Rock and Roll History Quiz 2

Why was folk music popular?

• It was about urban life and all things technology related
• It was just like jazz music
• It was about rural life
• No electronic instruments were used

Who performed "This Land is Your Land"

• Woody Guthrie
• Elvis
• Beatles
• Beach Boys

Who performed "This Land is Your Land"

• Woody Guthrie
• Elvis
• Beatles
• Beach Boys

An important place in New York where many folk artists performed and congregated was:

• Greenwich Village
• SoHo
• Harlem
• East Side

Who is recognized as “The King of Soul?”

• Otis Redding

• Ray Charles

• Sam and Dave

• Wilson Pickett

Most soul singers started their careers singing in what place?

• Bars

• Wal Mart

• Churches

• Street Corners

Issac Hayes, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge, Otis Redding and Sam and Dave all recorded for what record label?

• Motown

• Sun

• Atlantic

• Stax

WSM Radio started off as a famous country radio station which later morphed into what weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, TN? 

• Grand Star Jazz Club
• The Ed Sullivan Show
• Lincoln Hall
• The Grand Ole' Opry

Tin Pan Alley composers made a living primarily by:

• busking on street corners
• selling their songs as sheet music
• selling cassette tapes of their music
• teaching private lessons

What group is this?

• Monkees
• Beatles
• Drifters
• Coasters