Exam 2 (ch 4-7) History of Rock and Roll Review Questions with Multiple Choices And Answers.

The Animals - correct answers Lead Singer Eric Burton; Chuck Berry Tour in the UK; " House of the Rising Sun" The Beach Boys - correct answers() continued to create hits after the Beatles arrived; Brian Wilson stops touring(Dec.1964); Brian wanted to be "Phil Spector Jr"; California Girls(contrasting verse chorus); Pet sounds (new standard) The Beatles - correct answers Started in 1957 as a skiffleband (The Quarryman); Liverpool; Beatle Mania 1963-66; Ed Sullivan show(Feb.9,1964);George Martin (5th Beatle);1964-66 Moved form craft to artistic approach; importance of lyrics The Byrds - correct answersFormed in LA in 1964; "Mr Tambourine Man"; did Dylan covers; McGuinn (electric 12 string guitar); Crosby (singer); 2 part vocal Cream - correct answersfirst rock "super group"; Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker; Clapton and "rare-ups"; established virtuosity in rock; english guitar reverence; clapton as big as the band; clapton was more successful; "Sunshine of Your Life"(most associated with Cream) The Jefferson Airplane - correct answersFolk and Blues with a touch of Jazz and Indian style; lost a few members, but got a new one that brought 2 songs that did well; White Rabbit Jimi Hendrix Experience - correct answersPsychedelic blues,stage theatre, extraordinary virtuosity; was not known in US until the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967; His virtuosity and sonic innovation raised the bar for rock guitar; The Kingsmen - correct answersThey had the first most important national garage-band hit was "Louie Louie" The Kinks - correct answersFormed in 1963; Aggressive pop approach; Garage band sound; "You really got me" The Mamas and Papas - correct answersNYC (1965) Jon Phillips, Michell Phillips, Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot; migrated to LA Martha & The Vandellas - correct answersHeat Wave; Dancing in the Streets The Monkees - correct answersInitially, were formed as a band to make records in support of a weekly tv series; molded after the Beatles, their music was produced according to the established Brill Building pattern The Quarrymen - correct answersa skiffle band which would turn into The Beatles; liverpool; learned by imitation; 300 long gigs in hamburg; Met future manager Brian Epstein The Rolling Stones - correct answersBritish Invasion band; Formed by Brian Jones as a blues band; 1950s Chicago electric blues tradition (influenced);;signed to Decca records,first record covered American Blues; Jagger and Richards achieve success as songwriters in 1964; satisfaction Simon and Garfunkel - correct answersFolk music; "Wednesday Morning, 3 am (1964)"; Flop until.... Tom Wilson added drums and electric instruments to "The sound of Silence"; the folk-rock version goes #1 in 1965 The Supremes - correct answerstop 5 pop/rock/soul acts of the decade; sustained a complete cultural crossover; most commercially successful act at Motown in the 60's; rivaled with the Beatles The Temptations - correct answersMy Girl The Yardbirds - correct answersEric Clapton; devoted to blues-left when band shifted towards pop; Clapton was replaced by Jeff Beck and then Jimmy Page replaced him; Led Zep Aretha Franklin - correct answersMemphis-Detroit; 6 years with columbia; Signed with Atlantic records in 1966; Jerry Wexler takes her to Muscle Shoals; Swampers backed them up; RESPECT Bob Dylan - correct answers1964; Well know in folk, but not in pop audience;lyrics dealt with social issues;began to focus his writing on relationships (personal); Half electric/half acoustic; NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL 1965 Brian Jones - correct answersIn the first year Rolling Stone was led by lead guitarist Brian Jones; talents and dedicated student of american blues Diana Ross - correct answersThe Supremes; top 5 rock/pop/soul acts of the decade; sustained a complete cultural crossover; most commercially successful act at Motown in the 60's; rivaled with the Beatles; BE LOVE; went solo Eric Burdon - correct answersby the summer of 1967, the original Animals lineup had dissolved and Burdon forged ahead with a new band. Eric Clapton (Yardbirds, Cream) - correct answerslead guitarist for Yardbirds; nicknamed slow hand because he would break his guitars strings and the audience would clap slow;uncompromising in his resistance to pop music at the time; clapton was more successful in the band cream; clapton and "rave up" James Brown - correct answersMost important black performer of 1960's; developed the propulsive riff oriented music that became known as funk; fabulous flames; little Richard Sub; king records; 1964(assumes complete control);adds