music 115 grossmont college test 1 mr.morton
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name some 1950's Rock and Roll artist
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-bill haley -elvis presley -fats domino -little richard
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what is cover
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re recording of a song
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who recorded the 1st big R&R record \"rock around the clock\"
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bill haley and his comets
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who ran sun records
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sam phillips
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what guitarist was known for his \"duckwalk\"
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chuck berry
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where did elvis first record
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sun studios (memphis)
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what is payola
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A dj accepting money to play the artists records
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who took the fall for the payola scandal
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allen freed
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what performer gave up r&r for the ministry
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little richard
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who's career was ruined when his marriage with his 13 year old cousin was revealed
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jerry lee lewis
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what r&r start got drafted to the army
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elvis
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what 3 performers lost their lives in a plane crash on february 3 1959
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ritchie valens, big bopper, and buddy holly
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R&R developed out of three principle sources that precede it
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-mainstream popular music -rhythm and blues -country and western
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it is difficult to imagine america in which most culture was
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largely regional
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what was the principal way to sell music in the first half of the 20th century
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sheet music
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what area in new york city about a hundred years ago consisted of song writers on pianos sounded like people banging on pans
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tin pan alley
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the era from 1935-1945 is considered what
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the big band era
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who was the most important pop singer in the 30's and 40's
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bing crosby
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who made the singer, not the band, the star of the show
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frank sinatra
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what guitarist/inventor invented the solid body electric guitar, as eek as sound on sound recording
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less paul
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who was the first star of country music
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jimmie rodgers
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what city became headquarters for country music
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nashville
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who stood for country music in the minds of many americans in the early 50's
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hank williams
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the origins of blue grass can be traced to who
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bill monroe and his bluegrass boys
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what popular blues singer in the 20's was called the \"empress of the blues\"
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bessie smith
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among the many blues artists representative of the rural approach is
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robert johnson
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one trait shared by most rhythm and blues styles during this era was debt to
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gospel music
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what two brothers started Chess records in chicago
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phil and leonard chess
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what style of music was named after the nonsense syllables singers would often use in their arrangements
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doo wop
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who was president of the us in the 50's
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dewight esienhower
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what jazz guitarist first popularized the electric guitar
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charlie christian
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who was considered the father of rock an roll
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allen freed
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when a record or song appears first on one chart then appears on on of the other two, this is called what?
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crossover
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what was fats dominos real name
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antoine domino
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what was fats dominos biggest hit
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blue berry hill
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where did chuck berry grow up
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st.louis
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what where some of chuck berry's hits
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-maybeline -school day
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berry developed an affection for what he called
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\"story music\"
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what was little richard's real name
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richard penniman
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what were some of little richard's hits
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-tutti frutti -long tall sally
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Elvis Presley was born where
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tupelo, Mississippi
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when elvis was a teenager, he and his family moved where
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memphis
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What was elvis's first number one hit
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heart break hotel
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what is the name of elvis's mansion
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graceland
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what was jerry lee lewis' nick name
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the killer
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Buddy holly is from where
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lubbock, texas
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buddy hollys band was called what
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the ckickets
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what was buddy holly's first hit
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that'll be the day
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what was the \"the day music died
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when buddy holly, ritche valens, and the big bopper died
