Blues
Rock and Roll
The British Beat
Vocabulary
100

Who is the representative of the music style "Blues"?

 Dean Martin

100

Who is considered to be one of the first singers to mix styles to create Rock and Roll?

Elvis Presley

100

How is the "Beat" music appeared? 

mixture of the rhythm and blues, rock and roll and soul music.

100

What meaning can you infer from the word ‘amalgamation’ as it is used in the article?

Combining or uniting things

200

What is this music by its tradition?

It is a traditional Black American music

200

How is Rock and Roll appeared? 

 mix rhythm and blues and country and western

200

Who is considered to be the founder of Beat music?

The Beatles

200

What meaning can you infer from the bold word ‘dispute’ as it is used in the article?

argued about; debated

300

What are the blues song about? 

Hard life

300

What year did white teenagers discover Rhythm and Blues which became the part of Rock and Roll?

White teenagers discovered in 1950s rhythm and blues.

300

What instruments did the group use?

Groups used drums, bass and two guitars with vocal lead and harmony.

300

The article says that the some new musicians gave American rock fans 'unprecedented hits'. What does unprecedented mean in that phrase?

never done or known before

400

What are reasons of the appearance of this style?

Black American in 19th 20th had hard life

400

Who was Elvis Presley?

He was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century

400

What year was this group formed and when? 

Liverpool in 1960

400

What meaning can you infer about the bold word ‘impoverished’ in the article?

to make of become poor



500

What meaning can you infer from the bold word ‘spurning’ as it is used in the article?

to reject someone with contempt

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