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Blues, Pop, and Rock Music: A Historical Overview, Quizzes of Music

A historical overview of various musical genres, focusing on blues artists, songs, themes, labels, and technology from the 1940s and 50s. Additionally, it covers the emergence of pop music, country western, rock and roll, rockabilly, soul, girl groups, motown, surf, and the british invasion.

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2016/2017

Uploaded on 02/23/2017

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Download Blues, Pop, and Rock Music: A Historical Overview and more Quizzes Music in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 The Blues Artists (7) DEFINITION 1 Bessie SmithBig Mama ThorntonRobert JohnsonMuddy WatersHowlin WolfLittle Junior and the Blue FlamesThe Dominoes TERM 2 The Blues Songs 9 DEFINITION 2 St Louis Blues (Bessie Smith)Hound Dog (Big Mama Thornton)Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson)Cross Road Blues (Robert Johnson)Hoochie Coochie Man (Muddy Waters)Got My Mojo Working (Muddy Waters)How Many More Years (Howlin Wolf)Mystery Train (Elvis Presley)Have Mercy Baby (The Dominoes TERM 3 The Blues Themes 4 DEFINITION 3 SadnessHeartbreakSupernaturalSexual TERM 4 The Blues Label DEFINITION 4 Chess Records TERM 5 The Blues Tech DEFINITION 5 Electric Guitar?Amplification (mics) TERM 6 The Blues Other DEFINITION 6 12 Bar Blues Music transitioned from the North to the South(AAB) rhyming scheme TERM 7 1940s/50s modern pop Artists 3 DEFINITION 7 Frank Sinatra (Traditional Pop, Jazz)Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five(Jazz, R&B)The Weavers (Folk) TERM 8 1940s/50s modern pop Songs 3 DEFINITION 8 Love and Marriage (Frank Sinatra) Choo Choo Ch Boogie (Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five)Goodnight, Irene (The Weavers) TERM 9 1940s/50s modern pop Themes 2 DEFINITION 9 White audienceClean topics TERM 10 1940s/ 50s modern pop record label DEFINITION 10 Capitol TERM 21 Rock and roll themes 4 DEFINITION 21 High energy SexCarsDelinquency TERM 22 Rock and roll Labels and producers DEFINITION 22 DJ Alan Freed TERM 23 Rock and roll tech DEFINITION 23 Electric guitar TERM 24 Rock n Roll Other DEFINITION 24 - Symbolized cultural and economic shift in US- Move toward racial integration- Rise of the teenager as a demographic force- Artists brought rock into the mainstream- Alternative to the tin pan alley system, artists made their own music- Brought marginalized music (RnB) to mainstream through Rock n Roll TERM 25 Rockabilly Artists 7 DEFINITION 25 Elvis PresleyJerry Lee Lewis Ritchie ValensWanda JacksonBuddy Holly The Coasters Chubby Checker TERM 26 Rockabilly Songs 10 DEFINITION 26 Blue Moon of Kentucky (Elvis)Dont Be Cruel (Elvis)Mystery Train (Elvis)Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On (Jerry Lee Lewis)La Bamba (Ritchie Valens)Let's Have a Party (Wanda Jackson)Thatll Be The Day (Buddy Holly)Charlie Brown (The Coasters)The Twist (Chubby Checker) TERM 27 Rockabilly Themes DEFINITION 27 Hysteria- Elvis TERM 28 Rockabilly Producers and labels 3 DEFINITION 28 Sun Records- Sam Phillips ownerLieber and Stoller - big producers for elvis and the coasters TERM 29 Rockabilly Other DEFINITION 29 Slapback echo - what is this? Its a sound effect that Elvis uses in blue moon of kentucky Latin American Influences on musicPayola- Pay for playPayola Investigations (1959-1960): used to attack rock TERM 30 Soul Artists 3 DEFINITION 30 Ray Charles Sam Cooke The Righteous Brothers TERM 31 Soul Songs 5 DEFINITION 31 I Got a Woman (Ray Charles)Georgia on my Mind (Ray Charles)You Send Me (Sam Cooke)A Change is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)Youve Lost That Loving Feeling (The Righteous Brothers) TERM 32 Soul Themes DEFINITION 32 Attitude TERM 33 Soul Other DEFINITION 33 Soul music comes from: Gospel Music and Ray Charles TERM 34 Girl Group Artists 2 DEFINITION 34 The ShirellesThe Ronettes TERM 35 Girl Group Songs 2 DEFINITION 35 Will You Love Me Tomorrow? (The Shirelles)Be My Baby (The Ronettes) TERM 46 Surf Themes DEFINITION 46 Social DanceSurfing in California TERM 47 Surf producers DEFINITION 47 Brian Wilson- leader, songwriter, producer for The Beach Boys TERM 48 Surf Tech DEFINITION 48 Fender Showman Amplifier TERM 49 Surf Other DEFINITION 49 - 1959 movie Gidget- Beach Boys: formed in 1961; best selling American rock group of the 60s- Dick Dale and his Del-Tones: Dick Dale created the surf guitar sound TERM 50 British Invasion Artists DEFINITION 50 The Beatles TERM 51 British Invasion Songs DEFINITION 51 Please Please Me (The Beatles)Hard Days Night (The Beatles)Yesterday (The Beatles)Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles) TERM 52 British Invasion Producers DEFINITION 52 George Martin (Fifth Beatle) - producer TERM 53 British Invasion Other DEFINITION 53 - John Lennon and Paul McCartney the main songwriters- Beatles quit touring in 1966 and became a studio band
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