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Question 1

Donna

• Richie Valens

Date of Recording: 1958

Answer 1

The 50’s progression,
tribute to highschool sweetheart donna,
drums bass guitar voice,
rock and roll / doo wop, del-fi records

Question 2

Twist and Shout

• The Isley Brothers

Date of Recording: 1961

Answer 2

the twist craze (dance song), rock and roll, atlantic records, vocals bass guitar drums rock tambourine,

Question 3

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

• Neil Sedaka
  Date of Recording: 1962

Answer 3

Brill Building, Doo Wop, RCA Victor, guitar piano bass drums sax cello violin percussion,

Question 4

Earth Angel

• The Penguins

Date of Recording: 1954

Answer 4

Doo Wop, R&B, dootone, covered by white vocal groups, piano voice drums,

Question 5

Money Honey

• The Drifters

Date of Recording: 1953

Answer 5

R&B, about man with no money landlord wants money the man calls his girlfriends and she asks what he wants he replies money honey and is scolded for asking, atlantic records, drums voice guitar, group members “drifted” from one group to another

Question 6

Little Girl of Mine

• The Cleftones

Date of Recording: 1956

Answer 6

Saxophone piano voice drums, Gee Records, R+B , Doo wop harm./background vocals, tenor sax solo, drums. “YEEAAH” nice thank good meme

Question 7

Be My Baby

• Ronettes

Date of Recording: 1963

Answer 7

Pop R&B, Spectre’s wall of sound inspired by Wagner “double everything”, full orchestra horns drums pianos guitars, philles records, “gospel flavoured song of teenage romance = bright, upbeat almost ethereal girl-group sound”

Question 8

Then He Kissed Me

• The Crystals

Date of Recording: 1963

Answer 8

The lyrics are a narrative of a young woman’s encounter, romance, and eventual engagement with a fellow youth (@laurn), wall of sound, R&B/Soul, guitar, vocals, background vocals, perc. (castanets and tamb.), “gospel flavoured song of teenage romance = bright, upbeat almost ethereal girl-group sound”

Question 9

He’s So Fine

• The Chiffons

Date of Recording: 1962

Answer 9

pop/doo-wop, laurie records, voice drums bass piano guitar, doo lang recognizable background, group of high school friends who sang in the neighbourhood during their lunch breaks and after school

Question 10

Leader of the Pack

• The Shangri-La’s

Date of Recording: 1964

Answer 10

pop/teen tragedy/ rock, about a girl dating the leader of a motorcycle gang, piano voice, drums guitar bass, one of the few “all-white” girl groups

Question 11

Surf Beat

• Dick Dale and the Deltones

Date of Recording: 1962

Answer 11

surf music, surf rock, vault records, piano guitar bass drums vocals saxaphone, rough sound, instrumental, promotes california myth

Question 12

Miserlou

• Dick Dale and the Deltones

Date of Recording: 1962

Answer 12

cover of east medetteranian folk song, influenced by arabic folk version, surf music, instrumental rock, guitar bass drums sax, no voice only instrumental

Question 13

Fun, Fun, Fun

• Beach Boys

Date of Recording: 1964

Answer 13

Contrafact of Chuck Berry’s Johnny B. Goode, pop rock, surf vocal, capitol records, california myth, about teenage girl going hot-rodding in her dad’s car, guitar intro inspired by chuck berry’s “johnny b. Goode” guitar bass vocals drums saxophone vocal harmonies.

Question 14

Wipe Out

• The Surfaris

Date of Recording: 1963

Answer 14

surf rock,, blues, bass guitar drums, mainly blues riffs with some solo sections, title refers to wiping out on a surfboard, based off the dick dale surf sound, creepy ASS LAUGH

Question 15

Mr. Eliminator

• Dick Dale and the Deltones

Date of Recording: 1964

Answer 15

Weird harmonica, surf music, capitol records, hot rod/racing themes, middle eastern influence, hand-picked guitar drums bass vocal harmonies.

Question 16

Tom Dooley

• The Kingston Trio

Date of Recording: 1958

Answer 16

folk music, based on the murder of a woman named laura foster, guitar/banjo bass voice

Question 17

Death of Emmitt Till

• Bob Dylan

Date of Recording: 1962

Answer 17

about murder of emmitt till who was 14, folk music, guitar and voice, simple melody/focus on lyrics,

Question 18

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

• Joan Baez

Date of Recording: 1969

Answer 18

southern rock/folk, roots rock, capitol records, guitar bass vocals drums large group of people sing in background, This song is originally by The Band and Baez released it in 1971

Question 19

Blowin’ in the Wind

• Peter, Paul and Mary

Date of Recording: 1963

Answer 19

folk, cover of bob dylan song, warner bros, 2x guitars and voice harmonies and stuff protest song having to do with war peace and freedom, “Blowin’ in the Wind” has been described as an anthem of the civil rights movement.

Question 20

Like a Rolling Stone

• Bob Dylan

Date of Recording: 1965

Answer 20

folk rock, bob dylan starting to become rock artist, tambourine bass guitar harmonica guitar voice drums organ, columbia records,

Question 21

Turn, Turn, Turn

• The Byrds

Date of Recording: 1965

Answer 21

part of the lyrics consist of the first eight verses of the third chapter of the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes, folk rock, jangle pop, columbia records, guitar tambourine bass drums vocals (lots of unison, with harmonies at the end of phrases)

Question 22

Sounds of Silence

• Simon and Garfunkel

Date of Recording: 1965

Answer 22

folk rock, columbia records, guitar vocals drums, talks about inability to communicate people talking without speaking feelings of alienation by people,

Question 23

Do You Believe in Magic

-The Lovin’ Spoonful

Date of Recording: 1965

Answer 23

folk rock, sunshine pop, drums guitar voice bass electric guitar background vocals tambourine,

Question 24

Fallin’

• Connie Francis

Date of Recording: 1958

Answer 24

upbeat Rock and Roll song, vocals, guitar, bass, light drums (mostly perc. Like cowbell, clapping and stick clicking) , MGM records, Neil Sedaka helped write this song