Rock ‘n Roll Flashcards
What happened to the blues after WWII?
The blues went from being mostly solo acoustic music to music made in groups with amplified electric instruments.
What was the shift that happened after WWII called?
The country blues to city blues.
Why did the demographics change so that Chicago, IL, become the thriving entertainment Centre and home to electric (city) blues music?
Many black Americans moved north from the Deep South to find better-paying work.
What was Rhythm and blues music?
A catch all term for Black American pop music of the 1940s/early 50s, which had its roots in the blues and gave birth to earliest rock and roll.
What did R&B evolve into?
Rock ‘n Roll.
What was the domain of adults in the time of rock n roll?
Mainstream pop.
What type of music appealed to the youth?
Rock n roll
What did rock and roll result in regarding race?
It was a combination of black and white musical traditions.
White people were now playing the music of the black peoples, and for the first time radio audiences weren’t sure if the musicians they were listening to were black or white.
Musicians toured together regardless of skin colour.
How did the older generation see rock n roll?
As threatening to overturn racial segregation and corrupting long-held social standards.
Where was rock n roll born according to many?
In Memphis, Tennessee at Sun Studios
Which were the first two records said to be of the genre of rock n roll?
“Rocket 88” (1951) by Jackie Brenston
“Mystery Train” (1953) by Junior Parker
Which was the first huge hit of rock n roll?
“Shake, Rattle and Roll” (1954)
Sold 1 million copies.
Which genres did rock n roll have the influence of?(5)
R&B, jazz, gospel, country and folk.
What happened when the possibility of amplification and the rise of the guitar occurred?
At first large bands were used, but with the possibility of amplification and the rise of the guitar, smaller combos of guitar, bass and drums were employed.
When and why did rock n roll die off?
After the early 1960s, because of the untimely deaths, scandals and jailing of certain key figures in the genre.
