History of Rock and Roll Test 1 Questions
With Solutions 100% Correct
Alan Freed Who coined the term 'Rock 'n' Roll' as a Cleveland disc jockey?
Alan Freed Who began broadcasting rhythm and blues & country for a multiracial
audience?
Rag Time What music style used syncopated rhythm (authentic black style) combined
with black innovation (white response)?
Scott Joplin Who was known for the piano bar tune, "Maple Leaf Rag" which was
important for the development of blues & jazz?
Race & Hillbilly Music Rock & Roll developed in the subcultures of what type of music?
Race Music This type of music attracted blacks during the late 1800s and early 1900s but
wasn't played on the radio til the 1940's
, History of Rock and Roll Test 1 Questions
With Solutions 100% Correct
Bessie Smith This famous Race Music musician was known for singing, "The Empress of
the Blues," "St. Louis Blues," & "Empty Bed Blues"
Old-time/ Hillbilly Music This type of music performed by & intended for sale to rural
southern whites. It reflected the traditions and values of performers.
Old-time/ Hillbilly Music Early radio played a major role in the popularity of this type of
music; first broadcast was in Atlanta in 1922
Hank Williams Known for his vital role in Hillbilly music, this man paved the way for 3
generations to follow in his footsteps musically
Hank Williams His most well known songs include "Honky Tonkin'" and "Hey Good
Lookin"
Jazz Music This type of music adapted the sensibility of blues and formed a rhythm
section as a backbeat
, History of Rock and Roll Test 1 Questions
With Solutions 100% Correct
Jazz Music This type of music started in NOLA
Billie Holiday Who sang "Strange Fruit" - song about racial lynching?
Woody Guthrie Famous 'Folk Music' artist that sang "This Land is Your Land"
Frank Sinatra Who was a Rock & Roll star before Rock & Roll?
Frank Sinatra Who combined jazz, broadway and tin pan alley music in the 1940s and
thus, revolutionizing pop?
Frank Sinatra His album, 'Wee Small Hours' competed against Rock & Roll music and
was later listed on Rolling Stones' 100 greatest albusm of all time.
Frank Sinatra This person once called Rock & Roll "the most brutal, ugly, desperate,
vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear"
, History of Rock and Roll Test 1 Questions
With Solutions 100% Correct
Mississippi Delta Blues This name is given to the 2 musicians who were born before
Robert Johnson, but their careers took off after
Lead Belly and Son House These 2 men were apart of the Mississippi Delta Blues
Highway 61 Known as 'The Blues Highway' and was later a title for one of Bob Dylan's
albums
Highway 61 Duluth, Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis and NOLA are all part of ____?
The Crossroads This was the name of the location in Clarksdale, Miss. where Robert
Johnson had a 'meeting with the devil'
Robert Johnson This musician disappeared for a few months and after apparently 'having
a meeting with the devil' came back with amazing guitar technique and signed record deal with
Vocalion
Robert Johnson "The Great Man Theory" is applied to him
With Solutions 100% Correct
Alan Freed Who coined the term 'Rock 'n' Roll' as a Cleveland disc jockey?
Alan Freed Who began broadcasting rhythm and blues & country for a multiracial
audience?
Rag Time What music style used syncopated rhythm (authentic black style) combined
with black innovation (white response)?
Scott Joplin Who was known for the piano bar tune, "Maple Leaf Rag" which was
important for the development of blues & jazz?
Race & Hillbilly Music Rock & Roll developed in the subcultures of what type of music?
Race Music This type of music attracted blacks during the late 1800s and early 1900s but
wasn't played on the radio til the 1940's
, History of Rock and Roll Test 1 Questions
With Solutions 100% Correct
Bessie Smith This famous Race Music musician was known for singing, "The Empress of
the Blues," "St. Louis Blues," & "Empty Bed Blues"
Old-time/ Hillbilly Music This type of music performed by & intended for sale to rural
southern whites. It reflected the traditions and values of performers.
Old-time/ Hillbilly Music Early radio played a major role in the popularity of this type of
music; first broadcast was in Atlanta in 1922
Hank Williams Known for his vital role in Hillbilly music, this man paved the way for 3
generations to follow in his footsteps musically
Hank Williams His most well known songs include "Honky Tonkin'" and "Hey Good
Lookin"
Jazz Music This type of music adapted the sensibility of blues and formed a rhythm
section as a backbeat
, History of Rock and Roll Test 1 Questions
With Solutions 100% Correct
Jazz Music This type of music started in NOLA
Billie Holiday Who sang "Strange Fruit" - song about racial lynching?
Woody Guthrie Famous 'Folk Music' artist that sang "This Land is Your Land"
Frank Sinatra Who was a Rock & Roll star before Rock & Roll?
Frank Sinatra Who combined jazz, broadway and tin pan alley music in the 1940s and
thus, revolutionizing pop?
Frank Sinatra His album, 'Wee Small Hours' competed against Rock & Roll music and
was later listed on Rolling Stones' 100 greatest albusm of all time.
Frank Sinatra This person once called Rock & Roll "the most brutal, ugly, desperate,
vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear"
, History of Rock and Roll Test 1 Questions
With Solutions 100% Correct
Mississippi Delta Blues This name is given to the 2 musicians who were born before
Robert Johnson, but their careers took off after
Lead Belly and Son House These 2 men were apart of the Mississippi Delta Blues
Highway 61 Known as 'The Blues Highway' and was later a title for one of Bob Dylan's
albums
Highway 61 Duluth, Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis and NOLA are all part of ____?
The Crossroads This was the name of the location in Clarksdale, Miss. where Robert
Johnson had a 'meeting with the devil'
Robert Johnson This musician disappeared for a few months and after apparently 'having
a meeting with the devil' came back with amazing guitar technique and signed record deal with
Vocalion
Robert Johnson "The Great Man Theory" is applied to him
