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HRI-2
Exam 2
77
History
Undergraduate 2
10/11/2008

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Frank Sinatra
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"bobby sox" idol of the 1940's
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Red Foley
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Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy
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Thomas Dorsey
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Father of black Gospel
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Louis Jordan
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Father of rhythm and blues
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Great Migration
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Sam Goody
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King of discount selling
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House subcommittee on Legislative Oversight
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Subcommittee "to probe the morals of radio and television programs"
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Bing Crosby
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"voice of the 1930's"
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Art Satherly
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A&R person for race and hillbilly music for Columbia
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Through the v-discs that were distributed by WWII-- AND ARMED FORCES RADIO AND USO
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American recorded music became international
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Glenn Miller
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band leader died during world war II
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THESE WOULD BE THE ONES BLACKLISTED BY ANTI-COMMUNIST GROUPS IN THE LATE 40S AND EARLY 50S ITS IN THE BOOK
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Blacklisted performers and writers
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Wurlitzer (Rock-Ola was big too)
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brand name of jukeboxes
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Philadelphia Pennsylvania
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city where American Bandstand developed
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Cotton Club
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club in Harlem where Duke Ellington performed
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Sears, Roebuck and Co.
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Company sold Gene Autry records & "round-up" guitar
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Conflict between black gospel and blues
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COUNTRY IN THE 50S—THIS LED TO CMA
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Country and Western Disk Jockeys Association
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Benny Goodman Band
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Credited with creating "Swing"
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Edward Wallerstein; introduced by Columbia Records
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developed 33 1/3 rpm record
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David Sarnof; introduced by RCA
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developed 45 rpm record
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NBC and Victor (among others)
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entertainment firms owned by RCA
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"Chattanoogie Shoe-shine boy"
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first hit produced by Owen Bradley
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BMI?
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first PRO with and "open door" policy
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Gene Autry
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first singing cowboy star
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Oklahoma!
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first successful Broadway cast recording
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Jack Kapp
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formed Decca Records (american)
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Edward Lewis
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formed Decca Records (british)
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Louis Sterling
Columbia Graphophone Company and Gramophone Company Ltd.
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formed Electrical and Musical Industries (EMI)
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Fred Rose
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founded Acuff-Rose Publishing
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Irving Green
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founded Mercury Redords
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Roy Rogers
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founded the Sons of the Pioneers
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Randy Wood
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founder of Dot Records
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Les Paul
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guitar player and studio wizard
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James Petrillo
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head of AFM during the 1940's
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how electricity in homes and businesses changed entertainment industry
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Chess Records
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label formed in Chicago by the Chess Brothers
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Capital Records
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label formed in LA in 1942
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Capital Records
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Label instituted free record service to disk jockeys
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Benny Goodman?
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leader of western swing
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Ampex
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manufactured earliest tape machines
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music dominated the v-disks
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organization provided "Welcome Clubs"
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originated and developed most radio shows
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owned American Record Corporation & Republic Studios
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Jean and Julian Aberbach
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owners of Hill and Range Publishing
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performing rights organization formed in 1940
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FDR
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president during the Great Depression
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William S. Paley
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president of CBS corporation
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primary media for entertainment during the Great Depression
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PRO formed by National Association of Broadcasters
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SESAC
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PRO formed by Paul Heinke
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materials used for making records were scarce -> low record production
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problems faced by record companies during World War II
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publishing company signed Hank Williams
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Jukebox Operators
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purchased majority of single records in 1930's
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CBS
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purchased the American Record Company
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RCA in 1929
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purchased Victor Records
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NBC
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radio network created by RCA
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Crossly Ratings
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ratings service for radio
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they played in large dance halls...had to be loud
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reason "big" bands had to be big
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reason country was more popular than blues in 1930's
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reason for success of independent labels after World War II
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Bing Crosby
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recorded "brother, can you spare a dime"
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Cecil Grant
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recorded "i wonder"
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Bing Crosby
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singer who first taped radio shows
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led to DJ's being able to play records on the air
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supreme court decision "when a record was purchased at its list price, all property rights belonged to the buyer"
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Brown v. Board of Education
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supreme court decision ended "separate but equal"
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when studios had to sell off theatres
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supreme court decision re: movie industry
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Magnetophon
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tape machine developed by Germans
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Jimmie Rodgers
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wrote and recorded the Blue Yodels
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1948
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year of AFM strike
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Pattie Page
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Tennessee Waltz
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Sydney Nathan
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Founder of King Records
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Hank Williams
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"your cheatin' heart"
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Pat Boone
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National Anthem
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George D. Hay
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