Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Surf music was dominated by acoustic instruments.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Early 50s Pop music was very:
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Percussive with strong backbeat
Sexually suggestive
Spontaneous and improvised
White adult oriented
None of these
Answer: White adult oriented
Question: Who created the production technique known as the “wall of sound”?
Answer Options:
Answer: Phil Spector
Question: 60’s folk music relied on a strong rhythm section.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Who is referred to as the “King of the Surf Guitarists”?
Answer Options:
Answer: Dick Dale
Question: 1960’s folk music played an important role in the social demonstrations of that time.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which artist nearly always sang in a shouted voice?
Answer Options:
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis
Answer: Little Richard
Question: Sun Records was important primarily as a company for what kind of music:
Answer Options:
Rockabilly
R & B
Rhythm and Blues
R&B
Blues and Rockabilly
Rockabilly and Blues
Blues & Rockabilly
Rockabilly & Blues
Answer: Rockabilly
Question: Nasal vocal quality, straight rhythm, and yodels are part of which type of music?
Answer Options:
Country & Western
Doo-wop
Pop
Rhythm & Blues
Answer: Country & Western
Question: The 12-bar blues is based on the I IV V IV progression in AABA form.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following pre-1950’s styles was the greatest (most important) contributor to Rock ‘n’ Roll?
Answer Options:
country and western
Rhythm and Blues
pop
gospel
Answer: Rhythm and Blues
Question: Dick Clark was not indicted and convicted in the payola bribery scam.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Pete Seeger was a successful “pop” singer.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: What year did rock ‘n’ roll suffer a series of great losses (i.e., deaths, jail sentences, military service etc…)?
Answer Options:
1959
1959
1958
Answer: 1959
Question: Philadelphia was the center of the rockabilly recording industry.
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Mid 1960’s Folk Music is a direct continuation of the oral folk tradition of the 1920’s, (same subjects & performance styles).
Answer Options:
True
False
Answer: True