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| Collaborator with fat damino |
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| (T/F) Buddy Holly was one of the first rock artists to use the studio as an instrment and explore the techniques of sound and production. |
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| (T/F)One factor that played in the birth of Rock and Roll can be traced to a snall group of AM radio disc jokeys who chose to ignore mainstream white record labels and play snall independent labels instead. |
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| (T/F)the Late 50's became a transitional time period between the initial rock renegades and the teen idols. The New comers had a more clean-cut image and appealed to a broader audience. |
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| (T/F) Some rock historians site Sixty Minute Man by the dominos to be the first roack and roll record because the lyrics celebrate the automobile. |
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| "According to your text ""{His} music represented the ungodly miscegenation presley and little Richard only hinted at. A white man with a black soul? Onstage__(who)__, unlike Presley didnt mess much with ballads and hymns. As he admitted in an argument with Sam Phillips early in his career [he] saw himself as playing the devils music and a true christian doesnt mis gods music with the devil's.'" |
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| Rockabilly combines country western, blues and what other style of music? |
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| Popularized the electric guitar in Rock and Roll |
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| T/F: Bo Diddley's music is known more for the catchy melodies rather than the rhythm |
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| T/F: Jerry Lee Lewis, known as "the killer", was a great showman and viewed as Elvis' rival |
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| T/F: The subject matter of Chuck Berry's compositions was aimed at youth. He wrote about cars, girls, driving, drive-ins, dancing, rock and roll and the facts of life. |
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| T/F: Fats Domino's music is an excellent representation of the rockability style |
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| T/F: Joe Turner, a Kansas City blues shouter, was known as the "Boss of Blues" |
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| T/F: Bill Haley and the Comets gained national recognition when their #1 recording was featured as the soundtrack for the movie entitled "Rebel Without a Cause" |
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| T/F: One of the differences between Miss. Delta blues and Chicago blues is that the latter (Chicago Blues) makes use of accoustic instruments. |
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| T/F: Like Little Richard and Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley composed many of his recorded hits. |
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| T/F: Sixty Minute Man was one of the first R&B songs to crossover to the pop charts. It was as known as one of the first "double-entendre" hits. |
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| T/F: While Carl Perkins invented rockabilly and Elvis Presley gave it a defined, even dignified form, Jerry Lee Lewis gave it it's very soul - the soul he sold for Rock and Roll |
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| ___(Who)____ was the first blues-based performer to successfully reclaim guitar tricks that country & western innovators had appropriated from black people and adapted to their own uses 25 or 50 years before. [He] is [also] the greatest rock lyricist this side of Bob Dylan |
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| The first R&R tune to reach #1 in the pop charts was by Bill Haley and the comets. What was the title of this song? |
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| Chess Records is located in the city of ________ |
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| The technique of slapping the strings on the upright bass along with the absence of ______(instrument)______ are some of the traits of rockabilly music and traditional country music as well. This instrument was banned from the Grand Ol' Opry until it was used by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys |
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| Of whom is your text referring to: _____(who)_____, the most primitive of the early black rock and rollers, built his hits on blues and folk materials from backcountry Mississippi and on the Latin-like "hambone" beat. |
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| Of whom is your text referring to: To Buddy Holly, "Without [him] none of us could have made it." As for [himself], the center of the storm, it was something over which he professed to have no control. Over and over again in the course of his life, he refused to speculate the reasons for his success, putting it down to luck, blind instinct, anything but conscious design..... He grew up, schooled in all the classic virtues of small-town America: diffident, polite, sirring and ma'aming his elders." |
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| The lyrics of many rock tunes celebrate the automobile. Artists such as Chuck Berry and the Beach Boys are known for this. An early R&B tune from 1951 by Jackie Brenston and Ike Turner is considered one of the first of this type. What is the title of this tune? |
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| __________ was a top-notch musician in New Orleans and played a crucial role in the development of Rock and Roll. He is known for his compositional collaborations with rock artists such as Fats Domino, which includes Domino's first hit, Aint That a Shame. |
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| Name at least 3 styles of music that are considered to be the roots of rock and roll |
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| Nashville's first pop/crossover act |
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| T/F: Buddy Holly was one of the first rock artists to use the studio as an instrument and explore the techniques of sound and production |
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| T/F: Eddie Cochrane was a major influence on British guitar players. His music is an example of the early development of the "power chord" sound |
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| T/F: One of the differences between Mississippi Delta Blues and Chicago Blues is that Chicago blues makes use of accoustic instruments |
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| T/F: The late 50's became a traditional time period between the initial rock renegades and the teen idols. The newcomers had a more clean-cut image and appealed to a broader audience |
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| T/F: The Everly Brothers tight harmonies were a major influence on others such as Simon and Garfunkel and the John/Paul harmony of The Beatles |
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| [His group] was probably the first white group to feature the lead-rhythm-bass-drums lineup...... in addition, ______(who)______ popularized the Fender Stratocaster and was probably the only rock star to wear glasses on stage!" |
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| WHO? -He was a performer of great charm but little charisma, the interpreter, if not the creator, of a music that is instantly recognizable dominated by a warm vocal style and a thick, chunky, boogie-woogie-based New Orleans flavored piano |
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| Who is the father of bluegrass music |
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