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History of Rock Quiz 2 WSU
Quiz 2 for Music 262 History of Rock and Roll
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Undergraduate 1
10/12/2011
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Everly Brothers
 Definition
 From Nashville Tennessee
 “All I Have to do is Dream”
 “Wake Up Little Suzie”
 Got them in trouble because it parents didn’t like it
 Created “The Nashville Sound
Term
Do-op
 Definition
 Originated in the late 1950’s
 Style was Jazz with background singers
 First real do-op record put out by The Penguins
 “Earth Angel”
 Term Do-op didn’t come around until the 1970’s
 Mostly made by black musicians
 The Coasters
 The Drifters
 The Platters
Term
Leiber and Stoller
 Definition
 Originally wrote blues music for black musicians directed towards the black community
 Wrote “You Aint Nothin But a Hound Dog”, “Jailhouse Rock”
 Brought black music to the white masses
 Wrote and produced music for these do-op group
 The Drifters
 The Coasters
 Became independent free agent producers
 Controlled all of the material
 Ended up working for Atlantic Records
 Moved to the Brill Building
Term
Atlantic Records
 Definition
 Signed Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson
 Recorded many major soul musicians
 Major recording label for black musicians
 Music has become more polished with high quality recordings
Term
Soul Music
 Definition
 Came from gospel music
 Music made for dancing
 Soul singers started out in the gospel churches
 Soul music was invented by Ray Charles
 Ray Charles coined the term Soul Music
 Artists include Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, and Jackie Wilson
Term
Ray Charles
 Definition
 Created Soul Music
 Became blind at the age of 7
 Wanted to play mainstream music so that he could reach an adult audience and make money
 Singer, songwriter, arranger, piano player, and band leader
 Spectrum of his music went from Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Swing, Country, Mainstream Pop, Romantic Ballads, Show Tunes, Easy Listening, and Patriotic Anthems
 “Midnight Hour”, “I Got a Woman” “Drown in My Tears”, “What’d I Say”
 “I Got a Woman” influenced many other songs
 “What’d I Say” used AAB blues progression and layering
 1955 First musician to have the term soul music
 1953 Signed with Atlantic Records
Term
Sam Cooke
 Definition
 “Most graceful voice in soul music”
 Gifted singer and songwriter as well as successful businessman
 “You Send Me”, “Only 16”, “Wonderful World”, “Cupid”, “Twistin’ the Night Away”
 Signed by Atlantic Records
 1964 Murdered
Term
Jackie Wilson
 Definition
 Had a huge vocal range
 Operatic voice
 Was a great showman, would do acrobatics, very energetic
 Horrible businessman
 “Higher and Higher”, “Baby Workout”
Term
James Brown
 Definition
 “Godfather of Soul Music”
 Known as the hardest working man in show-business
 Started off singing in a gospel church
 Invented Funk
 Very heavily involved in civil rights and trying to help the black community 1960’s
 First hit “Please, Please, Please” 1956
 “Think”, “Night Train”
 1956 Changed music to Funk with “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”, “Cold Sweat”
Term
Funk Music
 Definition
 Created by James Brown
 Came out of soul music 1966
 Highly syncopated instrumentals
Term
Teen Idols
 Definition
 Young, under 22, good looking guys being fronted by record companies to make money
 Safe, clean music that parents approve of
 “The Bobbys”
Term
Brill Building
 Definition
 Housed Aldon Music
 Building in New York
 Where most of the popular music of the time was written
 Would give the music to someone who could sing it to make it a hit
 Cranked out songs constantly to make money
 Carol King, Neil Sidaka, Leiber and Stoller all wrote for Aldon Music
Term
Phil Spector
 Definition
 Started Philles Records
 Produced and recorded albums
 Worked in the Brill Building
 Took absolute control over the song and the group
 Started black all girl groups
 The Ronettes
 Known for his “little symphonies for kids” also known as the wall of sound
 First producer to become a star
 Made the grandest pop records of all time
Term
Girl Groups
 Definition
 The Ronettes
 Ronnie Bennet was the star
 Created a new “Bad Girl” girl group
Term
Payola
 Definition
 Alan Freed
 Lost his career and died shortly after
 Dick Clark
 Was able to maintain his career and clear his name because he talked his way out of it
Term
American Bandstand
 Definition
 Hosted by Dick Clark
 TV show would have bands come on and play popular hit music
 If an artist performed on American Bandstand they would usually become an instant star
 Lots of money made under the table on these TV shows, part of Payola Scandal
 Things on American Bandstand set trends for teenagers watching the show
 Artists were primarily black with all of the dancers being white
Term
The Twist
 Definition
 Dick Clark played it on his American Bandstand and made it popular
 Remade by Chubby Checker
 Appealed to parents kids and people of all ages
 Brought rock and roll to everyone
Term
Instrumental Music
 Definition
 Started in the early 1960’s
 Uses simple riffs
 Beginning of the Garage Band
 The Champs
 “Tequila”
 Two types of Instrumental Music
 Surf Music
 Instrumental Pop
Term
Surf Music
 Definition
 Guitar, Drums, Bass with no vocals
 From Southern California and the West Coast
 The Surfaris
 “Wipeout”
Term
Dick Dale
 Definition
 “King of the Surf Guitar”
 Famous for Instrumental Surf Music
 “Dick Dale and the Del-Tones”
 Was a professional musician and a professional surfer
 “Pipeline”
Term
The Beach Boys
 Definition
 Had 3 brothers a cousin and a friend
 Brian Wilson was the leader
 Wrote, sung, produced, and played the songs themselves
 Sung about the California lifestyle, hotrods, California girls
 “Surfer Girl”, “Surfin’ Safari”, “Surfin’ USA”, “Fun Fun Fun”, “Good Vibrations”, “Sloop John B”
 Weren’t great musicians so they got other musicians to play instrumentals on their albums
 Were inspired by the group The Four Freshman
 Used harmonies in their vocals
 Ended up in competition with the Beatles
 made Brian Wilson have a nervous breakdown
Term
Instrumental Pop
 Definition
 Used regular instruments along with horns, trumpets, organs etc.
 The Champs
 “Tequila”
Term
Garage Band
 Definition
 Came out of instrumental and surf music
 Usually were not very polished, not very experienced musicians
Term
The Kingsman
 Definition
 “Louie Louie”
• Originally written by Chuck Barry
• Said fuck in the lyrics
• Congress held a hearing about the language in the song
• Because of the movement against the record, tons of kids bought it
Term
The Ventures
 Definition
 Tried to be an instrumental group not a surf group
 Their song “Hawaii Five-O” made them look like a surf group
Term
The Beatles
 Definition
 February 7th 1964 The Beatles came to New York
 Preformed on the Ed Sullivan Show
 Beatlemania
 “The Beatles are the leading pop group in history”
 Changed fashion, music, and social norms
 Took over a large part of the music industry
Term
Pie Records
 Definition
 Worked together with Chess Records to bring their artists to England
 Brought Little Richard, Muddy Waters, etc. into England
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