Questions

The infamous 1959 plane crash in Iowa took the lives of Richie Valens, the Big Bopper, and which other legendary rock and roller?

Buddy Holly

Carl Perkins

Jerry Lee Lewis

Ike Turner

2. Muddy Waters was a blues artist and as co-founder of Black Swan Records helped make blues recordings a hit with white and black audiences alike.

True

False

3. Place the following types of music in the chronological order of their origin from first to last, or in other words from oldest to newest, by selecting 1 to 5:

12345 Swing

12345 Rock `n Roll

12345 Minstrelsy

12345 Folk Rock

12345 Tin Pan Alley standards

4. What development in recording technology helped lead to the "crooning" singing style popularized by Bing Crosby and Nat "King" Cole?

vinyl reproduction

multi-track recording

electrical recording/microphones

33 rpm recordings

5. The Harmonica Neck Rack, as used by Neil Young and Bob Dylan, was an important piece of not-so-new technology in folk rock music

True

False

6. The Beach Boys were:

a surf music band with simple tunes

a folk duo known for protest songs against the Establishment

a band that evolved from surf music into increasingly complex arrangements and harmonies.

a band that mostly epitomized the era of hot rods and pretty girls.

7. In the 1950`s, the term "record" was generally understood to imply the 78 r.p.m. format

True

False

8. What medium made up the bulk of the music publishing industry in the late 19th to early 20th centuries?

Sheet music

Compact Discs

Vinyl recordings

Cassette recordings

9. The Supremes were a Motown female vocal act who had huge hits with "Stop! In the Name of Love" and "Baby Love."

True

False

10. Which white 1950s superstar established his career by reworking classic R&B hits like "Ain`t That a Shame" and "Tutti Frutti"?

Elvis Presley

Carl Perkins

Pat Boone

Bill Haley