UNL MUNM 287-001 Chapter 1, TEST
#1 questions n answers
Tin Pan Alley - correct answer ✔✔describes music publishing industry in the first half of the
20th century
The Swing Era - correct answer ✔✔1935-1946; when Big Band Jazz was most popular in
America
Race Music - correct answer ✔✔catchall term to describe any records/songs by black artists,
including the blues and what would be later known as rhythm and blues
Benny Goodman - correct answer ✔✔First star of the swing era, bought blacks music to rise to
fame
Bing Crosby - correct answer ✔✔One of the 1st pop singers, most influential crooners (ballads).
Film and radio star.
Hillbilly Music - correct answer ✔✔Traditional old time music of the rural southern US, with
origins in English Folk. It is foundation of modern country music
English Folk Music - correct answer ✔✔Brought over from English immigrants
Cover - correct answer ✔✔New recording of a charting song that seeks to 'cover' up the original
song
, Acoustical Process - correct answer ✔✔Process used before 1925 in which acoustical horn
captured and transferred sound vibrations to a stylus that cut grooves onto a wax disc
Electrical Process - correct answer ✔✔The recording process in which microphones are used to
convert sound waves into an electrical signal
Album - correct answer ✔✔The 33-1/3 rpm; 12" LP (long playing) format introduced by
Columbia Records in 1948
Single - correct answer ✔✔The 45 rpm; 7" format introduced by RCA Victor in 1949
Major Labels - correct answer ✔✔The Largest Corporate Record Labels; Columbia, Decca,
Capitol, RCA Victor
Independent Labels - correct answer ✔✔The small startup labels that began emerging in large
numbers in the 1940's and 1950's; Chess, Atlantic, and Sun
Billboard Magazine - correct answer ✔✔Industry magazine that charts record sales, started in
1940; "Country and Western" and "Rhythm and Blues"; Hot 100 in '58
Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) - correct answer ✔✔industry trade group that
certifies record sales and designates them gold, platinum, and diamond records; 1952.
Gold - correct answer ✔✔Singles: 1 Million (Later Revised to 500,000)
Albums: 500,000
Platinum - correct answer ✔✔Albums: 1 Million Sales
#1 questions n answers
Tin Pan Alley - correct answer ✔✔describes music publishing industry in the first half of the
20th century
The Swing Era - correct answer ✔✔1935-1946; when Big Band Jazz was most popular in
America
Race Music - correct answer ✔✔catchall term to describe any records/songs by black artists,
including the blues and what would be later known as rhythm and blues
Benny Goodman - correct answer ✔✔First star of the swing era, bought blacks music to rise to
fame
Bing Crosby - correct answer ✔✔One of the 1st pop singers, most influential crooners (ballads).
Film and radio star.
Hillbilly Music - correct answer ✔✔Traditional old time music of the rural southern US, with
origins in English Folk. It is foundation of modern country music
English Folk Music - correct answer ✔✔Brought over from English immigrants
Cover - correct answer ✔✔New recording of a charting song that seeks to 'cover' up the original
song
, Acoustical Process - correct answer ✔✔Process used before 1925 in which acoustical horn
captured and transferred sound vibrations to a stylus that cut grooves onto a wax disc
Electrical Process - correct answer ✔✔The recording process in which microphones are used to
convert sound waves into an electrical signal
Album - correct answer ✔✔The 33-1/3 rpm; 12" LP (long playing) format introduced by
Columbia Records in 1948
Single - correct answer ✔✔The 45 rpm; 7" format introduced by RCA Victor in 1949
Major Labels - correct answer ✔✔The Largest Corporate Record Labels; Columbia, Decca,
Capitol, RCA Victor
Independent Labels - correct answer ✔✔The small startup labels that began emerging in large
numbers in the 1940's and 1950's; Chess, Atlantic, and Sun
Billboard Magazine - correct answer ✔✔Industry magazine that charts record sales, started in
1940; "Country and Western" and "Rhythm and Blues"; Hot 100 in '58
Record Industry Association of America (RIAA) - correct answer ✔✔industry trade group that
certifies record sales and designates them gold, platinum, and diamond records; 1952.
Gold - correct answer ✔✔Singles: 1 Million (Later Revised to 500,000)
Albums: 500,000
Platinum - correct answer ✔✔Albums: 1 Million Sales
