Rockabilly
The first rock distortion effect came in Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, when this happened... (be specific!)
This is how rock music ended up in Liverpool, a poor port town outside London, England.
Motown Records comes from this major US City.
What is Detroit?
This artist is the most famous Folk artist of the 1960s, famous for singing with just a guitar and harmonica, and influencing the Beatles and other artists.
Who is Bob Dylan?
Song 1:
The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand
This is the amount of people that attended the most famous concert of the 1960s. (closest answer wins, no lost points)
What is 400,000?
The rockabilly rhythm is usually played by what instrument? (two possible answers)
What are the piano and guitar?
This late night TV show, which gave the Beatles their first ever performance in America, also had other acts which caused the explosion of the British Invasion
What is the Ed Sullivan show?
The queen of soul is _______ _______________, who sang the song R.E.S.P.E.C.T. and Say a Little Prayer
Who is Aretha Franklin?
What is drug / hippie culture?
Song 2:
Run Rudolph Run! Chuck Berry
Who is Bob Dylan?
What is stage presence, aura, or "the look?"
This is how British rock ended up in America...
A little girl called a radio DJ to get a Beatles record delivered to the US.
This is the soul artist that the Rolling Stones consider their greatest mistake - having to follow after __________ _________________.
Who is James Brown?
This music festival was one of the most important cultural moments of the 1960s.
What is Woodstock?
Song 3:
I Feel Good (James Brown)
This is how rock music got its name...
What is a euphemism, a radio show, and the song "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets.
Rockabilly is a combination of these two genres (one of them is not "Rock n' Roll")
What is RnB and country music?
This is how Folk /protest music artists like Bob Dylan affected British Invasion music of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
He encouraged them to put more poetry and meaning into their songs.
Motown discovered artists like... (name two!)
Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder
Who is Jimmy Hendrix?
Song 4:
Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix)
What is a lead guitarist who played the melody and solos, and a rhythm guitarist who played the rockabilly pattern or chords?
Describe the similarities between rockabilly and jazz.
- combo instruments (piano, Bass, drums, guitar, horns)
- melody, solo, melody form
The Beatles changed pop music forever by moving away from the 12-bar-blues, and creating the "perfect 3-minute record." What was different about the Beatles songs that would set the standard for pop music today? (Questlove interview)
What is imaginative lyrics and wordplay, creative chords, and simple, original melodies?
Motown positively affected the sentiment towards black musicians because...
What is present professional, polished, and mainstream performers which helped to remove the race barrier in pop music?
Name three social movements of the 1960s which affected modern music.
Civil Rights Movement, Space Race / USSR, and Vietnam War
Song 5:
The Times They-Are a Changin' (Bob Dylan)
Answers will vary... the Who, the Rolling Stones, the Animals, Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Kinks, the Dave Clark 5...