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| What were Buddy Holly's dates? |
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| What were Jerry Lee Lewis' dates? |
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| What were Chuck Berry's dates? |
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| What were Little Richard's dates? |
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| What recording company did Elvis sign with? What were some of his biggest songs? |
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- Sun Records, then RCA Records
- "Heartbreak Hotel", "Love Me Tender" and "Jailhouse Rock"
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| What recording company did Buddy Holly sign with? What were some of his biggest hits? |
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- Decca Records, then Brunswick Records
- "That'll Be The Day", "Oh Boy" and "Peggy Sue"
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| What recording company did Jerry Lee Lewis sign with? What were some of his biggest hits? |
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- Sun Records
- "Whole Lotta Shakin Going On", "Great Balls of Fire" and "Breathless"
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| What recording company did Chuck Berry sign with? What were some of his biggest hits? |
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- Chess Records
- "Maybellene", "School Days" and "Roll Over Beethoven"
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| What recording company did Little Richard sign with? What were some of his biggest hits? |
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- Unknown...
- "Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall Sally" and "Good Golly Miss Molly"
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| What instrument did Elvis play? What impact did he have on rock n roll? |
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- Guitar
- He brought black music to white kids
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| What instrument did Buddy Holly play? What impact did he have on rock n roll? |
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- Guitar
- He combined all different styles of music
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| What instrument did Jerry Lee Lewis play? What impact did he have on rock n roll? |
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- Piano
- He was a great performer; really exciting
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| What instrument did Chuck Berry play? What impact did he have on rock n roll? |
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- Guitar
- His music was most important; changed blues to rock
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| What instrument did Little Richard play? What impact did he have on rock n roll? |
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- Piano
- He brought gospel to rock
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| What happened to Elvis to force his departure from rock n roll? |
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| What happened to Buddy Holly to force his departure from rock n roll? |
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| What happened to Jerry Lee Lewis to force his departure from rock n roll? |
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| He was caught up in a scandal since he married his thirteen-year-old second cousin |
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| What happened to Chuck Berry to force his departure from rock n roll? |
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| He was arrested and went to jail |
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| What happened to Little Richard to force his departure from rock n roll? |
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| He went into the ministery |
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| What was the impact of rock and roll on the civil rights movement? |
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| When white and black kids listened to the same type of music, they realized they weren't so different. They went to the same events and saw each other |
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| What are some of the main differences between blues and rock? |
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- More instrumentation than blues
- Tempo is usually faster
- Different beat
- Drums important
- Rock was dance music
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| What is payola and which famous DJ did it involve? |
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- Payola is when record companies paid important DJs to play their artists' music in order to get them sold
- Alan Freed
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| What was American Bandstand and what was its influence on America? |
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| American Bandstand the first show that was geared toward teenagers and played their music but mostly adults watched it. Dick Clark |
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| Why is the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in Clevland, Ohio? |
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| The first rock n roll radio station was there |
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| What is Do Wop? Where did it start and why? |
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| Do Wop is vocal rock. It started in urban cities because kids didn't have the money to buy instruments |
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| What is Teen Idol? Where did it start and why? |
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| Teen Idol music was clean cut and the typical Teen Idol was handsome and safe looking. Music was soft and non-threatening. It started in the Brill Building and adults liked their kids listening to this music |
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