- Memphis is the home of the music genre rock n roll. An example to support this is the observation one of the genre pioneers came from the place. He grew up there and requested bar owners to let him in their clubs so that he could listen to their music.
- Sam Phillips was behind the sun Records. The studio gave the people a platform to air their view and oppression through the music. The studio did not discriminate and thus was a voice of the minority and civil rights.
- A. the musical style of Elvis Presley was varied pop, gospel and RnB. However, he is the father of rockabilly-rock n roll.
b. his stage persona cut across rockabilly, gospel and hillbilly. He glamorised Rock making it appear dangerous.
4. Racial criticism. Elvis Presley - was considered to sing black music as his lyrics, talked against discrimination against the black race.
Though some artists, were religious rock music at some was at some criticized as bad religion due to explicit lyrics and videos.
The genre is also criticized for promotion of sex and groupies through its lyrics and concerts in which it seemed to promote sex.
5. He brought controversy when he told his audience at a concert that the police did not want them to “have fun”. That was treated as incitement.
6. He presented music by blacks instead of the cover versions produced by the white musicians.
7. Jerry Wexler- (B) coined “rhythm and blues.”
8. Alan Freed- (J) DJ coined rock n roll
9. Little Richard- (H) flamboyant piano playing rock n roll singer
10. Ed Sullivan- (A) host of a variety show
11. Buddy Holly- (D) popular jump band
12. Ike turner- (C) performed Rock 88
13. Bo Diddley- (F) architect of rock n roll electric guitar
14. Chuck Berry-(I) Texan who blended rock n roll with new ideas
15. Louis Jordan- incorporated Latin rhythm
16. Johnny Cash- (G) member of Sam Phillip million dollar quartet
17. Elvis Presley
18. The Beatles
19. Muddy Waters- (B) R&B singer and guitarist, McKinley Morganfield
20. Sam Phillips- (H) Sun Records
21. Flamingos- (A) doo-wop group of the 1950s
22. Carl Perkins-(G) member of Sam Phillips million dollar quartet
23. Col. Tom Parker-(D) Elvis manage and agent
24. Everly brothers-(E) young brothers with country roots
25. Pat Boone- (I) major covers artists of R&B
26. Shirelles- (C) successful girls group of the 1950s
27. Fats Domino- (F) from New Orleans
28. Rock and roll hall of fame and museum it is located in Cleveland- Ohio, this is because was seen as the original home of rock and roll.
29. The T.V played a role in the rock and roll era in ensuring the culture spread all over the world. For example, the British rock and roll comes up due to influence of television.
30. The cover song is a new performance of an already recorded song by another person rather than the original artist. An example of a cover song is Petra Haden, song Yellow originally done by Coldplay.
31. The main aim of this was to try and balance music support and fight racism in the music industry.
32. It showed that versatile musicians had a wider audience since their work cut across different groups. It meant they were well received in several genres and accepted.
33. First the style by Elvis Presley is rock and roll while Willie is R&B. The songs also have different lyrics, and thus we can conclude that there are 2 strong differences between the two songs.
34. Elvis Presley version has a wider appeal. This can be connected to the style of rock and roll and the finesse of the artist. Similarly, due to Presley popularity this would create more bias in favour of Elvis version.
35. Ray Charles- blind R&B jazz, country, and rock and roll singer (C)
36. Jerry Lee Lewis- outlandish piano-pounding rock and roll performer (A)
37. Jordanaires - Elvis Presley back-up vocal group (B)
38. Carole King- songwriter on staff in the brill building (I)
39. Coasters- group known for novelty playlets (D)
40. Mahalia Jackson – famous gospel soloist, influenced R&B singing style (G)
41. Lieber and Stoller- R&B AND rock and roll song-writers and rock producers (E)
42. Dick Clark- host of America bandstand on television (F)
43. Million dollar quartet- Broadway musical about Sam Phillips studio (H)
44. Differences between "blue moon' performed by Ella Fitzgerald and Marcels. First difference is Ella song can be classified as Tin Pan Alley while Marcel’s song is Rock and Roll. The second difference is marcels song there are different lyrics and rhythm. This makes the song to be a bit different from Ella song.
