Pop/"Crooners"
Name one popular crooner
Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Patti Page, Ricky Nelson, Paul Anka
What does R&B stand for?
Rhythm and Blues
The most well-known Rockabilly singer who popularized the genre and became an idolized symbol of youth rebelliousness
Who is Elvis Presley?
The original name for Country and Western music
What is Hillbilly Country?
A rock style that originated in urban communities, used nonsense syllables like "doo-wah", and focused on vocal harmony.
What is Doo-Wop?
Name one well-known composer of 1940s-1950s crooner songs
Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter
Name one popular R&B artist
Fats Domino, Little Richard, Lloyd Price, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Big Joe Turner, Arthur Crudup, B.B. King
What two styles are combined to create rockabilly music?
R&B and Country & Western
Name a country artist from the 1950s or earlier
Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, Roy Acuff
The name for the tragic plane crash and death of three popular rock and roll singers at the end of the 1950s that symbolized the end of the rock and roll decade
What is The Day the Music Died?
The place where all of the main suppliers of popular music (composers and producers) worked to release sheet music that anyone could buy and cover.
What is Tin Pan Alley?
In the 1950s, what was the main difference between R&B music and Rockabilly/Other Pop music?
The race of the musician- music by black artists was called R&B and music by white artists was called pop or rockabilly
The name of Elvis' first record company, owned by Sam Phillips?
What is Sun Records?
Name one instrument that was featured in hillbilly country music
Fiddle, Banjo, Guitar
What do we call the style of Rock that emerged at the end of the 1950s and featured a more mature sound with a focus on good songwriting and teen oriented lyrics?
Second Wave
If white audiences liked a specific R&B song, what would the pop radio stations and record labels do instead of playing/recording it on their station/label?
Quickly record a cover of that song with a popular white artist, often with new lyrics that were less "distasteful".
What style of R&B was known for using syncopated jazz and Caribbean rhythms, with a prominent piano and a horn section, and included Little Richard as one of its most popular musicians?
New Orleans R&B
Why didn't the older audience like Elvis as much as the young adult and teen audience?
His rebellious attitude and distasteful dance moves
What was often the purpose of the lyrics in hillbilly country music?
To tell a story
Where was the term "Rock and Roll" coined?
Cleveland, Ohio
What musical elements defined the pop music of the 1950s?
Softer sound, polished and produced, romantic lyrics, orchestral elements
What was one of the problems with pop artists covering R&B artists' songs?
-R&B artists were not fairly compensated for their original music
-R&B artists were overshadowed by the white artists who performed their original music
Explain one important impact that rockabilly had on American culture
-Introduced young white people to the R&B style and inspired them to seek out and support black artists
-Started a movement of youth expression and freedom
-Started the "pop star" culture
A vocal technique unique to folk and country music
What is yodeling?
What was one of the technological advances in music that happened in the 1950s?
-Improvement of electronic instruments
-Introduction of 45 rpm records
-Improvement of the record player
-Improvement of radio technology