History of Rock and Roll Chapters 1 and 2 – Flashcards
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Which city played the most important role in the development of R&B?
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Chicago
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Who was the first star of the swing era?
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Benny Goodman
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Elvis Presley's appearance at the Grand Ole Opry was deemed a success?
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False
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HE was the first major rock guitarist to use the Fender Stratocaster?
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Buddy Holly
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Alan Freed
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helped connect white teens with RB music
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During the swing era, jazz was
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america's most popular music
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which was Not an important independent record label in the 1950s
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RCA Victor
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It is believed that the blues incubated here
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Mississippi Delta
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the first modern jazz style is called
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Bebop
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hank williams was known as
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the hillbilly shakespeare
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the 1950s were a time of relatively little technological, scenic or societal change
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false
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dave bartholomew most often worked at chess studio
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false
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this organization certifies gold, platinum, and diamond records
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RIAA
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after 195, recordings made with microphones used
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the electrical process
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in comparsion to the original covers records usually sounded more
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sanitized
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which best describes mid 195-s independent labels
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had more rock and roll hits than the majors
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sam phillips sought to find talent from the memphis area
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false
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who was elvis presleys manager
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Col. Tom Parker
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same philips sold elvis's contract
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he was tight on money
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the years 1946-54 are described as
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transitional period in pop
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he wrote songs about love, cars, and school
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chuck berry
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which is not a destination for tin pan alley songs
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minstrel shows
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he was one of the first white bandleaders to adopt a more RB influenced sound
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bill haley
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which is a characteristic of jazz
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imporvisational art fomr
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brisol tenn
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where the 1st important country music recordings were made
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this was one of the first films to explore themes of teen alienation and despair
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rebel without a cause
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which is not true of little richard
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easy going, laid back
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this is perhaps the first recording to feature a distorted guitar
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rocket 88
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he wrote songs that were later covered by the rolling stones, led zeppelin, the doors etc
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willie dixon
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the first pop singer to develop a unique personal style/image
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frank sinatra
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the two most important pop singers before rock emerged were frank sinatra and
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bing crosby
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which was not a characteristic of new orleans rb
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hiccupping vocals
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ralph peer was a primary figure involved with
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the bristol session
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this style was most often used in hollywood westerns
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cowboy songs
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which is a characteristic of doo wop
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male acappellla groups
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along with jimmie rodgers this group was discovered by ralph peer in1927
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the carter fa
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father of country music
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jimmie rodgers
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which is most fur in the early 1950
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dj helped white teens connect with rb
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american tradiotnal rural music evolved form
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the britist folk tradition
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many 1960s rock bands copied the four piece format of buddy holly and the crickets
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true
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in exchange for 50% of future royalties norman petty offered buddy holly...
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free studio time
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the music pbilsihing industry in the early 20th century was known as...
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Tin Pan Alley
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radio program that helped establish nashvilled as an important country music center
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grand ole opry
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the chess/chicago rb sound
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rauncy/powerful
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bristol tenn
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where the 1st important country recordings were made
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he was the first major rock guitar test to use a fender stratocaster
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buddy holly
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the most popular and influential barn dance program
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grand ole opry
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to help revitalize his career in 1959 buddy holly
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joined the winter dance party tour
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he was known for recording many cover records
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pat boone
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earl scruggs is associated with this styel
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bluegrass
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bill haley ultimately failed to become the first rock star in part bc he
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was too old
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he played the guitar as if it was a drum
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bo diddley
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the gospel style was popularized
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thomas dorsey
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during the 195 teen increasingly began listing to rb from independent labels rather than pop form major labels
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true
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before 1989 to achieve gold status a single had to have sales of
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one million copies
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buddy holy was one of the first rock musicians to take an interesting using studio tech.
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true
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elvis presleys home in memphis is called...
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graceland
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which was not a characteristic of 1950s
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independent albesl lost their niche in the market
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no va jak studio owner
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norman petty
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sun studio owner
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sam phillips
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influential in first popularizing the term rock and roll
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alan freed
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to this day, many musicians playing this style continue to use traditional acoustic instruments
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folk
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sam phillips osught to find talent form the memphis area and make their records as commercially acceptable as possible
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false
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this music grew our of the crowded saloons in texas the south
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honky tonk
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same phillips tried to turn roy orbison into a rockabilly star but was unsuccessful
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true
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which city played the most important role int he development of rb
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chicago
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he said, if i could find a white man who sang with the negro del i could make a million dollars
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sam phillips
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an imporvisaitonal art form of individual expression
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jazz
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the standard blues verse uses this lyric form
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AAB
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traditional(white) rural music survived unchanged for many years in this region
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appalachian mountains
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which is not true of elvis presley
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served in army, w special privileges
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the moondog house rock and roll party was broadcast from
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cleavland
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to compete with tv in the early 1950 dj began
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rely on flamboyant local djs
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which is a characteristic of swing
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big band, dance music
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frankie lyman is identified with this style
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doo wop
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melisma is and important characteristic of
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gospel
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sam phillips sold elvis's contract because
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phillips was in a tight fincancial situraiton
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elvis presleys above waist performance was on
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the ed sullivan show
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the most influential early bluesman
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robert johnson
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the sound of jump bands was
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smooth, jazz oriented
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the most important early white dj
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alan freed
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he had an easygoing charm, popular with white and black audiences
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fats domino
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this was suns first million selling record
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blue suede shoes
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first blues styleq
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country blues
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in his youth, elvis adopted the persona of the southern cat
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true
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covers were an effective strategy during
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the post war transitional years
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buddy hollys career didn't ale off until he signed with decca
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false
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nor va lak studio was located in...
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clovis,new mexico
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his group released a series of annie records that euphemistically reffered to sex
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hank ballard
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which is not a characteristic of the blues
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brought to america by african slaves
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the most relaible source for charting record source
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billboard mag
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which is not true:magnetic tapes
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limits recordings to 3 mins
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he was the most important producer in new orleans
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dave bartholomew
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big bands were the main instrumental ensemble during..
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the swing era
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during the depression record sales
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decreased
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bill haley's pre comets group the saddle men plead this type of music
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country
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hillbilly music was later called
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country westernq
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which is characteristic of rockabilly
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fast tempos and nervous energy
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in 1957 he became a minster
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lil richard
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alan freed was froced to remove the name moondog from his show by
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a street musician
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which is least true: many 1950s teens
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drew approval from adults
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Wc handy
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first publishers of blues tunes
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cross road blues
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robert johson 1936 classic blues
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bessie smith
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empress of the blues
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choo choo ch boogie
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louis jordan and his tympani five
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why do fools fall in love
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1957 frankie lymon and the teenagers doo wop
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blue yodel
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jimmie rodgers father of country 1928
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your cheatin heart
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hank williams 1952 hillbilly shakespeare
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buddy
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lubbock tx
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jerry lee lewis
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kicked out of bible college
