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Question 1

Quadrophonic sound

Answer 1

technological breakthrough in the 1970s that never caught out with customer

Question 2

Ray Kroc

Answer 2

took over mcdonalds and turned it into a successful franchise

Question 3

RCA A&R man who signed Elvis Presley

Answer 3

Steve Sholes

Question 4

reason for acceptance of stereo sound

Answer 4

created demand for albums

Question 5

reasons Nashville emerged as center for country music

Answer 5

outpost from NY, Chicago and LA, economies of scale, efforts of the CMA, connection with urban and suburban middle class with rural roots, “counter” to the counterculture

Question 6

Record Clubs

Answer 6

organizations in which members receive free records in exchange for their commitment to purchase additional records within a time period

Question 7

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

Answer 7

created gold record

Question 8

Reprise Records

Answer 8

Frank Sinatra’s label that he sold to Warner Brothers

Question 9

Ricky Nelson

Answer 9

rock’n’roll star on “The Ozzie and Harriet Show”

Question 10

Rolling Stone magazine

Answer 10

John Werner and Ralph Gleason

Question 11

Songwriters of America

Answer 11

group of 700 ASCAP members who were angry that their songs were no longer receiving
the airplay that they had previously received; 1953 Songwriters of America filed a $150 million antitrust suit claiming that the radio stations blocked ASCAP songs from being aired because BMI controlled the nation’s airways