HST 335 Exam 1 Study Guide questions
and answered graded A+
"American Bandstand" - correct answer ✔✔Show similar to the one on "Hairspray"
Produced and led by Dick Clark
National TV provided a common music experience to everyone
Backbeat - correct answer ✔✔a strong accent on one of the normally unaccented beats of the
bar
Brill building - correct answer ✔✔the center of much pop songwriting activity in NYC from 1959
to 1963 - similar to tin pan alley style
Country and western music - correct answer ✔✔picked up in the 40s
southerners would share music in the Army
Hank Williams (1923-1953) - im so lonesome i could cry
Jimmy Rogers
Carter Family
crossover - correct answer ✔✔Recording or artist that appeals primarily to one audience but
becomes popular with another
R&B to pop "crying in the chapel"
doo-wop (9 characteristics) - correct answer ✔✔group harmony
nonsense syllables
wide range of vocals
, little to no instruments
simple music and lyrics
emphasized melody over rhythm
emphasized song over singer
originated in urban north
term not widely used til the 70s
girl groups - correct answer ✔✔kingston trio (1958-1963)
the bobbettes - "Mr. Lee" 1957
Chantels
Shirelles - first to top the pop charts
Marvelettes
The crystals
guitars - correct answer ✔✔replaced saxophone
twangy
rickenbacker - Hawaiian music
fender - stratocaster (flat bottom)
les paul - gibson (round bottom)
melisma - correct answer ✔✔stretching a single syllable over several notes
payola - correct answer ✔✔exchange for gifts or money to play records, thought to be illegal
but just used to keep rock n roll from being heard
government investigation
encouraged by ASCAP and BMI
and answered graded A+
"American Bandstand" - correct answer ✔✔Show similar to the one on "Hairspray"
Produced and led by Dick Clark
National TV provided a common music experience to everyone
Backbeat - correct answer ✔✔a strong accent on one of the normally unaccented beats of the
bar
Brill building - correct answer ✔✔the center of much pop songwriting activity in NYC from 1959
to 1963 - similar to tin pan alley style
Country and western music - correct answer ✔✔picked up in the 40s
southerners would share music in the Army
Hank Williams (1923-1953) - im so lonesome i could cry
Jimmy Rogers
Carter Family
crossover - correct answer ✔✔Recording or artist that appeals primarily to one audience but
becomes popular with another
R&B to pop "crying in the chapel"
doo-wop (9 characteristics) - correct answer ✔✔group harmony
nonsense syllables
wide range of vocals
, little to no instruments
simple music and lyrics
emphasized melody over rhythm
emphasized song over singer
originated in urban north
term not widely used til the 70s
girl groups - correct answer ✔✔kingston trio (1958-1963)
the bobbettes - "Mr. Lee" 1957
Chantels
Shirelles - first to top the pop charts
Marvelettes
The crystals
guitars - correct answer ✔✔replaced saxophone
twangy
rickenbacker - Hawaiian music
fender - stratocaster (flat bottom)
les paul - gibson (round bottom)
melisma - correct answer ✔✔stretching a single syllable over several notes
payola - correct answer ✔✔exchange for gifts or money to play records, thought to be illegal
but just used to keep rock n roll from being heard
government investigation
encouraged by ASCAP and BMI
