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This country artist helped create the Nashville sound in the 1950s for RCA records.
Who is Chet Atkins?
100
This was the founder of Sun Records.
Who is Sam Phillips?
100
This artist was a member of the Weavers.
Who is Pete Seeger?
100
This is a social factor that contributed to the popularity of rock and roll in its first generation in the 1950s.
Extreme generational differences with teens, Civil Eights movement, reaction against polished jazz and sentimental songs of the 1950s by teens.
100
This is a female rock singer associated with the Psychedelic movement in 1960s Rock.
Who is Janis Joplin?
200
This is the featured artist who popularized Western Swing.
Who is Bob Wills?
200
This was the Godfather of Soul.
Who is James Brown?
200
This artist lived through and was inspired by the Great Depression of the 1930s, and used his music to express this experience.
Who is Woody Guthrie?
200
This is instrumentally focused country music originally from Kentucky.
What is Bluegrass?
200
This is a category of country music that integrated concurrent styles of jazz, "big band", and dance
What is Western Swing?
300
This is a category of country music known for ballad tunes about social ills and is often performed in dive bars.
What is Honky Tonk?
300
This is a category of 1960s rock music that featured a squeaky clean image and sound and frequent beach themes.
What is surf music?
300
This artist was inspired by Woody Guthrie and followed him to NYC.
Who is Bob Dylan?
300
This group symbolized the traditional family theme in country music.
What is the Carter Family?
300
A related category of country music due to its geography and musical influence, this tradition originated with migrating groups from Nova Scotia to the U.S.
What is Cajun music?
400
This is the "singing brakeman."
Who is Jimmie Rodgers?
400
This is the founder of Motown Records.
Who is Berry Gordy?
400
This was an historic event in 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival.
What was the introduction of the electric guitar in folk music.
400
This was a distinctive feature of Motown music.
What is polished choreography.
400
This is a category related to country music that features the innovative washboard, in addition to the accordion, guitar, bass, and drums.
What is zydeco?
500
This is the first rural country group to formally record an album of traditional music.
Who are the Hill Billies?
500
This was a condition with American music in the late 1950s involving Elvis that promoted the British Invasion.
Elvis joined the military and stopped recording and performing for a time.
500
This is the name for the musical category that blends country music with rock.
What is rockabilly?
500
The is the title of the music category formerly known as "race records", which was then changed for marketing purposes.
What is rhythm and blues?
500
This was the featured banjo and mandolin player duo in the Foggy Mountain Boys.
What is Flatt and Scruggs?