Rock Music Notes
Week 5 Notes
1) The rock n roll party was: D: Alan Freed’s radio show in NY
2) All of the following affected the first wave of rock n roll except:
B: The press discovered that Pat Boone married his 13 year old second cousin (That was Jerry Lee Lewis)
3) What was the focus of the congressional hearings regarding the payola scandal? C: The gifts received by disc jockeys to play rock n roll songs on their radio programs
4) The group most responsible for the British Invasion was: D: The Beatles
5) The Beatles transformed rock more than any other group: A: True
6) The Lone Ranger is an example of: C: A popular network radio program that was adopted for television
7) All of the following rhythm and blues artists recorded for Atlantic Records, except: A: Hank Williams (Country Artist)
8) In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, the British music industry was dominated by: A: Large companies and major labels
9) The Beatles first song released by Parlophone was: B: “Love Me Do”
10) “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by the Beatles has what song form? C: AABA
11) True/False: the lyrics in the B section could be related to hokem blues songs: A: True
12) All of the following describe “Tomorrow Never Knows” by the Beatles as a structural work of art, except: A: Structural format found in American Pop (Also example of simple verse)
Week 6 Notes
1) Who did Bob Dylan want to meet in New York after moving there in 1960? C) Woodie Guthrie
2) What song form does “The Times They Are a Changin’” use? A) Simple Verse
3) The urban folk revival: E) All of the above
Started in the late 1950s, was headquartered in Greenwich Village, NY, Was a revival of traditional folk music by artists like Woodie Gunthrie and Pete Seegar, and demographically consisted of college age adults
4) Bob Dylan’s performance at the Newport Folk Festival D) All of the above
Excited half the audience, annoyed half the audience, and inspired rock artists to write
1) The rock n roll party was: D: Alan Freed’s radio show in NY
2) All of the following affected the first wave of rock n roll except:
B: The press discovered that Pat Boone married his 13 year old second cousin (That was Jerry Lee Lewis)
3) What was the focus of the congressional hearings regarding the payola scandal? C: The gifts received by disc jockeys to play rock n roll songs on their radio programs
4) The group most responsible for the British Invasion was: D: The Beatles
5) The Beatles transformed rock more than any other group: A: True
6) The Lone Ranger is an example of: C: A popular network radio program that was adopted for television
7) All of the following rhythm and blues artists recorded for Atlantic Records, except: A: Hank Williams (Country Artist)
8) In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, the British music industry was dominated by: A: Large companies and major labels
9) The Beatles first song released by Parlophone was: B: “Love Me Do”
10) “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by the Beatles has what song form? C: AABA
11) True/False: the lyrics in the B section could be related to hokem blues songs: A: True
12) All of the following describe “Tomorrow Never Knows” by the Beatles as a structural work of art, except: A: Structural format found in American Pop (Also example of simple verse)
Week 6 Notes
1) Who did Bob Dylan want to meet in New York after moving there in 1960? C) Woodie Guthrie
2) What song form does “The Times They Are a Changin’” use? A) Simple Verse
3) The urban folk revival: E) All of the above
Started in the late 1950s, was headquartered in Greenwich Village, NY, Was a revival of traditional folk music by artists like Woodie Gunthrie and Pete Seegar, and demographically consisted of college age adults
4) Bob Dylan’s performance at the Newport Folk Festival D) All of the above
Excited half the audience, annoyed half the audience, and inspired rock artists to write