Lesson 1 Flashcards
“Tutti Frutti”
Little Richard
“Heartbreak Hotel”
Elvis Presley
“Caldonia”
Louis Jordan
“Peggy Sue”
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
“Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On”
Jerry Lee Lewis
“Ain’t That A Shame”
Fats Domino
“Maybelline”
Chuck Berry
“Rock Around the Clock”
Bill Haley and The Comets
“I Got My Mojo Workin”
Muddy Waters
“Bye, Bye Love”
The Everly Brothers
Co-Founder of Atlantic Records
Ahmet Ertegun
Designed & used the prototype of the first electric guitar
Les Paul
Widely believed to be the first blues singer
Ma Rainey
Founder of Sun Records
Sam Phillips
Mass produced the first electric guitars
Leo Fender
Memphis-based independent label that originally signed Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins
Sun
Major international label that purchased Elvis’ contractual rights in 1955
RCA
Major international label featuring both Buddy Holly and Bill Haley
Decca
New York-based independent label featuring Ray Charles, Ruth Brown, The Coasters, and The Drifters
Atlantic
Chicago-based independent label featuring Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Bo Diddley
Chess
During a 1956 TV broadcast, he demanded that Elvis be filmed only from the waist up
Ed Sullivan
He was the most successful “cover” artist of early Rock and Roll
Pat Boone
This disc jockey first coined the term “Rock and Roll”
Alan Freed
Elvis Presley’s manager
“Colonel” Tom Parker
This R&B/pop “crooner” was beaten on stage by white supremacists in 1956
Nat “King” Cole
Delta Blues
Robert Johnson
Jump Blues/R&B
Big Joe Turner
Chicago “Electric” Blues
Howlin’ Wolf
New Orleans R & B
Fats Domino
Rockabilly
Bill Haley
