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

2020
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208

Pages:

1
Author:

Marilyn James

READING QUIZ QSTNs: Reading quiz 1: 1. How many songs did Elvis write? A: 0 2. Middleton says that Elvis’s music has been thought of as? A: Hillbilly Blues 3. According to Middleton, rock critics tend to view Elvis as? A: A sell out to the music industry 4. Which studio did Elvis first record at in Memphis? A: Sun Records 5. According to Richard Middleton, an example of gospelization in Elvis’s songs would be? A: His ecstatic singing and off-tune melodic patterns 6. Which artists or genres does Middleton say Elvis was influenced by? A: gospel singers, bluesman, and country and western stars 7. According to Middleton, the scope of Elvis’s influence compared to that of Chuck Berry and Little Richard is? A: limited 8. Elvis’s contribution to rock n roll lies mainly in his? A: singing 9. Which producer thought that if he found a white man who had the sound and feel of a black man, he could make a billion dollars? A: Sam Phillips 10. Middleton points out that one way Elvis’s music changes over time is? A: His early songs integrated several music styles, whereas his later songs tended to stick to different styles in each song 11. The “whitening” of rhythm and blues was marked by? A: lyrics changed to dance references instead of sexual innuendos 12. Who is often cited as the most influential DJ in breaking rock n roll into the mainstream? A: Alan Freed 13. Two high-profile individuals associated with the payola scandal were? A: Alan Freed and Dick Clark 14. As a song, “Roll Over Beethoven” celebrates? A: teenagers listening to rhythm and blues 15. The first rock and roll artist to cultivate the “wild man” persona was? A: little richard 16. The rock and roll party was? A: Alan Freed’s radio show in New York 17. All of the following are examples of crossover artists EXCEPT? A: Big Joe Turner 18. As a result of the payola scandal, Alan Freed? A: was run out of the music business 19. All of the following are elements of Chuck Berry’s music EXCEPT? A: songs geared toward adult black listeners 20. Which of the following was NOT a major record label of the 1950’s? A: Sun