Which 1950s movie featured Bill Haley's "(We're Gonna) Rock around the Clock"?
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Blackboard Jungle
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Alan Freed began his career in
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Cleveland
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The Rock and Roll Party was
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Alan Freed's radio show in New York
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The practice of payola involved
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creating business friendships with disc jockeys by offering gifts
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The country and western chart was originally called
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hillbilly
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A crossover song is
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a song or record appearing on multiple music charts
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All of the following are examples of crossover artists EXCEPT
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Big Joe Turner
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As a song, "Roll Over Beethoven" celebrates
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teenagers listening to rhythm and blues.
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Little Richard's aggressive piano playing and "wild man" image were a direct contrast to
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Fats Domino
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The "whitening" of rhythm and blues was marked by
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lyrics changed to dance references instead of sexual innuendos.
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The success of crossover artists significantly reduced
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the crossover potential for the original artists.
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Who started Sun Records in Memphis?
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Sam Phillips
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Early in his career, Elvis was marketed as a
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country and western artist
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Elvis Presley's contract was bought by
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RCA Records
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Elvis is often thought of as a song stylist because he
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did not write his own songs but chose which material he would record.
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Which song was the first million-selling single for Sun Records?
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"Blue Suede Shoes"
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All of the following were artists with Sun Records EXCEPT
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Buddy Holly.
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Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran were particularly popular with
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audiences in England.
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Which Sun Records singer was dubbed the "female Elvis"?
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Janis Martin
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"That'll Be the Day" was the first hit for
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Buddy Holly.
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All of the following events affected the first wave of rock and roll EXCEPT
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Pat Boone having the first rock-and-roll hit song.
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The congressional hearings on the payola scandal focused on
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radio stations that played rock and roll.
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Whom did ASCAP represent during the payola scandal?
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traditional pop songwriters
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Two high-profile individuals associated with the payola scandal were
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Alan Freed and Dick Clark.
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As a result of the payola scandal, Alan Freed
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was run out of the music business.
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The emergence of rock and roll in the 1950s can be attributed to the relationship between DJs and
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indie record labels.
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All of the following are elements of Chuck Berry's music EXCEPT
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songs geared toward adult black listeners.
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Which of the following was a trademark of Little Richard's music?
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maniacal singing
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Elvis's first single for RCA was
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"Heartbreak Hotel."
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Which of the following statements about Buddy Holly is FALSE?
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He was a cover artist.
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Which of the following was NOT a major record label in the 1950s?Specialty
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Sun
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Which of the following was NOT a major record label in the 1950s?
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Sun
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To which independent label was Little Richard signed?
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Specialty
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________ was a regional radio show in Memphis hosted by Dewey Phillips.
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Red, Hot, and Blue
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Explain how payola was beneficial to indie record labels as well as independent radio stations.
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They used it to compete with the greater resources of shared by major labels. Independent radio stations
used it as a way to compete in regional markets.
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Explain how payola was beneficial to indie record labels as well as independent radio stations
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They used it to compete with the greater resources shared by major labels. Independent radio stations
used it as a way to compete in regional markets.
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________ often performed a trademark "duck walk" during guitar solos.
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Chuck Berry
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Although he covered many rhythm and blues songs, ________ played a central role in establishing rock
and roll in mainstream pop in the 1950s.
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Pat Boone
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The song ________ helped launch Elvis Presley's career at Sun Records.
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That's All Right Mama
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The "slapback echo" was a rockabilly feature pioneered by ________.
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Sam Phillips
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How was Elvis's image and music used to appeal to a wider audience?
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He starred in movies, after serving in the army he became a patriotic G.I. instead of a hip swiveling
menace.
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How was Buddy Holly influential as a songwriter?
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The fact that he wrote his own songs served as a model for other rock musicians. He also was adventurous
in terms of formal design.
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Explain why the act of payola was NOT deemed an illegal activity.
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According to FCC rules the gifts just had to be announced on air and money received had to be claimed
on a tax form.
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Why did Sam Phillips sell Elvis's contract?
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They paid him an amount he never thought they would agree to and he invested that money into his
business.
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________ was probably the most flamboyant performer in the early years of rock
and roll.
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Little Richard
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Why did rhythm and blues artists often opt for a flat fee for their recordings?
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For musicians in the habit of going around playing gigs it was more prudent to be paid up front than to
sign an agreement for future royalties with a small, fragile record company.
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Whom did BMI represent during the payola scandal?
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rock and roll
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Who took control of American popular music as the first wave of rock and roll ended?
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Big companies
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crossover success for Jerry Lee Lewis
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Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
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radio show hosted by Alan Freed
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The Moondog Show
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received coauthor credit for the song "Maybellene"
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Alan Freed
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the American Society of Composers, Artists, and Performers
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ASCAP
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Chuck Berry's first hit on Chess Records
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"Maybellene"
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Elvis Presley's manager
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Colonel Tom Parker
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trademark of Buddy Holly
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vocal hiccup
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original marketing term for rhythm and blues
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race records
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female rockabilly singer
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Brenda Lee
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song originally performed by Big Joe Turner
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Shake, Rattle, and Roll
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Most of rock's originators and many of the independent labels they worked for were out of the music
business by 1960.
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True
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Both independent and major record labels used payola.
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True
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Cover versions of rhythm and blues songs by white artists very rarely performed better on the pop charts
than the rhythm and blues originals.
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False
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Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard were all artists recorded on independent labels.
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True
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White artists covering Little Richard's music left out much of the sexual innuendo in his lyrics.
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True
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It was a common practice for major record labels to watch the country and western charts for hits and
then cover those songs for the pop market.
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False
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Before Elvis signed a major record deal, major labels were NOT interested in rock and roll.
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True
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Elvis is best thought of as a master songwriter who wrote in a variety of pop genres.
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False
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Both Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry wrote music that was intended for a pop audience with influences of
country and western and rhythm and blues.
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True
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Along with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Little Richard were killed in the same plane crash.
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False
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Elvis's recordings with RCA helped establish a style that came to be called "rockabilly."
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False
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To many teenagers, Alan Freed was the father of rock and roll.
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True
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