F26 Flashcards
1
Q
Ralph Peer
A
plugger for Okeh Records for Hillbilly genre; owned publishing to the songs he plugged
2
Q
rapper who was killed in Las Vegas
A
Tupac
3
Q
reason for development of electric guitar
A
acoustic guitar wasn’t loud enough
4
Q
reason gansta rap developed
A
crack cocaine epidemic in the inner cities
5
Q
reasons for growth of contemporary Christian music in the 1990’s
A
Jesus Movement
6
Q
reason sales of country recordings limited in the 1980’s
A
not heavily demanded; neither majors or indies signed country talent
7
Q
recorded “Blue Yodels”
A
Jimmie Rodgers
8
Q
recorded first blues hit
A
Mammie Smith with “Crazy Blues”
9
Q
records shipped to military during WWII
A
V-discs
10
Q
released “Slow Train Coming”
A
Bob Dylan
