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Sam Phillips - (answer)let Elvis go to RCA and made $40k from it
Signed more artists who became legends, went after white artists to play black music
owner of SUN Records
Carl Perkins - (answer)o First guitar was made from a cigar box, couldn't afford a real one
o He and his brother played in local bars with a sound like Elvis
o He personified Rockabilly in that era more than anyone else and never changed
• Went to Memphis and auditioned with Sam Phillips at Sun records
o Recorded and toured with Elvis in 1955, stayed good friends
• Perkins became a touring artist in the 1960's and 70's
• Huge rockabilly revival movement in the 1980's - Big revival for Perkins's career
Bo Didley - (answer)"Originator of Rock and Roll"
Recorded for Chess in Chicago.
Known for rectangle guitar and his beat. "Say Man" his only song to chart - 1958 Died in
Archer/Gainesville
Johnny Cash - (answer)• Crossed many genres of music but is most associated with country
o He's in the Hall of Fame of Rock, Country, and Gospel
o Given name "J.R. Cash" bc, as legend goes, his parents couldn't decide on a real name
• Early life dominated by gospel music and radio
o Started writing songs and playing guitar around 12 years old
o Met his wife while in the air force, married her a month after being discharged
Rejected by Sam and came back in 1955 as a Rockabilly musician
• Was supposedly told by Sam to "go home and sin until you can give me material than I can actually
sell"
• Invented unique rockabilly formula that included country, folk, and lyrics of prison and trains
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o Best described as a "flawed and contradictory American"
Very devoted Christian but also troubled by drugs, alcohol, and dark songs
• By late 1950's, he was famous enough to leave Sun to go to a major label - Columbia
o Recorded live albums and sang to prison inmates
o Also filmed, backed by Carl Perkins, aired on Granada Television
o Sang "Boy named Sue" which became the biggest hit of his career 1969
• Got the nickname "the Man in Black" from his dark clothing in the 1970's
• Hosted a music variety show after success of his two live albums
• 1980's - Cash's recording career was at an all-time low bc he struggled with drugs again
o His saving grace was the Highway Men, became a country super-group & saved Cash
Chuck Berry - (answer)o Often called the father of rock n roll bc he was the first to epitomize the sound
of rock
First big creative artist of rock, rock's first guitar hero
He wrote and performed his own music
One of the most definitive images of rock is berry with his guitar & duck walk
Served 3 years in prison for armed robbery in high school
o His success came from singles, not albums - most rockers then didn't do albums
Great crossover appeal, relaxed and conversational songs
o He was a black man doing songs in a white style, perfect combo of blues and country
• "Johnny B Goode" 1958 supposedly about Elvis, Rolling Stone's #1 guitar song of all time
o Went back to prison for breaking Mann act and transporting girl across state lines
o Chuck Berry's only #1 single was Dave Bartholomew's "My Ding a Ling" 1972
• Went back to jail for income tax evasion in the 1980's
o Wrote a best-selling autobiography in jail
o Legend has it that he only signs one autograph a day
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At Folsom Prison - (answer)• By late 1960's, after some years of limited success with Columbia, he
curbed his drug problem for a little while and made a live album to turn his career around - best-selling
album yet
o Recorded in front of Folsom Prison inmates in California
o A milestone album of rock n roll bc it was so unique
The Highwaymen - (answer)o Johnny Cash's saving grace in the 1980's was the Highway Men who
became a country super-group and saved Cash
o Quite successful in the beginning, but didn't do much after the first album's success
Jerry Lee Lewis - (answer)• Had the nickname "the Killer" since childhood
o Only artist still alive from our class of 1955
o Born 1935 in Louisiana, played piano and sang with his 2 cousins who also got famous
Enrolled in bible college after high school
• Jerry Lee Lewis is the white man's Little Richard
o Often described as the best raw performer of rock n roll, and the first wild man of rock
o "High school confidential" teenage crime drama movie named after and using this song
• Remembered more for his scandal than for his music career, which tanked after the scandal
• 1958 - Jerry married his 3rd wife Myra, who was 14 at the time and was also his first cousin
o once removed, without divorcing his second wife
• Jerry Lee has been married 7 times, 2 of them died while married to them
Roy Orbison - (answer)• Had a tough family life, his wife and 2 sons all died tragically
o "Ooby Dooby" 1956 early Sun records hit, only one on the charts
o "Oh pretty woman" 1964 made it to #1 for him and 2 others who covered it
• Played rockabilly in high school but never really associated with it like the other 3 did
• Had a voice for emotional soft rock songs and melodies and harmonies, high whiny voice
o Had a "Wall of sound" style made famous by Phil Spector later on
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Sam Phillips - (answer)let Elvis go to RCA and made $40k from it
Signed more artists who became legends, went after white artists to play black music
owner of SUN Records
Carl Perkins - (answer)o First guitar was made from a cigar box, couldn't afford a real one
o He and his brother played in local bars with a sound like Elvis
o He personified Rockabilly in that era more than anyone else and never changed
• Went to Memphis and auditioned with Sam Phillips at Sun records
o Recorded and toured with Elvis in 1955, stayed good friends
• Perkins became a touring artist in the 1960's and 70's
• Huge rockabilly revival movement in the 1980's - Big revival for Perkins's career
Bo Didley - (answer)"Originator of Rock and Roll"
Recorded for Chess in Chicago.
