UWM American Popular Music Exam 2
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1. Big Bands Jazz inspired dance bands became the big
new trend
2. Rhythm Section Piano, Bass, Drums
3. Swing Fluid Rocking rhythm
4. Fletcher Henderson Wrappin it up. Featured a large band.
Used Call and response form
5. Count Basie Kansas City Swing. One o clock Jump. 12
Bar Blues. Boogie woogie piano style
6. Glenn Miller Most commercially successful big band.
Mixin sweet and hot styles
7. Grand Ole Opry Nashville 1925 cultural radio enterprise.
Western Swing. New San Antonio rose
8. Latin Jazz Big Bands playing latin infused tunes
9. Bebop-Scat singing Jazz for listening
10. Minton's Playhouse Jazz bar in Harlem that brought new bands
in
11. Payola The practice of bribing someone to use
their influence or position to promote a
particular product or interest
12. Les Paul Wizard of Waukesha. Really good at guitar
13. Rhythm and Blues What race records turned into. Jump Blues
14. Big Mama Thornton Female Rhythm and Blues star. Hound Dog
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15. Louis Jordan Jump Blues and Choo Choo Ch Boogie
16. Chicago Electric Blues Chose electric guitar over acoustic guitar
17. Muddy Waters HOOCHIE COOCHIE
18. Bluegrass Folk music in overdrive
19. Baby Boomers Greatest generation ever. (Grandparents)
20. Rock n Roll Came from Jazz and Blues
21. Rockabilly Derived from R&B. Could be more rock or
country. ex... Johnny Cash
22. Little Richard Singer/Pianist. Very Flamboyant. Tutti
Frutti
23. Buddy Holly Country and R&B singer.
24. Wanda Jackson Famous Rockabilly/Country artist
25. Richie Valens Famous Latin rock n roll star. La Bamba.
Not Mo Bamba
26. Garofalo Article This article was about the Cross over from
Rhythm and blues to rock n roll
27. Crossover Being on two charts
ex. R&B and Country
28. Chuck Berry Famous guitarist. The Duck Walks
29. Leiber & Stoller Atlantic Records. Wrote records and Musi-
cal mastermind.
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_6eu04u
1. Big Bands Jazz inspired dance bands became the big
new trend
2. Rhythm Section Piano, Bass, Drums
3. Swing Fluid Rocking rhythm
4. Fletcher Henderson Wrappin it up. Featured a large band.
Used Call and response form
5. Count Basie Kansas City Swing. One o clock Jump. 12
Bar Blues. Boogie woogie piano style
6. Glenn Miller Most commercially successful big band.
Mixin sweet and hot styles
7. Grand Ole Opry Nashville 1925 cultural radio enterprise.
Western Swing. New San Antonio rose
8. Latin Jazz Big Bands playing latin infused tunes
9. Bebop-Scat singing Jazz for listening
10. Minton's Playhouse Jazz bar in Harlem that brought new bands
in
11. Payola The practice of bribing someone to use
their influence or position to promote a
particular product or interest
12. Les Paul Wizard of Waukesha. Really good at guitar
13. Rhythm and Blues What race records turned into. Jump Blues
14. Big Mama Thornton Female Rhythm and Blues star. Hound Dog
1/5
, UWM American Popular Music Exam 2
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_6eu04u
15. Louis Jordan Jump Blues and Choo Choo Ch Boogie
16. Chicago Electric Blues Chose electric guitar over acoustic guitar
17. Muddy Waters HOOCHIE COOCHIE
18. Bluegrass Folk music in overdrive
19. Baby Boomers Greatest generation ever. (Grandparents)
20. Rock n Roll Came from Jazz and Blues
21. Rockabilly Derived from R&B. Could be more rock or
country. ex... Johnny Cash
22. Little Richard Singer/Pianist. Very Flamboyant. Tutti
Frutti
23. Buddy Holly Country and R&B singer.
24. Wanda Jackson Famous Rockabilly/Country artist
25. Richie Valens Famous Latin rock n roll star. La Bamba.
Not Mo Bamba
26. Garofalo Article This article was about the Cross over from
Rhythm and blues to rock n roll
27. Crossover Being on two charts
ex. R&B and Country
28. Chuck Berry Famous guitarist. The Duck Walks
29. Leiber & Stoller Atlantic Records. Wrote records and Musi-
cal mastermind.
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