History of Rock & Roll Quiz #2

British resurrected the music we ignored "Teddy Boys" were the English version of James dean style

-Tame brand of pop folk music & trad. Jazz (taken from New Orleans style Popular in the mid 50's England

Lonnie Donegan

-Pop Style -Love songs -Driving Beat/Up tempo

"Please Please Me" "Twist & Shout" (Both written by Lennon) "All My Loving" (Paul McCartney)

1) Please Please Me 2) With the Beatles 3) Hard Days Night 4) Beatles for Sale

"You've got to Hide Your love Away" First time they brought outside musicians to play instruments that they couldn't "We can work it out" Profits split 30%-70% between McCartney and Lennon

- Use of studio techniques - music more individualized - artistic composition - added instrumentation - Drug influences - "The White Album" is ironically the least collaborative album they made - 7 albums were released during this period

Known as the elder statesman of British Blues Player's in the band overshadowed Mayall's abilities Adequate singer with multi-instrumental talent

-Began as an R&B blues cover band - Starting point for Clapton, Beck, & Jimmy Page - Pioneers of psychedelic music - Known for ad hoc jams (raves)

mix of R&B with extended guitar/harmonica passages. Blues with a fierce drive to the music

2nd only to the Rolling Stones in influence among R&B based bands "House of the rising Sun"

- Lennon & McCartney composed many songs for other performers - Many "firsts" happened in the Beatles studio -George Martin is referred to as the Fifth Beatle

-Led by Van & ranked as one of the best British Invasion bands - Considered the most critically acclaimed pop music songwriter of the 60's Composer of the rock classic "Gloria"

- The most staunchly English group of them all -Known as the precursors of heavy metal & punk rock - Later known as "power chord" playing

Worlds greatest rock & roll band Portrayed a vulgar look (no uniforms) Considered the dangerous alternative to Beatles Jagger & Keith Richards are core group Rougher & sexier than Beatles

Rolling Stones tour manager

His drawl was similar to blues singer Howlin' Wolf Attracted to rough eloquent directness of black music He is a white singing black songs and flaunted it

Almost entirely attributed to one person: Berry Gordy R&B music that passed for black & white in sound Perfected a gospel-pop fusion

- Repeated use of a catchy hook phrase - Repititon of melodic hooks resulted in familiarity to mass public -Produced the "sound of young America"

Studio musicians who shaped the Motown sound Played on more #1 hits than Beatles, Rolling Stones & Elvis combined Documented in movie "Standing in the Shadows of Mowtown"

Leading writing team of Motown

-Known for Robinson's falsetto voice -Ballads became the Miracle's forte

one of Motowns most enigmatic and consistent acts career broken into 2 parts 1: Worked with Motown production staff, found med. tempo shouters successful 2: -Became composer himself. -liberated from Gordy's studio system -Pensive and introspective style -returned to erotic love songs -Shot by father in 1984

-finest vocal group of the 60's SOUL MUSIC -closest to church & gospel roots

-one of most important female rock groups in history -the Supreme's music is the purist expression of the Motown sound

-Motown's last great act -Fronted by Michael jackson -he danced like a mini James Brown -transcended all ages & races

-Mowtown's premeir white rock and soul band -M-town's experimental assault on rock market -Labeled "blue eyed soul"

-Most successful artist of Mowtown -1st big hit was "fingertips" (age 12) -had first live recording to hit #1 in charts -13 million dollar, 120 page contract made history

-Most important American contrib. to rock -1st poet in mass media - 2 periods (acoustic & electric) -Dylan shows that folk IS rock -His music was fusion of country, blues, folk, R&R, and poetry

First album: Times they are A-Changin His most over protest album (youth anthem) gives a feeling of "dust bowl" era -Grapes of Wrath

-Illustrates wit -catalyst for drug culture & Vietnam war -Set the scene for Folk Rock -"like a rolling stone" considered his best work

-Bob Dylan's first top 40 hit -Possible references to Chuck Berry, Kerouac, and Guthrie

-Group that synthesized Dylan & Beatles -Mr. Tambourine Man was first folk rock hit in rock history -Beatles "Ticket to ride" inspired the sound

considered the first drug tune. Led to acid rock.