Known for rectangle guitar and his beat. "Say Man" his only song to chart - 1958 Died in
Archer/Gainesville
Johnny Cash - (answer)• Crossed many genres of music but is most associated with country
o He's in the Hall of Fame of Rock, Country, and Gospel
o Given name "J.R. Cash" bc, as legend goes, his parents couldn't decide on a real name
• Early life dominated by gospel music and radio
o Started writing songs and playing guitar around 12 years old
o Met his wife while in the air force, married her a month after being discharged
Rejected by Sam and came back in 1955 as a Rockabilly musician
• Was supposedly told by Sam to "go home and sin until you can give me material than I can actually
sell"
• Invented unique rockabilly formula that included country, folk, and lyrics of prison and trains
,MMC 3702 ACTUAL Exam WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
A+ GUARANTEED PASS
o Best described as a "flawed and contradictory American"
Very devoted Christian but also troubled by drugs, alcohol, and dark songs
• By late 1950's, he was famous enough to leave Sun to go to a major label - Columbia
o Recorded live albums and sang to prison inmates
o Also filmed, backed by Carl Perkins, aired on Granada Television
o Sang "Boy named Sue" which became the biggest hit of his career 1969
• Got the nickname "the Man in Black" from his dark clothing in the 1970's
• Hosted a music variety show after success of his two live albums
• 1980's - Cash's recording career was at an all-time low bc he struggled with drugs again
o His saving grace was the Highway Men, became a country super-group & saved Cash
Chuck Berry - (answer)o Often called the father of rock n roll bc he was the first to epitomize the sound
of rock
First big creative artist of rock, rock's first guitar hero
He wrote and performed his own music
One of the most definitive images of rock is berry with his guitar & duck walk
Served 3 years in prison for armed robbery in high school
o His success came from singles, not albums - most rockers then didn't do albums
Great crossover appeal, relaxed and conversational songs
o He was a black man doing songs in a white style, perfect combo of blues and country
• "Johnny B Goode" 1958 supposedly about Elvis, Rolling Stone's #1 guitar song of all time
o Went back to prison for breaking Mann act and transporting girl across state lines
o Chuck Berry's only #1 single was Dave Bartholomew's "My Ding a Ling" 1972
• Went back to jail for income tax evasion in the 1980's
o Wrote a best-selling autobiography in jail
o Legend has it that he only signs one autograph a day
, MMC 3702 ACTUAL Exam WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED
A+ GUARANTEED PASS
At Folsom Prison - (answer)• By late 1960's, after some years of limited success with Columbia, he
curbed his drug problem for a little while and made a live album to turn his career around - best-selling
album yet
o Recorded in front of Folsom Prison inmates in California
o A milestone album of rock n roll bc it was so unique
The Highwaymen - (answer)o Johnny Cash's saving grace in the 1980's was the Highway Men who
became a country super-group and saved Cash
o Quite successful in the beginning, but didn't do much after the first album's success
Jerry Lee Lewis - (answer)• Had the nickname "the Killer" since childhood
o Only artist still alive from our class of 1955
o Born 1935 in Louisiana, played piano and sang with his 2 cousins who also got famous
Enrolled in bible college after high school
• Jerry Lee Lewis is the white man's Little Richard
o Often described as the best raw performer of rock n roll, and the first wild man of rock
o "High school confidential" teenage crime drama movie named after and using this song
• Remembered more for his scandal than for his music career, which tanked after the scandal
• 1958 - Jerry married his 3rd wife Myra, who was 14 at the time and was also his first cousin
o once removed, without divorcing his second wife
• Jerry Lee has been married 7 times, 2 of them died while married to them
Roy Orbison - (answer)• Had a tough family life, his wife and 2 sons all died tragically
o "Ooby Dooby" 1956 early Sun records hit, only one on the charts
o "Oh pretty woman" 1964 made it to #1 for him and 2 others who covered it
• Played rockabilly in high school but never really associated with it like the other 3 did
• Had a voice for emotional soft rock songs and melodies and harmonies, high whiny voice
o Had a "Wall of sound" style made famous by Phil Spector later on
