
True
Songs in 32-bar song form follow an AABA form for the lyrics.
True
The A&R man was primarily responsible for hiring and firing musicians, not producing recordings.
True
The Monkees outsold the Rolling Stones and the Beatles in 1967.
True
The Rolling Stones recorded songs that had been written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
True
The Talking Heads opened for the Ramones.
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
Top 40 Radio played the top 40 songs at least once every 24 hours.
True
Two members of Oasis were brothers.
True
Paul Revere and the Raiders were the musical hosts of:
Where the Action Is
All of the following are typical in heavy metal music EXCEPT:
acoustic instruments
To entice vaudeville performers to sing their songs, song pluggers used all of the following tactics EXCEPT:
allowing them to help compose the songs
Big bands included all of the following instruments EXCEPT:
banjo
This style of piano playing is based on what other type of music? (Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On, Jerry Lee Lewis)
boogie woogie
Backbeat delivery is characterized by:
emphasis on beats 2 and 4
"I Can't Get No Satisfaction" features:
fuzzbox
Mötorhead was the first band to mix:
heavy metal and punk rock
All of the following were aesthetics of New Wave EXCEPT:
high volume and distortion
Coon songs focused on:
negative stereotypes of black males
This song includes all of the following EXCEPT: (Louie Louie, Kingsmen)
obscene lyrics
What instrument or technique is audible throughout this song? (Venus In Furs, The Velvet Underground)
ostritch guitar
Jimi Hendrix did all of the following EXCEPT:
play three guitars simultaneously
Patti Smith began her career as a/an:
poet
What was the single most important way to promote popular music during the swing era?
radio
Which of the following styles did NOT influence rockabilly music?
ragtime
This song includes all of the following instruments or techniques EXCEPT: (Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppelin)
recorder
This song features: (Blitzkrieg Bop, Ramones)
simple vocal melodies
What is this style of left-hand piano playing called? (Maple Leaf Rag)
stride (?)
Critics and journalists called Frank Sinatra a:
swooner
Most members of garage bands were:
teenage boys
Britpop bands were closely related to:
the British Invasion
All of the following influenced the inexpensive dissemination of rock and roll EXCEPT:
the Hammond B-3 organ
Storyville was the name of:
the district of New Orleans where prostitution was legal
What prompted the success of Bill Haley's version of "Rock Around the Clock?"
the group appeared in the film Blackboard Jungle
How did ragtime earn its name?
the melodies were syncopated, or "ragged"
Which of the following was NOT a contributing factor to jazz's migration out of New Orleans?
the repeal of Jim Crow laws
All of the following are audible in this recording EXCEPT: (Lester Leaps In, Count Basie)
trumpet solo by Cootie Williams
Most Tin Pan Alley songs were in:
verse-chorus form
