History of Rock n' Roll Exam 1
Questions & Answers(GRADED A+)
New Orleans is a major contributor to crossover R&B music through it's emphasis on musical
elements _____? - ANSWER Piano, Sax and Bass
Legendary New Orleans musician/producer ____ played a crucial role in the development of rock n'
roll at J&M records with his collaboration with Fats Domino - ANSWER Dave Batholomew
___ Was the owner of J&M Records - ANSWER Cosimo Matassa
J&M Records was located in the city of ___? - ANSWER New Orleans
___ Was the artist known as the "killer" and Elvis' rival - ANSWER Jerry Lee Lewis
__ was known as the King of Rockabilly. Throughout this career, he stayed true to his style. - ANSWER
Carl Perkins
true or false? Elvis wrote most of his own music. - ANSWER False
__ Is a frenzied mix of country, blues, gospel and pop - ANSWER Rockabilly
__ was the owner of sun records. He worked hard to record music by artists both black and white -
ANSWER Sam Phillips
Sun Records is located in the city of ___. - ANSWER Memphis
The Four White Disc Jockeys of Nashville's WLAC were known as ____. - ANSWER The 50,000 Watt
Quartet
, AM Radio Disk Jockeys chose to ignore mainstream white record labels and play small independent
___ labels instead. - ANSWER R&B
___was the Kansas City blues shouter who sang on the record "roll em pete" - ANSWER Big Joe
Turner
___ popularized the electric guitar in R&B music - ANSWER T-Bone Walker
Louie Jordan was a performer of __ a style of hard driving dance music - ANSWER Jump Blues
Bill Haley and His Comets gained national attention with "____" a #1 rock and roll recording featured
in the movie Blackboard Jungle - ANSWER Rock Around The Clock
Rock and Roll can be defined by what style characteristics? - ANSWER A driving backbeat, a boogie
base line, lyrics about youth culture (cars, sex, romance, rebellion).
Rock n Roll draws from what styles of music? - ANSWER Bluegrass, country swing, delta blues,
boogie woogie, big band swing and gospel
___ was the "Father of gospel music" - ANSWER Thomas Dorsey
Bessie Smith sang ___ a popular style of blues that followed a 12 bar form and was accompanied by
professional musicians - ANSWER Classic Blues
Lionel Hampton was a popular artist in what style of dance music popular in the 1930s and 40s? -
ANSWER Big Band Swing
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys played ___ a style of music popular to the American Southwest -
ANSWER country swing
Pete Johnson was the ___ pianist who recorded "Roll Em' Pete" with Big Joe Turner - ANSWER
Boogie woogie
Questions & Answers(GRADED A+)
New Orleans is a major contributor to crossover R&B music through it's emphasis on musical
elements _____? - ANSWER Piano, Sax and Bass
Legendary New Orleans musician/producer ____ played a crucial role in the development of rock n'
roll at J&M records with his collaboration with Fats Domino - ANSWER Dave Batholomew
___ Was the owner of J&M Records - ANSWER Cosimo Matassa
J&M Records was located in the city of ___? - ANSWER New Orleans
___ Was the artist known as the "killer" and Elvis' rival - ANSWER Jerry Lee Lewis
__ was known as the King of Rockabilly. Throughout this career, he stayed true to his style. - ANSWER
Carl Perkins
true or false? Elvis wrote most of his own music. - ANSWER False
__ Is a frenzied mix of country, blues, gospel and pop - ANSWER Rockabilly
__ was the owner of sun records. He worked hard to record music by artists both black and white -
ANSWER Sam Phillips
Sun Records is located in the city of ___. - ANSWER Memphis
The Four White Disc Jockeys of Nashville's WLAC were known as ____. - ANSWER The 50,000 Watt
Quartet
, AM Radio Disk Jockeys chose to ignore mainstream white record labels and play small independent
___ labels instead. - ANSWER R&B
___was the Kansas City blues shouter who sang on the record "roll em pete" - ANSWER Big Joe
Turner
___ popularized the electric guitar in R&B music - ANSWER T-Bone Walker
Louie Jordan was a performer of __ a style of hard driving dance music - ANSWER Jump Blues
Bill Haley and His Comets gained national attention with "____" a #1 rock and roll recording featured
in the movie Blackboard Jungle - ANSWER Rock Around The Clock
Rock and Roll can be defined by what style characteristics? - ANSWER A driving backbeat, a boogie
base line, lyrics about youth culture (cars, sex, romance, rebellion).
Rock n Roll draws from what styles of music? - ANSWER Bluegrass, country swing, delta blues,
boogie woogie, big band swing and gospel
___ was the "Father of gospel music" - ANSWER Thomas Dorsey
Bessie Smith sang ___ a popular style of blues that followed a 12 bar form and was accompanied by
professional musicians - ANSWER Classic Blues
Lionel Hampton was a popular artist in what style of dance music popular in the 1930s and 40s? -
ANSWER Big Band Swing
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys played ___ a style of music popular to the American Southwest -
ANSWER country swing
Pete Johnson was the ___ pianist who recorded "Roll Em' Pete" with Big Joe Turner - ANSWER
Boogie woogie
