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Lesson 1 Flashcards

1
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“Tutti Frutti”

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Little Richard

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2
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“Heartbreak Hotel”

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Elvis Presley

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3
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“Caldonia”

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Louis Jordan

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4
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“Peggy Sue”

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Buddy Holly and the Crickets

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5
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“Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On”

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Jerry Lee Lewis

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6
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“Ain’t That A Shame”

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Fats Domino

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7
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“Maybelline”

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Chuck Berry

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8
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“Rock Around the Clock”

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Bill Haley and The Comets

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9
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“I Got My Mojo Workin”

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Muddy Waters

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10
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“Bye, Bye Love”

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The Everly Brothers

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11
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Co-Founder of Atlantic Records

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Ahmet Ertegun

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12
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Designed & used the prototype of the first electric guitar

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Les Paul

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13
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Widely believed to be the first blues singer

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Ma Rainey

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14
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Founder of Sun Records

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Sam Phillips

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15
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Mass produced the first electric guitars

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Leo Fender

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16
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Memphis-based independent label that originally signed Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins

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Sun

17
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Major international label that purchased Elvis’ contractual rights in 1955

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RCA

18
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Major international label featuring both Buddy Holly and Bill Haley

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Decca

19
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New York-based independent label featuring Ray Charles, Ruth Brown, The Coasters, and The Drifters

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Atlantic

20
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Chicago-based independent label featuring Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Bo Diddley

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Chess

21
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During a 1956 TV broadcast, he demanded that Elvis be filmed only from the waist up

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Ed Sullivan

22
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He was the most successful “cover” artist of early Rock and Roll

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Pat Boone

23
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This disc jockey first coined the term “Rock and Roll”

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Alan Freed

24
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Elvis Presley’s manager

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“Colonel” Tom Parker

25
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This R&B/pop “crooner” was beaten on stage by white supremacists in 1956

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Nat “King” Cole

26
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Delta Blues

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Robert Johnson

27
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Jump Blues/R&B

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Big Joe Turner

28
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Chicago “Electric” Blues

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Howlin’ Wolf

29
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New Orleans R & B

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Fats Domino

30
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Rockabilly

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Bill Haley

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