Test 1 Flashcards
What was the most popular type of thing to buy at a record store?
Singles
What was the FIRST rock and roll hit of all time?
‘Rock around the clock’
LP
Long Play
RPM
Rotations per Minute
DJ
Disc Jockey
Who was Elvis’s Manajer
Colonel Tom Parker
What did Sam Phillips own? Where was it located?
Sun Studio in Memphis, TN
What was Elvis’s mansion named?
Graceland
What was Little Richard’s real name?
Richard Wayne Penniman
What was Fats Dominos’s real name?
Antoine Domino
What was Big Bopper’s real name?
JP Richarson
What was the first movie to have “Rock around the clock” playing over the credits?
Blackboard Jungle
What is it called when DJs get bribes for airplay?
Payola
Who was Ritchie Valens inspiring to? Why?
He was inspiring to other Hispanics, as he was the first one to ever become famous in the music industry.
Who hosted American Bandstand?
Dick Clark
What was the day the music died?
Feburary 3rd, 1959 (2/3/59)
What show only pictured Elvis from the waist up?
The Ed Sullivan Show
3 piano players
Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Little Richard.
Name 3 rockabiliy Artists
Carl Perkings, Roy Orbison, and Jerry Lee Lewis
Who was Johnny Cash’s second wife?
June Carter
What was Chuck Berry’s music moestly about?
Dancing, Dating, Cars, and Music
Who was clean-cut looking and Christian?
Pat Boone
