Final Exam

Question 1

T/F
The Carter Family album Can the Circle be Unbroken: Country Music’s First Family was released in 1935 and won a Grammy lifetime achievement award in 1999?

Answer 1

True

Question 2

T/F

Roy Rogers wrote the Cowboy Commandments?

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The song House of the Rising Sun most famously recorded by the Animals was originally a hit for which country artist?

Answer 3

Roy Acuff

Question 4

Which blues musician used the aliases Blind Sammie, Georgia Bill and Hot Shot Willie when recording for other labels?

Answer 4

Blind Willie McTell

Question 5

Most melodies in the blues come from:

Answer 5

Slave work and dance songs

Question 6

Blind Willie McTell was one of the most accomplished:

Answer 6

12 string guitarist

Question 7

T/F

John Lee Hooker is often considered to be the last link to the blues of the Deep South.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

T/F
The Chicago blues sound comes from the electric guitar and the addition of other instrumentalists including piano, bass, harmonica and drums.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Muddy Waters was one of the first bluesmen to play:

Answer 9

electric guitar

Question 10

T/F

Little Richard’s first successful rock ‘n’ roll record was Long Tall Sally.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Which of the following songs was a 1950s hit for Chuck Berry?

Answer 11

Maybelline

Question 12

On a road trip to Chicago in 1955 Chuck Berry became friends with which of his idols?

Answer 12

Muddy Waters

Question 13

Carl Perkins’ band the “C. P Express” included…

Answer 13

his two sons

Question 14

Who wrote and had a hit with “Blue Suede Shoes” in December 1955?

Answer 14

Carl Perkins

Question 15

T/F

In 1954 Elvis Presley and Scotty Moore warned Sam Phillips to avoid signing Johnny Cash to Sun Records.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Before hitting it big in rock ‘n’ roll, Elvis worked as…

Answer 16

A delivery driver

Question 17

In April 1956 Elvis signed a 7 year deal with Paramount Pictures and began filming his first feature:

Answer 17

Love Me Tender

Question 18

After returning from the Army in 1960 Elvis entered the charts at #2 with his album:

Answer 18

Elvis is Back

Question 19

Which of the following were investigated during the Payola scandal of 1959/1960?

Answer 19

Dick Clark

Question 20

Who recorded “Be-Bop-A-Lula?

Answer 20

Gene Vincent

Question 21

The Everly Brothers recorded which song in 1957?

Answer 21

Bye, Bye Love

Question 22

Woody Guthrie joined which folk artist in the 1940’s to form the Almanac Singers?

Answer 22

Pete Seeger

Question 23

Pete Seeger wrote which of the following Folk standards?

Answer 23

“If I Had a Hammer”

Question 24

Peter, Paul and Mary recorded:

Answer 24

Puff (The Magic Dragon)

Question 25

A future country music legend makes an interesting guest appearance on the 1969 single “Lay Lady Lay” holding a pair of bongos and cowbell. Who was this guest?

Answer 25

Kris Kristofferson

Question 26

In 1961 John Hammond singed Bob Dylan to:

Answer 26

Columbia records

Question 27

Which group covered Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man?”

Answer 27

The Byrds

Question 28

La La Brooks was a member of which famous girl group?

Answer 28

The Crystals

Question 29

The Coasters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in:

Answer 29

1987

Question 30

T/F | The Crystals were the first group signed by producer Phil Spector to his Phil-les label in 1961.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Which of the following “Wilsons” was NOT a member of the Beach Boys?

Answer 31

Owen Wilson

Question 32

Which 1966 Beach Boys record was their most innovative and influential album?

Answer 32

Pet Sounds

Question 33

The Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame in:

Answer 33

1988

Question 34

Cilla Black’s first charting hit was given to her by her friends…

Answer 34

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Question 35

Skiffle music was the British equivalent of:

Answer 35

Rockabilly

Question 36

The ‘Mersey Beat’ is the sound developed by:

Answer 36

Liverpool bands

Question 37

In what year was “Beatlemania” officially declared?

Answer 37

1963

Question 38

Many people in England were shocked when the Beatles were awarded MBEs. What does MBE stand for?

Answer 38

Member of the British Empire

Question 39

The Beatles were nicknamed:

Answer 39

The Fab Four

Question 40

In 1966, which member of the Beatles said “Christianity was dying and that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus now?”

Answer 40

John Lennon

Question 41

Which pair of Rolling Stones guitarists developed the “weaving” concept that unites the two instrumentalists as one?

Answer 41

Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood

Question 42

Released in 1965 “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” features Keith Richards signature:

Answer 42

Guitar riff

Question 43

Who said “two guitars should sound like one guy with four hands”.

Answer 43

Keith Richards

Question 44

Although Diana Ross left the Supremes in 1970, the group didn’t officially break up until what year?

Answer 44

1977

Question 45

Steveland Morris (aka Stevie Wonder) was signed to Motown at the age of:

Answer 45

11

Question 46

T/F | Berry Gordy demanded perfection from his artist and expected flawless performances in the studio and on the stage.

Answer 46

True

Question 47

Which Motown group recorded ABC?

Answer 47

The Jackson 5

Question 48

The Parliament/Funkadelic song “Give up the Funk” is also known as…

Answer 48

Tear the Roof off the Sucker

Question 49

T/F | Art Neville is considered the father of New Orleans Funk.

Answer 49

True

Question 50

Barry White’s music is often cited as the:

Answer 50

Music for Love

Question 51

Which Acid Rock band became known as the “Pied Pipers of Psychedelic Rock?”

Answer 51

The Grateful Dead

Question 52

Grace Slick was the lead singer in which band?

Answer 52

The Jefferson Airplane

Question 53

Janis Joplin recorded which of the following songs?

Answer 53

Piece Of My Heart

Question 54

T/F | The Doors were one of the few groups to not include a bass player.

Answer 54

True

Question 55

T/F | Before playing in Led Zeppelin and The Yardbirds Jimmy Page was one of London’s top studio guitarists.

Answer 55

True

Question 56

Black Sabbath was formed in:

Answer 56

Birmingham

Question 57

The Australian hard rock band AC/DC formed in:

Answer 57

1973

Question 58

Which future Sex Pistol was the drummer for Souxsie and the Banshees?

Answer 58

Sid Vicious

Question 59

Who was the lead singer for The Sex Pistols?

Answer 59

Johnny Rotten

Question 60

The Clash’s Joe Strummer scored music for the movie:

Answer 60

Grosse Point Blank