Rock and Roll review Quizizz

American music industry’s most important trade magazine

• Billboard

• Gold

• Platinum

• Payola

A CD/record that has sold at least 500,000 copies

• Silver

• Gold

• Platinum

• Steel

A CD/record that has sold at least 1 million copies

• Silver

• Gold

• Platinum

• Steel

Sang ‘Good Rockin’ Tonight’ – arguably the first rock and roll song

• Elvis Presley

• Wynonie Harris

• BB King

• Rolling Stones

Doo wop song sung by The Chords.  Also argued as the first rock and roll song.

• Sh Boom

• Heartbreak Hotel

• Let it Be

• Satisfaction

The most popular guitar ever made

• Les Paul

• Fender Stratocaster

• Fender Telecaster

• Acoustic/Electric

Radio disc jockey who hosted the first nightly show dedicated to playing rock and roll music

• Joe Cool

• Mr. Beast

• Alan Freed

• Schroeder

The illegal practice of paying a radio disc jockey in order to have a certain song played on the radio

• Crayola

• Maytag

• Panasonic

• Payola

A famous singer/songwriter that composed many political songs about war, race, and poverty

• Leiber and Stoller

• Elvis Presley

• Bob Dylan

• Mick Jagger

Popular television variety show in the 1950’s and 1960’s that helped bring Elvis Presley and the Beatles to stardom.

• Ed Sullivan Show

• The Tonight Show

• Jimmy Kimmel Show

• Stephen Colbert