Final Exam Flashcards
T/F
The Carter Family album Can the Circle be Unbroken: Country Music’s First Family was released in 1935 and won a Grammy lifetime achievement award in 1999?
True
T/F
Roy Rogers wrote the Cowboy Commandments?
False
The song House of the Rising Sun most famously recorded by the Animals was originally a hit for which country artist?
Roy Acuff
Which blues musician used the aliases Blind Sammie, Georgia Bill and Hot Shot Willie when recording for other labels?
Blind Willie McTell
Most melodies in the blues come from:
Slave work and dance songs
Blind Willie McTell was one of the most accomplished:
12 string guitarist
T/F
John Lee Hooker is often considered to be the last link to the blues of the Deep South.
True
T/F
The Chicago blues sound comes from the electric guitar and the addition of other instrumentalists including piano, bass, harmonica and drums.
True
Muddy Waters was one of the first bluesmen to play:
electric guitar
T/F
Little Richard’s first successful rock ‘n’ roll record was Long Tall Sally.
False
Which of the following songs was a 1950s hit for Chuck Berry?
Maybelline
On a road trip to Chicago in 1955 Chuck Berry became friends with which of his idols?
Muddy Waters
Carl Perkins’ band the “C. P Express” included…
his two sons
Who wrote and had a hit with “Blue Suede Shoes” in December 1955?
Carl Perkins
T/F
In 1954 Elvis Presley and Scotty Moore warned Sam Phillips to avoid signing Johnny Cash to Sun Records.
False
Before hitting it big in rock ‘n’ roll, Elvis worked as…
A delivery driver
In April 1956 Elvis signed a 7 year deal with Paramount Pictures and began filming his first feature:
Love Me Tender
After returning from the Army in 1960 Elvis entered the charts at #2 with his album:
Elvis is Back
Which of the following were investigated during the Payola scandal of 1959/1960?
Dick Clark
Who recorded “Be-Bop-A-Lula?
Gene Vincent
The Everly Brothers recorded which song in 1957?
Bye, Bye Love
Woody Guthrie joined which folk artist in the 1940’s to form the Almanac Singers?
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger wrote which of the following Folk standards?
“If I Had a Hammer”
Peter, Paul and Mary recorded:
Puff (The Magic Dragon)
A future country music legend makes an interesting guest appearance on the 1969 single “Lay Lady Lay” holding a pair of bongos and cowbell. Who was this guest?
Kris Kristofferson
In 1961 John Hammond singed Bob Dylan to:
Columbia records
Which group covered Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man?”
The Byrds
La La Brooks was a member of which famous girl group?
The Crystals
The Coasters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in:
1987
T/F
The Crystals were the first group signed by producer Phil Spector to his Phil-les label in 1961.
True
Which of the following “Wilsons” was NOT a member of the Beach Boys?
Owen Wilson
Which 1966 Beach Boys record was their most innovative and influential album?
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame in:
1988
Cilla Black’s first charting hit was given to her by her friends…
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Skiffle music was the British equivalent of:
Rockabilly
The ‘Mersey Beat’ is the sound developed by:
Liverpool bands
In what year was “Beatlemania” officially declared?
1963
Many people in England were shocked when the Beatles were awarded MBEs. What does MBE stand for?
Member of the British Empire
The Beatles were nicknamed:
The Fab Four
In 1966, which member of the Beatles said “Christianity was dying and that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus now?”
John Lennon
Which pair of Rolling Stones guitarists developed the “weaving” concept that unites the two instrumentalists as one?
Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood
Released in 1965 “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” features Keith Richards signature:
Guitar riff
Who said “two guitars should sound like one guy with four hands”.
Keith Richards
Although Diana Ross left the Supremes in 1970, the group didn’t officially break up until what year?
1977
Steveland Morris (aka Stevie Wonder) was signed to Motown at the age of:
11
T/F
Berry Gordy demanded perfection from his artist and expected flawless performances in the studio and on the stage.
True
Which Motown group recorded ABC?
The Jackson 5
The Parliament/Funkadelic song “Give up the Funk” is also known as…
Tear the Roof off the Sucker
T/F
Art Neville is considered the father of New Orleans Funk.
True
Barry White’s music is often cited as the:
Music for Love
Which Acid Rock band became known as the “Pied Pipers of Psychedelic Rock?”
The Grateful Dead
Grace Slick was the lead singer in which band?
The Jefferson Airplane
Janis Joplin recorded which of the following songs?
Piece Of My Heart
T/F
The Doors were one of the few groups to not include a bass player.
True
T/F
Before playing in Led Zeppelin and The Yardbirds Jimmy Page was one of London’s top studio guitarists.
True
Black Sabbath was formed in:
Birmingham
The Australian hard rock band AC/DC formed in:
1973
Which future Sex Pistol was the drummer for Souxsie and the Banshees?
Sid Vicious
Who was the lead singer for The Sex Pistols?
Johnny Rotten
The Clash’s Joe Strummer scored music for the movie:
Grosse Point Blank
