MUS 354 - Topic 1A, Topic 1B, Topic 1C Quizzes_ Answered Latest Spring 2026.

MUS 354 - Topic 1A, Topic 1B, Topic 1C Quizzes_ Answered Latest Spring 2026. Topic 1A Clip 1: Stuart was John's friend, mainly, from art college. Stuart's a very good painter. We were all slightly jealous of John's friendship. John being a little bit older, certainly than me, certainly than George. It was a little bit, you wanted to sit next to him on a bus and stuff like this. He's an older fella, he knows just the way it was. So when Stuart came in, it was a little bit, he was taking a little bit of that position away from us. We had to take a little bit of his backseat. The famous story is where he sold his painting to John Moore Exhibitions and the like. So the question was, "What do you do with £75?" So we said that happens to be the exact amount it takes to buy a Hofner bass, and that'd be such like you know which is now still really Johnny I can't get him quite persuasive argument, but the best thing to do obviously was to buy this Hofner bass which he did. He went and did that, and the only trouble was he couldn't play it, but it was better to have a bass player who couldn't play it than to not have a bass player at all. So yeah. Music: The Beatles' cover of the Ray Charles song "Hallelujah, I Love Her So," Question 1: Which member of the Beatles' early incarnation is discussed in this clip? Stu Sutcliffe, Pete Best, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Martin, Paul McCartney, Question 2: What instrument did this member play most often? Bass, Saxophone, Drums, Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Piano, Harmonica, Question 3: From the musical quality of these song clips, they were most likely recorded none of these answers, before Paul was playing bass, before Ringo joined the group, all of these answers, prior to the group meeting Brian Epstein, before meeting George Martin, before the band’s first U.S. tours, Question 4: The early band member discussed in this clip was a successful but an amateur musician. politician, architect, athlete, novelist, movie director, painter, hair dresser, Question 5: The early band member discussed in this clip played with the first Beatles incarnation. French horn, guitar, drums, sitar, bass, harmonica, piano, Topic 1B Clip: The first record did very well. It sold 100,000 copies. That was lovely too. Best thing was it came to the charts in two days, and everyone thought it was a fiddle because our manager Storrs sent him these return records. Returns. And everybody down south thought, "Oh, how he's buying them himself or he's just filling the chart," but he wasn't. It was bought by the kids, and we had a big following. Who had a record? Arthur Astley was the last one I think. It got to whatever 17 within the following weeks after it came out, and I don't recall what happened to them. He probably just died off and went but it meant the next time he went back to EMI, they were really more friendly. "Oh hello lads, come in. Yes, okay?" Music: Love Me Do by the Beatles Question 1: What song do the Beatles perform in this clip? "She Loves You", "One After 909", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Love Me Do", "Three Cool Cats", "Please Please Me", "How Do You Do It?", Question 2: This composition was their song to reach the U.K. charts. only non-original, first, only, last, Skiffle, 100th, Motown cover, Question 3: The composers of this composition were most likely... Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Lennon and McCartney, Motown artists, The Everly Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Sun Studio songwriters, Question 4: Regarding the quick success of this record, it... was later recorded on several subsequent Beatles albums, sold 100,000 copies and made No. 17 on the U.K.charts, all of the above, became their first No. 1 Country song across the globe, was the first huge hit in America, shot to #1 in 12 countries, was banned in the U.S. for obscene lyrical content, Question 5: Besides electric guitar, John is also playing on this video. piano, harmonica, electric bass, organ, none of the above, accordian, percussion, Topic 1C: Instructions 1. Read Article #2: The Beatles' Please Please Me, 50 Years On by Alice Vincent - "A revisiting of The Beatles' debut album". 2. Answer the questions below Question 1: The Please Please Me album was nearly called instead, but this changed with the release of the single of the same name. Liverpool Lads in London, Off to London Town, With the Beatles, Featuring the Fab Four, The Four Mop Tops, Meet the Beatles, Of f the Beatle Track, Question 2: The band's marathon recording session for Please Please Me lasted straight, recorded as quickly as possible to capitalize on the success of their number one single. three days straight, just under an hour, from dawn to dusk, forty days and forty nights, ninety-seven minutes, two weeks, nine hours and 45 minutes, Question 3: George Martin originally wanted The Beatles to pose for the cover of the Please Please Me album. The shot ended up being taken over a stairwell inside EMI's London headquarters. on the steps of the Taj Mahal in India, in the gardens at John and Yoko’s Tittenhurst Park mansion, on the rooftop of the Apple Corp. building, outside the insect house of the London Zoo, on a snowy mountainside in the French Alps, traveling in a London bus as they circled Penny Lane, crossing Abbey Road right outside the recording studio, Question 4: , a cover of the Burt Russell song, was the last track to be recorded because John Lennon had a cold on recording day; George Martin feared the song's challenging vocals would ruin Lennon's voice for the rest of the recording if it was performed earlier. "Please Mr. Postman", "Twist and Shout", "She Loves You", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Long Tall Sally", "Please Please Me", "Love Me Do", Question 5: The Please Please Me album was almost recorded at the Liverpool venue , (where the group had early career performances) in front of a live audience. However, due to time pressures the EMI studio was booked instead. The Star Club, The Cavern, The Brown Derby, The Excalibur Ballroom, The Jacaranda Club, The Palladium, The Casbah Club,