athletic showmanship; closing routine; Jeff Beck (Yardbirds) - correct answersreplaced clapton on lead guitar; he uses a fuzztone to create the tunes distinctive guitar lick Jimmy Page (Yardbirds) - correct answersFrom the Yardbirds, but will be a future member of Led Zeppelin Lonnie Donegan - correct answersHe did a song in a new style called "skiffle" that blended folk music with an up-tempo rhythmic fell and American textual themes; had a skiffle band Maxine Powell - correct answersran a finishing school within Detroit's black community since the early 1950s; was charged with teaching both women and men how to move and speak with grace. Smoky Robinson - correct answershandled many of the songwriting and production duties Wilson Pickett - correct answerscame to the attention of Jerry Wexler in 1963 where unlikely circumstances; In 1964 Pickett came to Atlantic looking for a record deal, and Wexler was happy to sign him as a solo act. Then Wexler decided to take Pickett to Stax studios; Capitol Records - correct answersbeach boys/ Beatles were both signed to _____ Fame Studios - correct answersRick Hall owned; Weller brought Pickett to fame to record; Stax Records - correct answerscharacterized as being truer to black culture than the productions of Motown which, despite its tremendous success,is often cast as a kind of sellout to the white market; were simply directing their music to different areas of the marketplace; stats bands were integrated Motown - correct answersfrom 1961 to 1971; peak popularity(); Fusion of rock and r&b;Kiss; "Black, white, and shaded in-between "; The sound of Young America" The Swampers - correct answersgroup of musicians playing soul, R&B, rock and roll and country; based in the city of Muscle Shoals Alabama; worked with Aretha Franklin Funk Brothers - correct answersemployed white guitarists Jim Messina and Dennis Coffey Wrecking Crew - correct answersa group of musicians Booker T. & the MGs - correct answershouse band George Martin - correct answers; 5th Beatle Jerry Wexler - correct answerswasn't getting to produce as much as he wanted; likes southern black music was more emotional Ahmet Ertegun - correct answerscofounder of Atlantic records Phil Specter - correct answerswall of sound, producer Holland-Dozier-Holland - correct answerspart of Gordy's quality control; 3 brothers Berry Gordie Gordy - correct answersassembly line, hitsville usa, Motown Sound; Gordy Approach (The original crossover, brill building, quality control, artist development, Maxine Powell) Brian Wilson - correct answersBeach boys; stopped touring in Dec.1964; Wanted to be "Phil Spector Jr." Woodstock - correct answersHeld on a large patch of farmland in Bethel, New York, from Aug 15-17, 1969; drew in at least 400,000 hippies Monterey Pop - correct answersfirst pop festival in June 1967; modeled after me the Monterey Jazz Festival Newport Folk - correct answersIn July 1965, an enormous controversy began; people did not like that Bob Dylan was using Electric instruments with folk music Haight-Ashbury - correct answers old Victorian neighborhood Garage Bands - correct answers bands often rehearsed in basements or garages on inexpensive instruments, and their records were frequently recorded on very simple equipment; often had only one hit, and many of these were songs that only achieved regional popularity; The Kingsmen (Louie Louie, Most important national garage band hit) Beatle Mania - correct answers1963-66; describes the tremendous excitement created among the fans at the bands live performances; The Beatles tremendous success opened the British popular- music business to dozen of other groups; Ed Sullivan Feb. 9, 1964; with the success of the first Sullivan show appearance, the Beatles became the hottest act in the American entertainment business almost overnight; worked at furious pace,touring and recording almost without a break. British Invasion - correct answers the next bands that arrived form England were met with great enthusiasm in the US; Beatle type bands and Stones-type bands Psychedelic Movement - correct answers sought new ways to experience the world; not just drugs; blended drugs with explorations of other countries; psychedelic approach to music: 1)Music was second to music 2) Music is the trip Folk Rock - correct answers Dylan Plugs in (folk with electric instruments);The Byrds; Electric 12 string guitar; The Beach Boys; Music Business; Simon and Garfunkel go electric; Mama and Papa; The Turtles;Barry McGuire Mellotron - correct answers an electric keyboard instrument in which each key controls the playback of a single prerecorded musical sound Skiffle - correct answers blended folk music with an up-tempo rhythmic feel and american textual themes