A form of radio invented in the early 30s, using a frequency modulation system of broadcasting; did not have a long range.
What is FM radio?
100
Music that combined honky-tonk country music with rhythm & blues.
What is rockabilly?
100
Tin Pan Alley musician who was fascinated by ragtime rhythms and incorporated them into his own songwriting style.
Who is Irving Berlin?
100
Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones; began as a rhythm & blues band & later combined with other styles; influenced by Bo Diddley; hits: "Satisfaction," "Come On."
Who are the Rolling Stones?
100
A distorted sound effect achieved by cutting through the speaker cone of an amplifier.
What is a fuzztone?
200
Pieces of magnetic tape recorded and then cut and spliced to form a loop that continues to repeat the recordings, creating echo effects.
What is a tape loop?
200
A blues style that combined country and urban blues characteristics; recorded in Chicago during the late 40s and the 50s.
What is Chicago blues?
200
Singer who had a vocal style described as "blue yodeling."
Who is Jimmy Rodgers?
200
Garage band-style music; made "Louie, Louie" a hit; hit: "Jolly Green Giant."
Who are the Kingsmen?
200
Section of a jazz band that includes brass and woodwind instruments.
What is the horn section?
300
Members of an English youth subculture in the 60s who wore leather jackets, rode motorcycles, and identified with American rockabilly music.
Who are rockers?
300
A type of country music that developed out of the string bands; it was influenced by certain characteristics of jazz.
What is western swing?
300
Guitarist & singer born in St. Louis in 1926; wrote most of his own songs & invented the "duck walk;" hits: "Rock and Roll Music," "Maybellene," "School Day."
Who is Chuck Berry?
300
Born in Georgia in 1935; learned to play piano at church; stopped singing rock music to become a pastor; hits: "Good Golly, Miss Molly," "Long Tall Sally," "Tutti-Frutti."
Who is Little Richard?
300
Mod group that expressed their dislike of American culture through their music; Peter Quaife, Dave Davies, Mick Avory, Ray Davies; developed the fuzztone; hits: "You Really Got Me," "Lola."
Who are the Kinks?
400
A technique in which instruments stop playing for a short period of time, allowing a singer or instrumental soloist to be heard alone.
What is a break?
400
Called "race music" until the end of the 40s; an originally African American popular music.
What is rhythm & blues?
400
Danced on the street corners for money; 1933-2006; sang gospel as a youth; performed some wild antics on stage; had many nicknames, including "Godfather of Soul;" hits: "Please, Please, Please," "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag."
Who is James Brown?
400
Famous for his ragtime compositions.
Who is Scott Joplin?
400
An electronic sound generator (often a keyboard) capable of modifying the sound generated.
What is a synthesizer?
500
The practice of bribing disc jockeys to induce them to play particular recordings on the air.
What is payola?
500
Late 19th century & early 20th century style of music named from the area of New York where music publishers often had cheap, tinny sounding pianos.
What is Tin Pan Alley?
500
Became known as a "teen idol;" born in 1934; became popular singing pop ballads; had a "boy-next-door" image; trademark was his clean, white buck shoes; did not sound like a rock singer; had more of a crooner sound some song hits: "Tutti-Frutti," "April Love."