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History of Rock & Roll
WSU- spring 2011 (quiz 1)
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Music
Undergraduate 2
03/03/2011

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Bill Monroe
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The Father of Bluegrass
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Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
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King of Western Swing
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Robert Johnson
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King of the Mississippi Delta Blues
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Bessie Smith
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Classic Blues singer
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Thomas Dorsey
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The Father of Gospel Music
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Rock music draws on ALL of the following:
Definition
*Country and Western
*Bluegrass
•Western Swing
•Boogie-woogie
•Rural and Classic Blues
•Gospel
•Jazz (Swing)
•Popular song
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Four important R&B innovators
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*Joe Turner
*Louis Jordan
*T-Bone Walker
*Muddy Waters
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Joe Turner
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*Vocalist
*Known as the "Boss of the Blues"
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Louis Jordan
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*Vocalist/saxophonist
*Innovator of the Jump Band
*Group known as "The Tympani Five"
*Athletic choreography ("jump") in horn line
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T'Bone Walker
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*Guitar/Vocalist
*1st to popularize the electric guitar in R&B
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