History of Rock and Roll- UNL MUNM
287 Chapter 1 & 2 fully solved
Which was NOT an important independent record label in the 1950s:
RCA Victor
Chess
Sun
Atlantic - correct answer ✔✔RCA Victor
Alan Freed:
Helped connect white teens with R&B music
Invented Top 40
Called himself the "Father of Rhythm & Blues"
Was the first record producer - correct answer ✔✔Helped connect white teens with R&B music
Which city played the most important role in the development of R&B:
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Memphis - correct answer ✔✔Chicago
Which is NOT true: magnetic tape:
Limits recordings to 3 minutes
Became popular in studios after World War II
Can be edited
,Is cheap - correct answer ✔✔Limits recordings to 3 minutes
Bristol, Tennessee:
Where the first important country music recordings were made
The birthplace of the blues
Buddy Holly's hometown
Where Hank Williams died - correct answer ✔✔******
Earl Scruggs was a virtuoso innovator on this instrument:
Banjo
Mandolin
Guitar
Violin - correct answer ✔✔Banjo
This style was born after country musicians began amplifying their instruments:
Honky tonk
Rockabilly
Gospel
Hillbilly - correct answer ✔✔****
The music publishing industry in the early 20th century was known as:
Tin Pan Alley
Madison Avenue
Broadway
Beale Street - correct answer ✔✔Tin Pan Alley
, In the post-war years, independent labels specialized in recording race music and:
Hillbilly music
Novelty songs
Gospel
Speeches and sermons - correct answer ✔✔Hillbilly music
The most reliable source for charting record sales:
Billboard magazine
The RIAA
Music.com
Licensing organizations such as ASCAP and BMI - correct answer ✔✔Billboard magazine
Hank Williams was known as the:
Hillbilly Shakespeare
Singing Brakeman
Father of Country Music
Crooning Cowboy - correct answer ✔✔Hillbilly Shakespeare
The first modern jazz is called:
Bebop
Swing
Free jazz
Fusion - correct answer ✔✔Bebop
The post-war years saw a growing popularity of hillbilly music and:
Race music
287 Chapter 1 & 2 fully solved
Which was NOT an important independent record label in the 1950s:
RCA Victor
Chess
Sun
Atlantic - correct answer ✔✔RCA Victor
Alan Freed:
Helped connect white teens with R&B music
Invented Top 40
Called himself the "Father of Rhythm & Blues"
Was the first record producer - correct answer ✔✔Helped connect white teens with R&B music
Which city played the most important role in the development of R&B:
Chicago
New York
Los Angeles
Memphis - correct answer ✔✔Chicago
Which is NOT true: magnetic tape:
Limits recordings to 3 minutes
Became popular in studios after World War II
Can be edited
,Is cheap - correct answer ✔✔Limits recordings to 3 minutes
Bristol, Tennessee:
Where the first important country music recordings were made
The birthplace of the blues
Buddy Holly's hometown
Where Hank Williams died - correct answer ✔✔******
Earl Scruggs was a virtuoso innovator on this instrument:
Banjo
Mandolin
Guitar
Violin - correct answer ✔✔Banjo
This style was born after country musicians began amplifying their instruments:
Honky tonk
Rockabilly
Gospel
Hillbilly - correct answer ✔✔****
The music publishing industry in the early 20th century was known as:
Tin Pan Alley
Madison Avenue
Broadway
Beale Street - correct answer ✔✔Tin Pan Alley
, In the post-war years, independent labels specialized in recording race music and:
Hillbilly music
Novelty songs
Gospel
Speeches and sermons - correct answer ✔✔Hillbilly music
The most reliable source for charting record sales:
Billboard magazine
The RIAA
Music.com
Licensing organizations such as ASCAP and BMI - correct answer ✔✔Billboard magazine
Hank Williams was known as the:
Hillbilly Shakespeare
Singing Brakeman
Father of Country Music
Crooning Cowboy - correct answer ✔✔Hillbilly Shakespeare
The first modern jazz is called:
Bebop
Swing
Free jazz
Fusion - correct answer ✔✔Bebop
The post-war years saw a growing popularity of hillbilly music and:
Race music
