Unit 1: History of Rock and Roll – Flashcards
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the earliest form of blues, came straight form the fields of the south
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Country Blues
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the closest to rock and roll
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Chicago Blues
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would not have had percussion, but would have featured small bands
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Classic Blues
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had large bands, sometimes 15 piece jazz bands
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Urban Blues
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Howlin' Wolf
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Chicago Blues
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Muddy Waters STARTED as this type of artist
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Country Blues
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heavily influenced The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin
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Chicago Blues
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true/false: Blues songs are usually uptempo.
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false
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true/fasle: Spirituals pre-date the Civil War.
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true
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true/false: Vocals in the Blues are somewhat between talking and singing.
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true
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true/false: Classic Blues are more polished and refined than Urban Blues.
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false
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true/false: B.B. King's signature song is "The Thrill is Gone."
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true
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Which of the following is NOT a feature of Gospel songs? a. blue notes b. improvisation c. coded messages d. call and response
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c. coded messages
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The following are all characteristic of what type of music: blue notes, improvisation, and call and response
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Gospel
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Which of the following songs features call and response? a. "Oh Happy Day" b. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" c. "CrossRoad Blues" d. "Earth Angel"
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a. "Oh Happy Day"
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What artist supposedly sold his soul to the devil to learn how to play guitar?
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Robert Johnson
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What ethnicity were the Chess brothers?
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Polish Jews
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What artist's nationwide tour brought Blues to the U.S.?
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B.B. King
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What is a "Rollin Stone?"
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Someone who just keeps moving along in life, no matter what comes their way.
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another name for Country Blues would be:
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Delta Blues
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What does "B.B." stand for in B.B. King's name?
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Blues Boy
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What is the boll weevil and why was it significant?
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It was a type of beetle that got into the crops in the south, it fled people from the south to the north.
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What city did 50,000 African-American leave the Mississippi Delta for during WWII?
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Chicago
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tends to have a story line
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Spirituals
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would have a lead singer that would improvise on top of the group
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Spirituals
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Mavis Staples and the Staples Singers
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Spirituals
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expressive singing with blue notes
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Spirituals
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usually based on one theme
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Gospel
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a lot of sliding
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Gospel
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Mahalia Jackson
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Gospel
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The Soul Stirrers with Sam Cooke
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Gospel
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melismatic - drew out syllables, hit more than one note in the same syllable
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Gospel
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Edwin Hawkins
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Gospel
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featured call and response between the lead singer and choir
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Gospel
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improvisation
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Gospel
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religious text
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Gospel
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started with slave culture
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Country Blues
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wasn't recorded until the 1920's
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Country Blues
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a blend of African/slave music with European influences
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Country Blues
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themes were bleak, enslaved culture, oppressed
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Country Blues
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music was to overcome and cope with tough life and troubles
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Country Blues
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Robert Johnson
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Country Blues
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Bessie Smith
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Classic Blues
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Ma Rainey
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Classic Blues
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AAB text
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Classic Blues
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south to north migration
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Urban Blues
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many people left because of the boll weevil
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Urban Blues
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African-Americans left the Mississippi Delta for Chicago
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Urban Blues
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T-Bone Walker
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Urban Blues
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started to involve more instruments and sometimes a whole jazz band
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Urban Blues
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B.B. King
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Urban Blues
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Leonard and Phil Chess
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Chicago Blues
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Chess Records
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Chicago Blues
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Who established Chess Records?
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Leonard and Phil Chess
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Muddy Waters
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Chicago Blues
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Who was one of the first to play electric guitar?
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Muddy Waters
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several female Jazz vocalists
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Classic Jazz
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Classic Jazz
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Billie Holiday
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Classic Jazz
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sang on street corners to pass time
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Doo-Wop
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were competitive
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Doo-Wop
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couldn't afford musical instruments
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Doo-Wop
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usually African-American and all male
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Doo-Wop
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many came from NYC
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Doo-Wop
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the name of this style of music comes from the background vocals
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Doo-Wop
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The Ink Spots
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Doo-Wop
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What was an early influence on Doo-Wop?
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The Ink Spots
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The Orioles
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Doo-Wop
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Many group names in Doo-Wop were named after what?
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birds and cars
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The Chords
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Doo-Wop
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The Crew Cuts
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Doo-Wop
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The Del Vikings
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Doo-Wop
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The Crests
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Doo-Wop
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The Penguins
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Doo-Wop
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The Five Satins
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Doo-Wop
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Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
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Doo-Wop
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What was unique about the Del Vikings?
