Question 1

In the period before rock music, the music business divided music into three categories. These were: mainstream pop, jump blues, and country & western mainstream pop, rhythm & blues, and country & western mainstream pop, boogie woogie, and gospel boogie woogie, doo wop, and rhythm & blues

Question 2
Which statement best describes the music business during the first half of the 20th century? Songwriters were often also well-known performers. The song is the important thing and the more variant performances, the better. Sheet music sales were a minor consideration, meant only for musicians. Recorded performances were the focus of music sales.

Question 3
True or False? At the beginning of the twentieth century, American musical culture was mostly regional. False True

Question 4
Which statement best describes the growth of radio in the US during the first half of the twentieth century: During the first 20 years of radio, most people could not afford to own a radio and this greatly impacted the influence of radio on musical culture in the US. Radio remained largely local until the development of television, creating many opportunities for local musicians. The development of radio, and especially the development of radio networks, helped to form a national audience for music. During the first 20 years of radio the programming consisted mostly of news shows.

Question 5
This performer had an image that made him seem like Americas favorite uncle. Choose the best combination of artist and representative song, based on the discussion in the video: Bing Crosby, White Christmas Glenn Miller, String of Pearls Frank Sinatra, Ive Got a Crush on You Bing Crosby, All of Me

Question 6
This singer famously made the young girls swoon in the 1940s. Choose the best combination of artist and representative song, based on the discussion in the video: Eddie Fisher, Oh! My Papa Frank Sinatra, In the Mood Tony Bennett, Rags to Riches Frank Sinatra, All of Me

Question 7
True or False? Les Paul was a successful performer who also developed an early version of the solid-body electric guitar as well as sound-on-sound recording. False True

Question 8
This singer is often called the first star of country music. Jimmie Rodgers Roy Acuff Hank Williams Gene Autry

Question 9
This radio show was an important element in the development of Nashville as the center of Country &Western music after 1945.

The Grand Ol Opry WLW Barndance Amos and Andy The Louisiana Hayride

Question 10
First signed to Acuff-Rose as a songwriter, he became one of the most influential performers in country &western music after WW II. Name him. Hank Williams Tex Ritter Jimmie Rodgers Roy Acuff

Question 11
This act represents the country side of country & western music before WW II. Choose the best combination of artist and representative song, based on the discussion in the video: The Carter Family, New San Antonio Rose The Carter Family, Can the Circle Be Unbroken Bob Wills, All of Me Roy Acuff, Back in the Saddle Again

Question 12
This act represents the western side of country & western music before WW II. Choose the best combination of artist and representative song, based on the discussion in the video: Gene Autry, Back in the Saddle Again The Carter Family, New San Antonio Rose Roy Acuff, Great Speckled Bird Bob Wills, Blue Yodel

Question 13
Which were important independent (indie) labels in the 1950s? Chess, Atlantic, and RCA

Decca, Columbia, and RCA Imperial, Specialty, and Columbia Chess, Atlantic, and Sun

Question 14
Which statement best reflects the discussion in the video? Because of the migration of the national audience from radio to television immediately after WW II, opportunities for programming directed at a black urban audience arose on local and regional radio. Because of the migration of the national audience from radio to television immediately after WW II, local and regional radio almost disappeared and played very little role in the development of popular styles. Because of the migration of the national audience from radio to television immediately after WW II, several important television shows featuring rhythm & blues music enjoyed significant success.

Question 15
Doo wop played an important role in rhythm & blues in the 1950s. Choose the best combination of artist and representative song, based on the discussion in the video: Gene Nobles, Radio Radio Big Joe Turner, Shake, Rattle, and Roll Ray Charles, I Got a Woman The Chords, ShBoom

Question 16
The hokum blues played an important role in rhythm & blues in the 1950s. Choose the best combination of artist and representative song, based on the discussion in the video: Big Joe Turner, Shake, Rattle, and Roll Johnnie Ray, Cry The Five Satins, In the Still of the Night Elvis Presley, Love Me Tender

Question 17

These two artists were important in the development of blues in the years before WW II. Big Joe Turner, Louie Jordan Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith Robert Johnson, Ray Charles Sam Cooke, Bessie Smith

Question 18
Which statement best reflects the discussion in the video? In many ways the idea of the teenager was developed in the 1950s, though this idea did not really take hold until the late 1960s. In many ways the idea of the teenager was developed in the 1950s, leading to particular fashions, slang, and music that were neither child nor adult. In many ways the idea of the teenager was developed in the 1950s, leading to particular fashions and slang that were neither child nor adult, though the music didnt change much.

