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In the Late 1950s and early 1960s, the British Music industry was dominated by |
large companies and major labels |
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"Rock Island Line" as recorded by "Lonnie" Donegan is an example of |
Skiffle |
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The Beatles were formed in which UK city? |
Liverpool |
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The original name for the Beatles when they started as skiffle band was… |
The Quarry Men |
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The Beatles were regular performers at which liverpool venue |
The Cavern Club |
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Who was NEVER a member of the Beatles? |
Cliff Richard |
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The Beatles’ first song released by Parlophone: |
Love Me Do |
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Which other Beatles-type Liverpool band was managed by Brian Epstein? |
Gerry and the Pacemakers |
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"Beatlemania" refers to the |
Frenzy created by fans at the Beatles’ live performances |
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The Beatles arrived in the United States in which year? |
1964 |
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All of the following features classify "Tomorrow Never Knows" as a work of art EXCEPT |
Structural format found in American pop |
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In the early years of the Rolling Stones, the group was led by |
Brian Jones |
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The Animals’ break in the music industry came after a UK tour with which musical act? |
Chuck Berry |
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The Animals were fronted by the powerful blues singing of |
Eric Burdon |
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The early songs in the Rolling Stones’ career were primarily: |
Blues-inspired cover songs |
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The individual responsible for changing the image of the Rolling Stones was |
Andrew Loog Oldham |
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Which song solidified the Rolling Stones’ image as rock music’s bad boys? |
"(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction" |
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"Rave-ups" were: |
improvisation passages performed by the Yardbirds |
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All of the following were guitarists for the Yardbirds EXCEPT |
John McLaughlin |
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Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames featured which future Jimi Hendrix drummer? |
Mitch Mitchell |
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The Kinks featured the songwriting of |
Ray Davis |
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The Detours was the original name of which band? |
The Who |
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All of the following are true regarding Mod Culture except that followers |
Wore Leather Jackets |
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From the perspective of American Youth, the British invasion was centered on |
Nonmusical matters such as a bands image and its members accents |
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The Beatles’ first original song from their initial 1958 recording was |
"That’ll be the day" |
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The first Beatles song to break through to number one in the US was |
I want to Hold you Hand |
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The subject matter of the Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" is |
Existential alientation |
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Peter Noone was the lead singer to which of the following British bands? |
Herman’ Hermits |
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The Rolling Stones were regulars at which of the following clubs? |
The Crawdaddy Club |
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Who was responsible for songwriting the Who? |
Pete Townshend |
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Who was the host of a US variety show on which the Beatles first appeared in 1964? |
Ed Sullivan |
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The subject matter of the Beatles, "Norwegian Wood’ is |
a failed one-night stand |
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Graham Nash was a lead vocalist for which of the following groups |
The Hollies |
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The ___ style of music was made popular by Lonnie Donegan |
Skiffle |
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The song "Living Doll" was the only British record by ___ to cross over the Atlantic prior to 1964 |
Cliff Richard |
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How did the beatles hone their craft as performing musicians? |
Live performances at Hamburg |
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Ringo Starr replaced ___ as the Beatles’ drummer |
Pete Best |
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The music of folk musician ___ significantly influenced the lyrics written by the Beatles |
Bob Dylan |
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List two Manchester bands that were a part of the British invasion |
Herman’s Hermits, Freddy and the Dreanersm the Hollies |
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"Slowhand" was the nickname given to the guitarist ___ |
Eric Clapton |
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Jimmy Page’s new band, ___ performed the remaining dates book by the Yardbirds after the group disbanded |
Led Zeppelin |
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The ___ and the ___ were two British youth cultures of the 1960s that differed in lifestyle and apperance |
Mods, rockers |
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In the United States, why was the British Invasion believed to be a fad? |
Music was only one factor, image apperance, acts with accents |
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The name of the label that initially passed on the Beatles in 1962 |
Decca |
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2 reasons why the Beatles decided to stop playing in public in 1966 |
They got tired of being moved in armored cars. John Lennon controversial comments |
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When the Rolling Stones stopped playing regularly at the Crawdaddy club in 1962, which group took their place? |
The Yardbirds |
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Three of the major record labels that were in Britian |
EMI, Decca, Philips, & Pye |
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Why did it take the Rolling Stones longer to catch on in the US? |
Their bad boy image |
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British government-owned radio station |
BBC |
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Venue in Hamburg Germany where the Beatles performed |
Star Club |
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A producer who worked with the Beatles |
George Martin |
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The first film featuring the Beatles |
A Hard Day’s Night |
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A musical structure employed by the Beatles in songwriting |
AABA |
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The lead vocalist for the Animals |
Eric Burdon |
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The center of the UK blues revival |
London |
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an early hit written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards |
"The Last Time" |
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Guitarist who replaced Eric Clapton in the Yardbirds |
Jeff Beck |
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Bo Diddley song covered by the Yardbirds |
I’m a man |
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(T/F) "Please Please Me" was the song that finally broke the Beatles into the American pop market in late 1963 |
False |
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(T/F) Initially, the Rolling Stones did NOT write their own music and preferred covering songs |
True |
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(T/F) The Rolling Stones typically avoided AABA song forms that the Beatles frequently used |
True |
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(T/F) The first Beatles hits in the United States were released on independent record labels |
True |
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(T/F) Beatles-type bands included the Animals and the Yardbirds |
False |
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(T/F) The Beatles played their last public concert at Yankee Stadium in 1966 |
False |
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(T/F) Both the Kinks and the Who represent bands that defy Stones-type and Beatles-type categorizations |
True |
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(T/F) The Animals found popularity in the US with the "Manchester sound" |
False |
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(T/F) The music from rock’s first wave from the US in the 1950s had only a small impact on British rock in the 1960s |
False |
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(T/F) Even though British bands flooded the pop charts in the US in the mid-1960s. American groups continued to have chart success after the British arrived |
True |
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(T/F) The British had a long-standing infatuation with American folk and jazz that dated back to pre-World War 2 |
True |
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(T/F) The group that was referred to as the anti-Beatles was the Yardbirds |
False |
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