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Chapter 1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How far were the signals for "superstations?"

a)

10 miles

b)

hundreds of miles

c)

thousands of miles

2.

Who was the first network to span "coast to coast?"

a)

ABC

b)

WSAV

c)

NBC

d)

WXYZ

3.

Did Big Bands emphasize the singer, or the band?

a)

SInger

b)

Band

4.

Whereas "Western Music" originated in the west, "Country" music originated where?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southwest

c)

Southeast

5.

Who is the first "Country Music" star?

a)

Jimmie Rodgers

b)

Hank Williams

c)

Dolly Parton

d)

City Girls

6.

Who was the "personification of the 1950's country and western music?"

a)

Jimmie Rodgers

b)

Hank Williams

c)

Blake Shelton

d)

Usher

7.

Why was Memphis an important location for blues?

a)

It was a fun place to live

b)

It was in the middle of a music hotspot

c)

It was an Urban Center where many rural African Americans moved to

8.

What was "blasphemous" about Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman?"

a)

It is seductive

b)

It was a gospel song rewritten about a woman

c)

It contained profanities

9.

Where did most blues artists learn to sing?

a)

The Subway

b)

Music School

c)

Chorus Class

d)

The Church

10.

(T/F) Doowop refers to when singers sing using sounds and not words to imitate instruments.

a)

True

b)

False