MBU 2130 Final Exam questions with
100% correct answers rated A+
The day the music died - ANS ✔✔February 3, 1959
Plane crash killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper
The father of black gospel - ANS ✔✔Thomas Dorsey
The Network - ANS ✔✔Radio Promotion people formed an alliance which create a close
personal relationship with personnel
Last major payola scandal with independent promoters
Wheels of Steel - ANS ✔✔Turntables
"when a record was purchased at its list price, all property rights belonged to the buyer" - ANS
✔✔Supreme Court decision that records can be played by DJ's on the radio
Father of the blues - ANS ✔✔W.C Handy
We shall overcome - ANS ✔✔Pete Seeger; Civil Rights movement
Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka - ANS ✔✔Founded Sony
Albert Grossman - ANS ✔✔Manager for Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin
,Apple computer - ANS ✔✔Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniack
Computer made for consumers
Area in New York for songwriters and publishers - ANS ✔✔Tin Pan Alley; Brill Building
Artist who had his with "Rock Around the Clock" - ANS ✔✔Bill Haley and the Comets
Artist who had hit with "Tom Dooley" - ANS ✔✔Kingston Trio
Award from Naras - ANS ✔✔Grammy
Award from RIAA - ANS ✔✔Gold
Award from the Gospel Music Association - ANS ✔✔Dove
Bandleader known as the "King of Jazz" - ANS ✔✔Paul Whiteman
Bandleader who established himself at the Cotton Club - ANS ✔✔Duke Ellington
Bandleader who worked with the Castles - ANS ✔✔James Reese Europe
Barcode technology used by Billboard - ANS ✔✔Soundscan
Bedroom Band - ANS ✔✔One person can do everything themselves due to synthesizers and
burning CDs on computers
, Bee Gees - ANS ✔✔"Stayin' Alive"
Began experimenting with optical electronics in 1960s - ANS ✔✔Philips
Bertlesman - ANS ✔✔BMG, German music group
Purchased RCA and Artista
Merged with Sony in 2004
Purchased RCA in 1988
Big band performer on prime time TV during the 1960s - ANS ✔✔Lawrence Welk
Biggest "star" of Opry during WWII - ANS ✔✔Roy Acuff
Bill Gates - ANS ✔✔Microsoft
BMG - ANS ✔✔Bertlesman Music Group
BMG and Sony merger - ANS ✔✔2004
Bobby Sox idol who emerged in 1943 - ANS ✔✔Frank Sinatra
Bought EMI Capitol in 2007 - ANS ✔✔Terra Firma
Brill Building - ANS ✔✔NYC building with lots of songwriters and music publishers
100% correct answers rated A+
The day the music died - ANS ✔✔February 3, 1959
Plane crash killed Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper
The father of black gospel - ANS ✔✔Thomas Dorsey
The Network - ANS ✔✔Radio Promotion people formed an alliance which create a close
personal relationship with personnel
Last major payola scandal with independent promoters
Wheels of Steel - ANS ✔✔Turntables
"when a record was purchased at its list price, all property rights belonged to the buyer" - ANS
✔✔Supreme Court decision that records can be played by DJ's on the radio
Father of the blues - ANS ✔✔W.C Handy
We shall overcome - ANS ✔✔Pete Seeger; Civil Rights movement
Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka - ANS ✔✔Founded Sony
Albert Grossman - ANS ✔✔Manager for Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin
,Apple computer - ANS ✔✔Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniack
Computer made for consumers
Area in New York for songwriters and publishers - ANS ✔✔Tin Pan Alley; Brill Building
Artist who had his with "Rock Around the Clock" - ANS ✔✔Bill Haley and the Comets
Artist who had hit with "Tom Dooley" - ANS ✔✔Kingston Trio
Award from Naras - ANS ✔✔Grammy
Award from RIAA - ANS ✔✔Gold
Award from the Gospel Music Association - ANS ✔✔Dove
Bandleader known as the "King of Jazz" - ANS ✔✔Paul Whiteman
Bandleader who established himself at the Cotton Club - ANS ✔✔Duke Ellington
Bandleader who worked with the Castles - ANS ✔✔James Reese Europe
Barcode technology used by Billboard - ANS ✔✔Soundscan
Bedroom Band - ANS ✔✔One person can do everything themselves due to synthesizers and
burning CDs on computers
, Bee Gees - ANS ✔✔"Stayin' Alive"
Began experimenting with optical electronics in 1960s - ANS ✔✔Philips
Bertlesman - ANS ✔✔BMG, German music group
Purchased RCA and Artista
Merged with Sony in 2004
Purchased RCA in 1988
Big band performer on prime time TV during the 1960s - ANS ✔✔Lawrence Welk
Biggest "star" of Opry during WWII - ANS ✔✔Roy Acuff
Bill Gates - ANS ✔✔Microsoft
BMG - ANS ✔✔Bertlesman Music Group
BMG and Sony merger - ANS ✔✔2004
Bobby Sox idol who emerged in 1943 - ANS ✔✔Frank Sinatra
Bought EMI Capitol in 2007 - ANS ✔✔Terra Firma
Brill Building - ANS ✔✔NYC building with lots of songwriters and music publishers
