WSU MUS 262 Questions with Verified Correct
Answers
1. __________ was the "Father of Bluegrass."
Bill Monroe
1. Robert Johnson was the "King of the __________ Delta Blues."
Mississippi
1. Pete Johnson was the __________ pianist who recorded "Roll 'em Pete" with Big Joe
Turner.
Boogie Woogie
1. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys played ___________, a style of music popular in the
American southwest.
Country Swing
1. Lionel Hampton was a popular artist in what style of dance music popular in the
1930s and 40s?
1. Big Band Swing
1. Bessie Smith sang __________, a popular style of blues that followed a 12 bar form
and was accompanied by professional musicians?
1. Classic Blues
1. __________ was the "Father of Gospel Music".
1. Thomas Dorsey
1. Rock and Roll draws from what styles of music?
, 1. Bluegrass, Country Swing, Delta Blues, Classic Blues, Boogie Woogie, Big Band Swing
and Gospel
1. Rock and Roll can be identified by what style characteristics?
1. A driving heavy backbeat, a boogie bass line, lyrics about youth culture (cars, sex,
romance, rebellion)
1. Bill Haley and His Comets gained national attention with __________, a #1 Rock and
Roll recording featured in the movie, Blackboard Jungle.
1. "Rock Around the Clock"
1. Louie Jordan was a performer of ___________, a style of hard driving dance music.
1. Jump Blues
1. __________ popularized the electric guitar in R&B music.
1. T-Bone Walker
1. __________ was the Kansas City blues shouter who sang on the recording "Roll 'em
Pete".
1. Big Joe Turner
1. AM radio disc jockeys chose to ignore mainstream white record labels and play small
independent __________ labels instead.
1. R&B
1. The four white disc jockeys of Nashville's WLAC were known as __________.
1. The 50,000 Watt Quartet
1. Sun Records is located in the city of __________.
Answers
1. __________ was the "Father of Bluegrass."
Bill Monroe
1. Robert Johnson was the "King of the __________ Delta Blues."
Mississippi
1. Pete Johnson was the __________ pianist who recorded "Roll 'em Pete" with Big Joe
Turner.
Boogie Woogie
1. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys played ___________, a style of music popular in the
American southwest.
Country Swing
1. Lionel Hampton was a popular artist in what style of dance music popular in the
1930s and 40s?
1. Big Band Swing
1. Bessie Smith sang __________, a popular style of blues that followed a 12 bar form
and was accompanied by professional musicians?
1. Classic Blues
1. __________ was the "Father of Gospel Music".
1. Thomas Dorsey
1. Rock and Roll draws from what styles of music?
, 1. Bluegrass, Country Swing, Delta Blues, Classic Blues, Boogie Woogie, Big Band Swing
and Gospel
1. Rock and Roll can be identified by what style characteristics?
1. A driving heavy backbeat, a boogie bass line, lyrics about youth culture (cars, sex,
romance, rebellion)
1. Bill Haley and His Comets gained national attention with __________, a #1 Rock and
Roll recording featured in the movie, Blackboard Jungle.
1. "Rock Around the Clock"
1. Louie Jordan was a performer of ___________, a style of hard driving dance music.
1. Jump Blues
1. __________ popularized the electric guitar in R&B music.
1. T-Bone Walker
1. __________ was the Kansas City blues shouter who sang on the recording "Roll 'em
Pete".
1. Big Joe Turner
1. AM radio disc jockeys chose to ignore mainstream white record labels and play small
independent __________ labels instead.
1. R&B
1. The four white disc jockeys of Nashville's WLAC were known as __________.
1. The 50,000 Watt Quartet
1. Sun Records is located in the city of __________.