45. Boogie-Woogie- piano style of repetitive bass figures (J)
46. Cross-over- song popular on more than one billboard chart (M)
47. Payola- DJ bribery for air-play of records (L)
48. Cover version- new recording of a previous recording (I)
49. Riff- short melodic idea at the beginning of the song (A)
50. Overdubbing- adding parts into existing recording (K)
51. Doo-wop- doo-wop group of the 1950s ‘Sh Boom.’ (E)
52. Hiccup- style of singing with breaks between syllables (F)
53. Jump band – scaled –down band ensemble (D)
54 Playlet- songs that tells a funny story (H)
55. Chords- solo singer and back-up (B)
56. Sun studio- R & B and early rock and roll recording location (C)
57. Triplet- Rhythmic devise inserted between beats in slow doo-wop (G)
58. Elvis Presley becomes a megastar through his music as he topped charts continually and getting worldwide audience.
59. The two artists can be described as piano pounding performers with a passion for what they did.
60. Elvis Presley died of heart attack
Little Richard- heart attack
Jerry Lee Lewis- still performs
Buddy holly- died in a plane crash
Alan Freed- Died due to cirrhosis caused by to alcoholism
61. This is because the genre took creativity of artists from diverse genre to come-up for example, one of the pioneers Elvis Presley would perform different genres and fuse them. Eventually, it becomes a genre on its own
62. American band-stand gave rock and roll the exposure and thus pushed it across diverse audience. It can thus be said to have played a major role in the popularization of this music genre.
63. stop-time-interruption of the beat (D)
64. Rock ballad- slow song with rock rhythm (J)
65. Gospel- religious music with freestyle singing (F)
66-.Verse form- Blend of country and R&B (K)
67. Electric blues- slow blues featuring electric guitar (H)
68. Crickets- buddy holly group (B)
69. Rockabilly- record format of early rock and roll (G)
70. Falsetto- man’s unnatural high voice, head voice (C)
71. 45 RPM- Bill Harleys group (A)
72. comets- repeated sections of music with new lyrics (E)
73. Tag – instrumental ending of a song (L)
74. Teenagers- economic class in the 1950s
75. These are a music category that accommodates both black and white race style of music. This includes the rhythm, style and lyrics,
76. Tin Pan Alley and rock and roll differs in three major ways
Lyrics: in Tin Pan lyrics are not explicit as they are in rock and roll
Singing style: for tin pan the singing is fixed for the mother genre, in rock and roll the style is open to change as the artist desires.
Instruments: limited instruments in yin pan, unlimited in rock and roll and guitar is always present.
77. Piano is the instrument
Tempo is Vivo - lively and fast
78. The instruments are played fast when compared to bands of 1930s.
79. Electric guitar and a drum set
I’m your Hoochie Coochie Man
80. The singing style is that of R&B.
The singing due to free-style influenced R&B as the artists are not restricted stick to one style, but freestyle allows for deviation.
81. B the song instruments, fusion and authenticity, makes it be considered first rock and roll.
The fusion and outstanding instruments make the song memorable.
82. The song is slow, at the moment such songs were not dance songs.
83. The singing style is not rigid as observed in blues so it can be concluded to be influenced by the blues. Some aspect of instruments also contributes to this.
Hiccup in the song: mystery traa-in
84. Instruments: guitar, piano and drum sets.
Its role is the fusion of multiple instruments in a song.
85.” I only have eyes for you.”
Doo-wop is influenced in the style of the “golden gate gospel train.”
The one difference is instruments
86. Electric guitar, piano and drums
Call and response style in the song is when an artist poses a question and response is given by other people.
87. Bass guitar, electric guitar and drum set
88. Rock and roll
Electric guitar, piano and drums
Being explicit by showing aspect of sex.
89. R&B
90. Dancing and involvement of the audience makes the song humorous.
91. Guitar (bass and electric) trumpet, drums
The lyrics style cut across both cultures
The instruments also are diverse to cover both styles.
92. Call: I'm going to sing you back to Arkansasoh yesmamresponse: you don't do rightdon't you're right93. A change in the way of dressing and dancing of could be said to be heavily influenced by the rock and roll.
94. Elvis Presley
His versatility fascinates me
94. in Tin Pan Alley the song came first, the beauty was not who was behind the song. In rock and roll the artist was the brand and people associated with them and not necessarily their songs.