Question 19
Which of these are 1950s films dealing with youth rebellion and are thus important to the birth of rock and roll, as discussed in the video? The Wild One, Blackboard Jungle, Rebel Without a Cause The Wild One, Some Like It Hot, Rebel Without a Cause Wild Strawberries, The Searchers, Some Like It Hot Some Like It Hot, North By Northwest, Sunset Boulevard

Question 20
Which statement best reflects the discussion in the video? Disk jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues records late at night on a station in Cleveland. From the start, his show was directed at a young teenage audience. Disk jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues records late at night on a station in Cleveland. Though his program was directed at black listeners, these listeners soon lost interest because Freed sounded so white on the air. Disk jockey Alan Freed began playing rhythm and blues records late at night on a station in Cleveland. Though his program was directed at black listeners, white teens began tuning in.

Question 21
_________________ means a record or song appears first on one chart and then on another. A __________________ is when the song is re-recorded by another artist. Choose the best ordered pair to fill in the blanks, based on discussion in the video. hit, tribute cover, crossover crossover, cover hit, cover

Question 22
Originally a traditional fiddle tune called Ida Red, ___________________ was a rhythm & blues and pop hit for ________________________ in 1955. Choose the best ordered pair to fill in the blanks, based on discussion in the video. Rock Around The Clock, Bill Haley and the Comets Thats All Right Mama, Elvis Presley Blueberry Hill, Fats Domino Maybellene, Chuck Berry

Question 23
___________________ cultivated the image of being the first wild man of rock & roll. One of his hits is ____________________. Choose the best ordered pair to fill in the blanks, based on the discussion in the video. Little Richard, Tutti Frutti Elvis Presley, Hound Dog Chuck Berry, Roll Over Beethoven Big Joe Turner, Shake, Rattle, and Roll

Question 24
_______________________ originally recorded for Sun Records in Memphis, which was owned by ________________________. In November 1955, his contract was sold to ________________________(label) for what was thought to be an enormous sum. Choose the best ordered trio to fill in the blanks, based on the discussion in the video.

Elvis Presley, Chet Atkins, RCA Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, RCA Johnny Cash, Dewey Phillips, Columbia Rufus Thomas, Sam Phillips, RCA

Question 25
Originally from ___________________, ______________________ recorded most of his hits in Norm Pettys studio in Clovis, New Mexico. Choose the best ordered pair to fill in the blanks, based on the discussion in the video. Lubbock, Texas; Buddy Holly Phoenix, Arizona; Gene Vincent Tulsa, Oklahoma; Roy Orbison Ft. Worth, Texas; Roy Orbison

Question 26
Originally from New Orleans, _____________________ was thought of among his close musical associates as a country-influenced singer. One of his hits was ______________________. Choose the best ordered pair to fill in the blanks, based on the discussion in the video. Gene Vincent, Be-Bop-A-Lula Fats Domino, Aint It A Shame Jerry Lee Lewis, Great Balls of Fire Eddie Cochran, Summertime Blues

Question 27
___________________ had been a diskjockey who also played in a country swing band before hitting it big in rock and roll with the song ________________. Choose the best ordered pair to fill in the blanks, based on the discussion in the video. Bill Haley, Rock Around the Clock Les Paul, How High the Moon Fats Domino, The Fat Man Alan Freed, Rock Rock Rock!

Question 28

____________________ was scandalized when the press learned that he had married his 14-year-old cousin, _________________ was drafted into the armed forces at the height of his fame, ________________ quit rock & roll to preach to be a preacher, and __________________ died in a plane crash in February 1959. Choose the best-ordered response to fill in the blanks, based on the discussion in the video. Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, The Big Bopper Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Buddy Holly Fats Domino, Pat Boone, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Bill Haley, Ritchie Valens

Question 29
Which statement best reflects the discussion of the payola scandal in the video? The "payola scandal" of the late 50s involved artists, usually white, who recorded cover versions of songs that had already been recorded by black R & B bands. These covers often quickly became more popular than the original versions. The payola scandal of the late 1950s involved a practice in which diskjockeys received some form of payment for playing particular records on the air. While such forms of song plugging had long been part of the popular-music business, these particular payola charges were part of a backlash against rock & roll. The payola scandal of the late 1950s involved the practice of publishers owning the copyright to songs written by the artists who recorded them and in many cases made them famous. Artists often signed away their copyright on these songs, unaware of the potential revenue they were losing in the process.

Question 30
Which statement best reflects the discussion in the video? By the end of the 1950s, the first wave of rock & roll seemed relatively unchanged from 1955, when it first emerged. By the end of the 1950s, the first wave of rock & roll seemed to be in good health, with many original figures still on the scene and the music business as strong as ever. By the end of the 1950s, the first wave of rock & roll seemed to be in serious danger of dying out, with many important figures off the scene and Congress investigating the music business.