University:
Eastern Kentucky University
Course:
MUH 273 | Survey of American Popular Music
Academic year:

2020
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114

Pages:

1
Author:

Lance Gutierrez

Reading Quiz 2: 1. Almost no aspect of pop music in the early 1960’s was completely immune from the influence of Brill Building practices? A: true 2. Dick Dale was known for? A: his trademark fast tremolos on the guitar 3. A distinctive vocal feature of the Everly Brothers was? A: harmonies sung at the high end of the male vocal range 4. The beach boys “surfin USA” is a clearly reworked version of Chuck Berry’s “Memphis”? A: false 5. Toast of the Town was a show responsible for igniting the early 1960’s dance craze? A: false 6. All of the following were considered rockabilly pop musicians EXCEPT? A: jan and dean 7. Which of the following can be said about Bob Dylan and Joan Baez during the folk revival? A: they had top 40 albums 8. The role of the A&R man was to? A: organize and coordinate the professionals involved in recording 9. All of the following were populists characteristics of the folk song movement EXCEPT? A: the folk music singer’s prowess and image among the audience 10. Phil spector referred to the singles he produced as? A: teenage symphonies 11. The Beatles first song released by Parlophone was? A: Love me do 12. The rolling stones typically avoided AABA song forms that the Beatles frequently used? A: true 13. Who was NEVER a member of the Bealtes? A: cliff richard 14. Even though British Bands flooded the pop charts in the United States in the mid-1960’s, American groups continued to have chart success after the British arrived? A: true 15. Beatles-type bands included the animals and the yardbirds? A: false 16. The Beatles arrived in the United States in what year? A: 1964 17. “Rave-ups” was/were? A: improvisatory passages performed by the yardbirds 18. Which song solidified the Rolling Stones’ image as rock music’s bad boys? A: I can't get no satisfaction 19. Initially, the rolling stones did NOT write their own music and preferred covering songs? A: true 20. The first Beatles hits in the United States were released on independent record labels? A: True