History of Rock and Roll (Test 1 UNL)
Questions & Answers(RATED A)
Tin Pan Alley - ANSWER The name of the music publishing industry in the first half of the 20th
century
Irving Berlin - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer
George and Ira Gershwin - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer
Richard Rodgers - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer
Lorenz Hart - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer
Oscar Hammerstein II - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer
Acoustical Process - ANSWER A recording method used before 1925 in which a horn was used to
capture sound waves and engrave them on a wax disk
Electrical Process - ANSWER A recording method utilizing microphones
Swing Era - ANSWER The period from 1935-1946 when big band jazz was the most popular music in
America
Who was the first star of the "Swing Era?" - ANSWER Benny Goodman
, Race Music - ANSWER A catchall term to describe any records or songs by black artists, including
"The Blues" and "R&B"
Cole Porter - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer
The first pop singer to create a unique personal style and image - ANSWER Frank Sinatra
Hillbilly Music - ANSWER The traditional old time music of the rural southern United States with
origins in English folk music
Cover - ANSWER A new recording of a charting song
Album - ANSWER First introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. Spun at 33 1/3 rmp
Single - ANSWER Introduced by RCA in 1949 with a 7" diameter and 45 rmp
Alan Freed - ANSWER Influential white DJ that wasn't afraid to play race music. Was a jazz musician
from Pennsylvania
The blues boy - ANSWER Riley B. King aka B. B. King
Disk Jockey (DJ) - ANSWER A radio station announcer who plays records and evolved to slowly
interject their personalities, making their own unique show
Top 40 - ANSWER Radio format that plays the top 40 in repetition, developed by Todd Storz at KOWH
in Omaha
Blues - ANSWER The form music form developed in the Mississippi Delta and other Southern locales
in the late 19th century that incorporates a 12-bar verse, AAB lyric form, and tonalities from the
blues scale.
Major Labels - ANSWER The largest corporate record labels
Questions & Answers(RATED A)
Tin Pan Alley - ANSWER The name of the music publishing industry in the first half of the 20th
century
Irving Berlin - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer
George and Ira Gershwin - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer
Richard Rodgers - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer
Lorenz Hart - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer
Oscar Hammerstein II - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer
Acoustical Process - ANSWER A recording method used before 1925 in which a horn was used to
capture sound waves and engrave them on a wax disk
Electrical Process - ANSWER A recording method utilizing microphones
Swing Era - ANSWER The period from 1935-1946 when big band jazz was the most popular music in
America
Who was the first star of the "Swing Era?" - ANSWER Benny Goodman
, Race Music - ANSWER A catchall term to describe any records or songs by black artists, including
"The Blues" and "R&B"
Cole Porter - ANSWER Tin Pan Alley composer
The first pop singer to create a unique personal style and image - ANSWER Frank Sinatra
Hillbilly Music - ANSWER The traditional old time music of the rural southern United States with
origins in English folk music
Cover - ANSWER A new recording of a charting song
Album - ANSWER First introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. Spun at 33 1/3 rmp
Single - ANSWER Introduced by RCA in 1949 with a 7" diameter and 45 rmp
Alan Freed - ANSWER Influential white DJ that wasn't afraid to play race music. Was a jazz musician
from Pennsylvania
The blues boy - ANSWER Riley B. King aka B. B. King
Disk Jockey (DJ) - ANSWER A radio station announcer who plays records and evolved to slowly
interject their personalities, making their own unique show
Top 40 - ANSWER Radio format that plays the top 40 in repetition, developed by Todd Storz at KOWH
in Omaha
Blues - ANSWER The form music form developed in the Mississippi Delta and other Southern locales
in the late 19th century that incorporates a 12-bar verse, AAB lyric form, and tonalities from the
blues scale.
Major Labels - ANSWER The largest corporate record labels
