Quiz 10 Doo Wop, Tin Pan Alley, Aldon Music Phil Spector

Question 1

The Broadway show Smokey Joe’s Café is about Leiber and Stoller’s music and features how many of their songs?

Answer 1

39

Question 2

T/F

Around 1958, famous songwriters Doc Pomus and Mort Schuman assumed the role of producing the Drifters.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The most successful Doo Wop song of all time is credited to…

Answer 3

Get a Job

Question 4

Al Nevins and Don Kirschner formed Aldon music, which was?

Answer 4

A music publishing company

Question 5

One of the earliest music videos (called Scopitone) was made by Neil Sedaka in Italy. The song he filmed was?

Answer 5

Calendar Girl

Question 6

The Ronettes recorded:

Answer 6

Be My Baby

Question 7

Identify the statement that best represents what was unique about the Platters.

Answer 7

Had a woman in their line-up

Question 8

The Ronettes were dubbed the first:

Answer 8

“Bad girls” of rock

Question 9

La La Brooks was a member of which famous girl group?

Answer 9

The Crystals

Question 10

T/F

Leiber and Stoller wrote a Broadway musical called Smokey Joe’s Café.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Doo-wop developed in what decade?

Answer 11

1940s

Question 12

The first bubblegum girl group to have a #1 hit was?

Answer 12

The Shirelles

Question 13

Aldon music (publishing company) was formed by Don Kirschner and:

Answer 13

Al Nevins

Question 14

Who is responsible for developing the “Wall of Sound” phenomena?

Answer 14

Phil Spector

Question 15

The following were all famous Tin Pan Alley songwriting partners except for…

Answer 15

Coaster and Platter

Question 16

The Platters formed in 1953 and became one of the most popular:

Answer 16

Doo-Wop groups

Question 17

Phil Spector single handedly changed the direction of recording and producing when his created his:

Answer 17

“Wall of Sound” phenomenon

Question 18

Although Phil Spector had many defining moments as a producer in the early 1960s, which hit single did he himself consider to be his best representative work?

Answer 18

River Deep, Mountain High

Question 19

T/F

The Crystals were the first group signed by producer Phil Spector to his Phil-les label in 1961.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Don Kirshner is known as…

Answer 20

The man with the golden ear