History of Rock n Roll WSU Exam 1

In the late 1400s, Portuguese used Black people as slaves for

When was New Orleans founded?

How was Louisiana "easy" on slaves?

Slaves were human __________

"Jump Jim Crow" degraded black men/made them look dumb & inhuman and was created in _____ and written by ______

D.W. Griffin made a movie called _________ about black people getting their freedom after the Civil War

_________ wrote music degrading black people, specifically a song called __________

Reconstruction of the US which gave black culture a chance to be integrated into the US was in the time period of

The _______ ammendment abolished slavery during reconstruction (passed by republicans) and allowed black men to vote

Americas first experience with Rock n Roll was a song called ____________

who never wrote their own songs, was not appreciated because he liked black culture, and played Rockabilly music

Elvis's career ended because

Parts of a drum set:

Guitars were not commercially successful until ____ because ______

________ came up with the idea of solid body guitars and came out with the stratacaster

Leo Fender was a

Knobs on guitar control _____ and _____

Who made the sound of Rock & roll possible?

When was Boogie Woogie created and when did it become popular?

Whose nick name was "The Empress of the Blues" and what was her style of singing known as?

Where was Boogie Woogie created and how many bars were in a progression?

Who became a famous boogie-woogie pianist in the late 1930's after Carnegie Hall?

Jazz is slang for

What instrument was Louis Jordan famous for?

Frank Sinatra was the first teen _____ and the girls who followed him around were called ________

Who grew up with black music and ran J&M Recording Studio, a black recording studio?

When and who coined the term for Rock n Roll (slang for sex)?

Who was the first black musician to come across to white audiences by selling 30 million records in the 1950s alone?

Why was Fats Domino so successful?

Who was influenced by gospel,boogie-woogie, and R&B and wrote the song "Lucille" in 1951?

Who gave rock n roll its sound and how?

Rockabilly was first played by _____ musicians

12 bar blues was also known as

Delta blues came out of southern region of the US in the state of

Robert Johnson has music still being played today but

Blues progress....

What is AAB?

Rag Time was in the time period of

Rag Time music was written for

OG Piano=

what are the three types of piano?

What are the two types of music?

Three elements to western music:

who became the king of Rockabilly?

Little Richard became a

Buddy Holly died from

Chuck Berry charged for

Jerry Lee Lewis was black balled because

Jerry Lee Lewis was a

Pat Boone

___________ recorded in Memphis (Sun Records)

________ became Elvis's manager