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Question 1

Mamie Smith

Answer 1

black american vaudeville singer - first african american artist to make a vocal blues recording in 1920 - “crazy blues”

Question 2

artist who recorded “Livery Stable Blues”

Answer 2

recorded by “original dixieland jass (jazz) band”

Question 3

disk jockey who began “Make Believe Ballroom”

Answer 3

Martin Block

Question 4

mechanicals

Answer 4

royalties owed a songwriter every time a song is reproduced - origin is in the “piano rolls”

Question 5

Menlo Park, New Jersey

Answer 5

edison’s laboratory location - invented phonograph here

Question 6

minstrel shows

Answer 6

white actors/ or black actors (post civil war) wearing black face - ridiculed african american culture - became increasingly popular - american entertainment shows - comic skits - variety acts

Question 7

music business in post-Civil War era in the 19th century

Answer 7

leads to variety shows becoming popular

Question 8

nickelodeans

Answer 8

theaters - short films - 5cents

Question 9

dog in the picture “his master’s voice”

Answer 9

Nipper

Question 10

North vs South in Song Publishing

Answer 10

north: manufacturing, advanced in publishing - south: rural disadvantages

Question 11

Okeh Records

Answer 11

label for first blues and country recording - markets black singers - mamie smith “crazy blues”