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their group was integrated, ending up with two white members
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What was unique about the Crests?
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they had a female in the group
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What was unique about The Penguins and how they got their name?
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they called themselves this because one of them smoked cool cigarettes and their penguin mascot smoked them
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high energy dance music
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R&B
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suggestive lyrics
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R&B
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no call and response, but more rhythm than blues
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R&B
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had backbeats on 2 and 4
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R&B
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featured sax solos
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R&B
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Little Richard
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R&B to Rock and Roll
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Chuck Berry
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R&B to Rock and Roll
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he sped up R&B
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Little Richard
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he had gospel and R&B background
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Little Richard
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wilder, pounded a boogie-woogie bass piano line
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Little Richard
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signed with Specialty Records
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Little Richard
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dressed flamboyantly and had a pompadour hairstyle
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Little Richard
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suburban background outside of St. Louis
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Chuck Berry
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grew up with Gospel and played country
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Chuck Berry
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signed by Chess in 1955
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Chuck Berry
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sped up his country guitar, combined it with Chicago Blues
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Chuck Berry
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Who was famous for the "Duck Walk"?
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Chuck Berry
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What was the name of Little Richard's first hit?
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Tutti Frutti
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What was the name of Chuck Berry's first hit?
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Maybelline
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What is call and response?
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Call and response is when one slave would call or lead a part, and other slaves would follow with the same phrase or an embellishment of it until another slave took the lead.
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What was Bill Broonze before becoming a bluesman?
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a preacher
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a note that had a flattened third, fifth, and seventh notes of a major scale
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blue note
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a one-string instrument which was created by unraveling the wire that had been wrapped around the straw of a broom then attached to a stationary object like a barn
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diddley-bow
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Mavis Staples and the Staples Singers sang what song? What genre?
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"Wade in the Water," spiritual
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Mahalia Jackson sang what song? What genre?
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"I Will Move on up a Little Higher," gospel
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The Soul Stirrers (w/Sam Cooke) sang what song? What genre?
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"Nearer my God to Thee," gospel
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Edwin Hawkins sang what song? What genre?
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"Oh Happy Day," gospel
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Robert Johnson sang what song? What genre?
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"Cross Road Blues," country blues
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Ma Rainey sang what song? What genre?
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"Countin' the Blues," classic blues
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Bessie Smith sang what song? What genre?
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"Backwater Blues," classic blues
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T-Bone Walker sang what song? What genre?
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"Call it Stormy Monday," urban blues
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B.B. King sang what two songs? What genre?
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"Three O'Clock Blues" and "The Thrill is Gone," urban blues
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Muddy Waters sang what songs? What genre?
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"Rollin' Stone," "Hoochie Coochie Man," "Got My Mojo Working," and "Mannish Boy," chicago blues
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Billie Holiday sang what two songs? What genre?
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"Billie Blues," "Strange Fruit," classic jazz
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Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong sang what song? What genre?
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"Dream a Little Dream," classic jazz
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Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers sang what song? What genre?
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"Why do Fools Fall in Love," doo-wop
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Straight No Chaser sang what song? What genre?
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"I'm Yous, Somewhere Over the Rainbow," doo-wop
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The Chords sang what song? What genre?
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"Sh-Boom," doo-wop
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The Crew Cuts sang what song? What genre?
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"Sh-Boom," doo-wop
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The Del Vikings sang what song? What genre?
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"Come Go with Me," doo-wop
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The Five Satins sang what song? What genre?
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"In the Still of the Night," doo-wop
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The Ink Spots sang what song? What genre?
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"If I Didn't Care," doo-wop
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The Orioles sang what song? What genre?
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"Crying in the Chapel," doo-wop
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The Penguins sang what song? What genre?
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"Earth Angel," doo-wop
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The Midnighters sang what song? What genre?
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"Work with me Annie," doo-wop/R&B
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Joe Turner sang what song? What genre?
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"Shake Rattle and Roll," R&B
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Wynonie Harris sang what song? What genre?
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"Good Rockin' Tonight," R&B
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Etta James and the Peaches sang what song? What genre?
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"The Wallflower," R&B
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Professor Longhair sang what song? What genre?
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"Ball the Wall," R&B
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Chuck Berry sang what two songs? What genre?
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"Maybelline," "Roll Over Beethoven," Rock n Roll
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Little Richard sang what two songs? What genre?
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"Tutti Frutti," "The Girl Can't Help It," Rock n Roll
