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| What was the name of the new genre that evolved from the original blues? |
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Rhythm and Blues
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R & B |
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| In what year did the music industry start using the term "Rhythm and Blues"? |
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| What was the first commercially successful category of R & B music? |
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| What was significant about Jump Blues? |
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They were:
- Uptempo
- Combination of Big Band Jazz (swing) and blues music
- Downsized form of Big Band Jazz
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| "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" is an example of what style of music? |
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| Who sang "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"? |
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| Louis Jordan (with his band Tymphany 5) |
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| In what year was "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" recorded? |
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| What style of rhythm and blues evolved from country blues? |
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| What distinctive instrumentation is used in electric blues? |
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| Electric guitar and amplified harmonica |
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| "Hoochie Coochie Man" is an example of what style of music? |
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| Who sang "Hoochie Coochie Man"? |
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| In what year was "Hoochie Coochie Man" recorded? |
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| When the beat of a song is suspended (or just sounds like it). |
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| An early R & B performer in a jump-style band who produced high-energy, blues-based vocals that nearly shouted. |
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| Which female shouter recorded "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean" in 1953? |
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| What female shouter recorded "Hound Dog" in 1953? |
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| When people moved to urban areas from the rural south, early country or "hillbilly music" turned into what new style? |
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| "A loud, earthy country music style, flavored with steel pedal guitar and lyrics about love and partying." |
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| When was Honky Tonk invented? |
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| What three country songs we listened to had the same melody? |
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| "The Wild Side of Life", "Great Speckled Bird", and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels" |
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| Who sang "The Wild Side of Life" and in what year? |
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| Hank Thompson and His Brazos Boys, 1951 |
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| Who sang "Great Speckled Bird" and in what year? |
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| Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans, 1936 |
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| Who sang "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angeles" and in what year? |
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| Why was Kitty Wells famous? |
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| She was the first female country music super star. |
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| Why did Kitty Wells sing "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"? |
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- As a response to "The Wild Side of Life".
- Claiming that women weren't to blame for all relationship problems.
- Giving a female perspective on country music.
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