MUNM 287 Exam #2 questions well
answered
Talcott Parsons - correct answer ✔✔American Sociologist. Created a theory of African American
culture assimilation ( The process of minority groups achieving acceptance.) The three stages; 1.
Exclusion, 2. Assimilation, and 3. Inclusion.
Stages of Cultural Assimilation - correct answer ✔✔The three stages; 1. Exclusion, 2.
Assimilation, and 3. Inclusion.
Cover Versions - correct answer ✔✔To take a song or style from the black culture and
reproduce it using a white singer. Examples: Tutti Frutti (Little Richard to Elvis), Sh-Boom (The
Chords to The Crew Cuts)
Three Modes of Expression - correct answer ✔✔Charlie Gillet Identified three modes of
expression in popular music.
1. sentimental
2. melodramatic
3. trivial-novelty
Rock 'n' Roll, Rock and Roll, Rock - correct answer ✔✔-Rock 'n' Roll -the particular kind of music
to which the term was first applied.
-Rock and Roll- the music that has been classified as such since rock 'n' roll died around 1958.
-Rock- the post-1964 derivations of rock 'n' roll.
Alan Freed - correct answer ✔✔A disc jockey who began playing a unique style of music at the
time called "rhythm-and-blues" on a Cleveland radio show, who gained a wide following from
, black and white teenagers due to his on-air attitude and style, gaining a wide following for this
new genre that evolved into rock-and-roll.
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) - correct answer ✔✔One of
the Two major Licensing agents. Licensed broadcasting rights to broadcasting outlets.
BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) - correct answer ✔✔One of the Two major licensing
agents. Represented many previously ignored writers and publishers of hillbilly, race, ethnic and
foreign music. licensed rock and roll/modern music
Major Recording Companies - correct answer ✔✔6 major record labels that dominated the
market:
Columbia, RCA Victor, Capitol, Decca, Mercury, and MGM.
Bing Crosby - correct answer ✔✔The first multimedia star, was a leader in record sales, radio
ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1930 to 1954
Youth Culture - correct answer ✔✔Rock 'n' Rolls success is credited to this. Initial reaction to the
music from this group was disapproval. Used the music as a rebellion.
Blackboard Jungle - correct answer ✔✔a 1955 fictional film about juvenile delinquency that
inadvertently turned Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" into a hit by using it under the
opening credits
Problems with the music of youth culture. - correct answer ✔✔1. Rock 'n' Roll songs exuded too
much sexuality.
2. The attitudes seemed to either question or openly defy authority.
3. The singers were either black or sounded black.
answered
Talcott Parsons - correct answer ✔✔American Sociologist. Created a theory of African American
culture assimilation ( The process of minority groups achieving acceptance.) The three stages; 1.
Exclusion, 2. Assimilation, and 3. Inclusion.
Stages of Cultural Assimilation - correct answer ✔✔The three stages; 1. Exclusion, 2.
Assimilation, and 3. Inclusion.
Cover Versions - correct answer ✔✔To take a song or style from the black culture and
reproduce it using a white singer. Examples: Tutti Frutti (Little Richard to Elvis), Sh-Boom (The
Chords to The Crew Cuts)
Three Modes of Expression - correct answer ✔✔Charlie Gillet Identified three modes of
expression in popular music.
1. sentimental
2. melodramatic
3. trivial-novelty
Rock 'n' Roll, Rock and Roll, Rock - correct answer ✔✔-Rock 'n' Roll -the particular kind of music
to which the term was first applied.
-Rock and Roll- the music that has been classified as such since rock 'n' roll died around 1958.
-Rock- the post-1964 derivations of rock 'n' roll.
Alan Freed - correct answer ✔✔A disc jockey who began playing a unique style of music at the
time called "rhythm-and-blues" on a Cleveland radio show, who gained a wide following from
, black and white teenagers due to his on-air attitude and style, gaining a wide following for this
new genre that evolved into rock-and-roll.
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) - correct answer ✔✔One of
the Two major Licensing agents. Licensed broadcasting rights to broadcasting outlets.
BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) - correct answer ✔✔One of the Two major licensing
agents. Represented many previously ignored writers and publishers of hillbilly, race, ethnic and
foreign music. licensed rock and roll/modern music
Major Recording Companies - correct answer ✔✔6 major record labels that dominated the
market:
Columbia, RCA Victor, Capitol, Decca, Mercury, and MGM.
Bing Crosby - correct answer ✔✔The first multimedia star, was a leader in record sales, radio
ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1930 to 1954
Youth Culture - correct answer ✔✔Rock 'n' Rolls success is credited to this. Initial reaction to the
music from this group was disapproval. Used the music as a rebellion.
Blackboard Jungle - correct answer ✔✔a 1955 fictional film about juvenile delinquency that
inadvertently turned Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" into a hit by using it under the
opening credits
Problems with the music of youth culture. - correct answer ✔✔1. Rock 'n' Roll songs exuded too
much sexuality.
2. The attitudes seemed to either question or openly defy authority.
3. The singers were either black or sounded black.
