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Considered by many music historians to be the first Rock and Roll song
"Rocket 88"
King of the Delta Blues, singer, songwriter, guitarist, he lived from 1911-1938
Robert Johnson
the number of bars or measures in the typical blues musical form
12
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Cross Road Blues
3 Letter abbreviation for the musical form of a 12 Bar Blues
AAB
section of New York’s West 28th Street between Fifth and Broadway in which many music publishers had music offices during late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Tin Pan Alley
Composer of ragtime piano piece "Maple Leaf Rag"
Scott Joplin
Character name of guitarist Eugene Martone "cuts heads" with at the end of Crossroads movie
Jack Butler
musical style named for the ragged or syncopated rhythms, mainly performed on piano.
ragtime
Musical group who first recorded the song "Rocket 88" in 1951
Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats
he played piano on the original recording of "Rocket 88"
Ike Turner
this law protects the composer’s credit and allows him or her and the publisher to receive payment for the sale of published songs and maintain control of their distribution.
copyright
term for double meanings used in song texts
Signifying
a new type of singing developed because of new invention, microphone. Singers softened their natural voice into a smooth and gentle tone, sliding into notes.
crooning
Known as the "Empress of Blues", her gutsy, powerful voice would go on to influence manty female rock singers
Bessie Smith
a type of entertainment popular chiefly in the US in the early 20th century, featuring a mixture of specialty acts such as burlesque comedy and song and dance.
Vaudeville shows
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Lost Your Head Blues
Singer who recorded a cover of the song "Rocket 88" in 1951
Bill Haley and the Saddlemen
a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand alternates between a single note and a chord played an octave or more higher.
stride piano
term for typical lyric pattern in a 12 Bar Blues
call and response
Name of Harmonica Player Eugene Martone hopes to find in movie "Crossroads"
Willie Brown
Style of music born in New Orleans from combinations of Marches, blues and dance music
Jazz
Oral poets in African society who told the history of the people before the society had a system of writing.
Griot singers
Type of singing done by individual lamenting on the tasks required of them. Usually slower with less steady rhythm
Field Holler
name of individual Robert Johnson calls out to in "Cross Road Blues"
Willie Brown