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Beginning of Rock & Roll

Beginning of Rock & Roll

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Arts

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

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Evan White

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7 Slides • 5 Questions

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Beginning of Rock & Roll

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Multiple Select

Rock and Roll has been described as the merger of which two genres?

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Country

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Blues

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Rhythm & Blues

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Jazz

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Fill in the Blank

Who was the white singer considered the merger of Black culture and white spending power?

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​- Fats Domino

" Rock & Roll is nothing but Rhythm & Blues and we've been playing it for years down in New Orleans. " 

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Multiple Choice

What is the name of the controversial style of music in which white men performed derogatory songs in black-face?

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Minstrel Shows

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Black Shows

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Race Records

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Race Music

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Fill in the Blank

What style of music was considered a "black genre"?

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Multiple Select

Which of the following were white artists who appropriated (repurposed) Black music for white audiences?

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Elvis Presley

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Buddy Holly

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The Beatles

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Fats Domino

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Released in 1956

Elvis Presley

Released in 1952

Big Mama Thornton

Hound Dog

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Released 1962

Pat Boone

Released 1957

Little Richard

Tutti Frutti

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Released in 1981

Soft Cell

Released in 1964

Gloria Jones

Tainted Love

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