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

2020
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2
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Chapter 9 & 12: 1. Which of the following was one of the first black groups to cross over to white rock audiences? A: Sly and the Family Stone 2. Which Temptations song focused on the problems of black urban life? A: “Pape was a Rolling Stone” 3. One of the reasons why rock fans hated disco was that: A: it stood in opposition to the hippie aesthetic 4. Disco that was not as funk-based was known as: A: EuroDisco 5. Peter Tosh, Bunny Livingston and Bob Marley were part of a reggae group called: A: The Wailers 6. Which artist used the band names Funkadelic and Parliament for contracts with two different record companies? A: George Clinton 7. Which British artist covered Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff”, bringing reggae to a wider audience in the 1970s? A: Eric Clapton 8. Long before he starred in pulp fiction, John Travolta was the macho disco dancer in which film? A: Saturday Night Fever 9. Which television show in the 1970s had the theme song “TSOP (the sound of philadelphia)? A: Soul Train 10. Which of the following is NOT a critique of rap music? A: The music industry was worried about it outselling rock records 11. The Philadelphia Sound is characterised as: A: Lyric vocals and a driving rhythm section with elegant string arrangements 12. Def Jam Records was created by A: Rick Rubin & Russel Simmons 13. Films such as “Shaft” and “Sweetback’s Baadasssss song” were known as: A: Blaxploitation films 14. Which important black artist became a “cultural ambassador to the white community in the 1970s? A: Curtis Mayfield 15. Lionel Richie started as lead singer for which 1970s group? A: The Commodores