MBU 2130 Exam 2 With
Complete Solution
"Bobby Sox" idol of the 1940s - ANSWER Frank Sinatra
"Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy" - ANSWER Performed by Red Foley
Written by Owen Bradley
Father of Black Gospel - ANSWER Thomas Dorsey
Father of Rhythm and Blues - ANSWER Louis Jordan
Great Migration - ANSWER Blacks moved from the south to the north
(mostly Chicago) to find manufacturing jobs; brought music with them
King of Discount Selling - ANSWER Sam Goody
Oklahoma - ANSWER First musical where songs drove the plot
First successful Broadway cast recording
Tennessee Waltz - ANSWER Published by Acuff-Rose
Sung by Patti Page
Put Nashville on the map for songwriters
Voice of the 1930s - ANSWER Bing Crosby
"Your Cheatin' Heart" - ANSWER Hank Williams
1948 - ANSWER Americans worried about invasion and communists
,Transistor radio was developed by William Shockley; radios biggest year; first
full run of TV program
A&R person for race and hillbilly for Columbia - ANSWER Art Satherly
Aberbach brothers - ANSWER Founded Hill and Range records
Acuff-Rose - ANSWER Founded by Fred Rose and Roy Acuff
Advertising Agencies - ANSWER Controlled radio content: Wrote shows,
arranged for sponsors, and delivered them to stations (comedy, drama, and
music programs)
Alan Freed - ANSWER "Father of Rock n' Roll"
Disk jockey from Cleveland, Ohio
Won right to play African-American R&B on the radio
American recorded music became international - ANSWER During WWII,
Americans at home and soldiers overseas listened to the same music
Ampex - ANSWER American electronics company founded in 1944 by
Alexander M. Poniatoff; recording machine manufacturer
Art Slathery - ANSWER A&R person for race and hillbilly music at Columbia
ASCAP - ANSWER Battled radio networks and wanted more money for radio
play; controlled by publishers; american society of composers, authors, and
publishers
Atlantic Records - ANSWER Founded by Ahmet Ertgun and Herb Abramson in
1947 in New York
Band leader died during WWII - ANSWER Glenn Miller
, Benny Goodman - ANSWER "King of Swing"
Bing Crosby - ANSWER First to use tape
Signed by Jack Kapp at Decca
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" and "White Christmas"
Blacklisted performers and writers - ANSWER Due to the anti-communist
scare some artists with liberal or socialist views were blacklisted from the
music industry (1947)
BMI - ANSWER First PRO with "open door" policy; Created to be a competitor
to ASCAP; Broadcast Music, Inc.
Bob Willis - ANSWER King of western swing
Brand name of jukeboxes - ANSWER Rock-Ola and Wurlitzer
Brown v. Board of Education - ANSWER Decision that says segregation is a
violation of the 14th amendment
Capitol Records - ANSWER Liberty Records
Founded by Glenn Wallichs, Johnny Mercer, and Georgy Desylva
They sent free records to radio stations
CBS - ANSWER Bought out Paramount in 1932, Bought out Columbia
Records and ARC in 1938, Had 79 radio stations and complete control of
radio, Owned by William S. Paley
Cecil Gant - ANSWER "I Wonder"
Chess Records - ANSWER Founded by the Chess brothers
Complete Solution
"Bobby Sox" idol of the 1940s - ANSWER Frank Sinatra
"Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy" - ANSWER Performed by Red Foley
Written by Owen Bradley
Father of Black Gospel - ANSWER Thomas Dorsey
Father of Rhythm and Blues - ANSWER Louis Jordan
Great Migration - ANSWER Blacks moved from the south to the north
(mostly Chicago) to find manufacturing jobs; brought music with them
King of Discount Selling - ANSWER Sam Goody
Oklahoma - ANSWER First musical where songs drove the plot
First successful Broadway cast recording
Tennessee Waltz - ANSWER Published by Acuff-Rose
Sung by Patti Page
Put Nashville on the map for songwriters
Voice of the 1930s - ANSWER Bing Crosby
"Your Cheatin' Heart" - ANSWER Hank Williams
1948 - ANSWER Americans worried about invasion and communists
,Transistor radio was developed by William Shockley; radios biggest year; first
full run of TV program
A&R person for race and hillbilly for Columbia - ANSWER Art Satherly
Aberbach brothers - ANSWER Founded Hill and Range records
Acuff-Rose - ANSWER Founded by Fred Rose and Roy Acuff
Advertising Agencies - ANSWER Controlled radio content: Wrote shows,
arranged for sponsors, and delivered them to stations (comedy, drama, and
music programs)
Alan Freed - ANSWER "Father of Rock n' Roll"
Disk jockey from Cleveland, Ohio
Won right to play African-American R&B on the radio
American recorded music became international - ANSWER During WWII,
Americans at home and soldiers overseas listened to the same music
Ampex - ANSWER American electronics company founded in 1944 by
Alexander M. Poniatoff; recording machine manufacturer
Art Slathery - ANSWER A&R person for race and hillbilly music at Columbia
ASCAP - ANSWER Battled radio networks and wanted more money for radio
play; controlled by publishers; american society of composers, authors, and
publishers
Atlantic Records - ANSWER Founded by Ahmet Ertgun and Herb Abramson in
1947 in New York
Band leader died during WWII - ANSWER Glenn Miller
, Benny Goodman - ANSWER "King of Swing"
Bing Crosby - ANSWER First to use tape
Signed by Jack Kapp at Decca
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" and "White Christmas"
Blacklisted performers and writers - ANSWER Due to the anti-communist
scare some artists with liberal or socialist views were blacklisted from the
music industry (1947)
BMI - ANSWER First PRO with "open door" policy; Created to be a competitor
to ASCAP; Broadcast Music, Inc.
Bob Willis - ANSWER King of western swing
Brand name of jukeboxes - ANSWER Rock-Ola and Wurlitzer
Brown v. Board of Education - ANSWER Decision that says segregation is a
violation of the 14th amendment
Capitol Records - ANSWER Liberty Records
Founded by Glenn Wallichs, Johnny Mercer, and Georgy Desylva
They sent free records to radio stations
CBS - ANSWER Bought out Paramount in 1932, Bought out Columbia
Records and ARC in 1938, Had 79 radio stations and complete control of
radio, Owned by William S. Paley
Cecil Gant - ANSWER "I Wonder"
Chess Records - ANSWER Founded by the Chess brothers
