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Music Appreciation
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1. Veteran of folk pop groups such as the New Christy Minstrels and the First Edition - star of made-for-TV movies. One of the main beneficiaries of country pop's increasing mainstream appeal.
Kenny Rogers
bluegrass
house music
James Brown
2. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
Patsy Cline
techno
countrypolitan
sampling
3. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Bob Marley
Jimi Hendrix
bluegrass
Michael Jackson
4. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Jimi Hendrix
MP3
nashville sound
Willie Nelson
5. Gangsta rapper born in Long Beach - CA - He was a protaga of Andre 'Dr. Dre' Young and collaborated on Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic. Snoop's soft drawl and laid-back-but-lethal gangster persona were featured on Doggystyle - which debuted at the t
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Tupac Shakur
Nirvana
Aretha Franklin
6. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Prince
Grateful Dead
Bob Marley
Dolly Parton
7. Rock style that emerged in the late 1970s. It was a 'back to basics' rebellion against the perceived artifice and pretension of corporate rock music—a stripped-down and often purposefully 'nonmusical' version of rock music.
hip-hop
urban folk
alternative rock
punk rock
8. Rapper from Oakland - California; hit the charts in 1990 with Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - which held the Number One position for twenty-one weeks and sold over ten million copies - becoming the bestselling rap album of all time.
Patsy Cline
analog recording
sequencer
M.C. Hammer
9. The most important woman in the history of hip-hop - in terms of both her commercial success and her effectiveness in establishing a feminist beachhead on the male-dominated field of rap music.
MP3
Queen Latifah
Beastie Boys
Aretha Franklin
10. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Grandmaster Flash
disco
techno
11. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
house music
Run-D.M.C.
soul music
Beastie Boys
12. The norm since the introduction of recording in the nineteenth century. Transforms the energy of sound waves into physical imprints (as in pre-1925 acoustic recordings) or into electronic waveforms that closely follow (and can be used to reproduce) t
psychedelic rock
analog recording
Donna Summer
Michael Jackson
13. Got his start in the 1960s as a member of the famous folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel. His album Graceland (1986) was a global collaboration recorded in South Africa - England - and the United States. It is the album responsible - more than any othe
Prince
analog recording
Paul Simon
Dolly Parton
14. Device that records musical data rather than musical sound and enables the creation of repeated sound sequences (loops) - the manipulation of rhythmic grooves - and the transmission of recorded data from one program or device to another.
synthesizer
Jimi Hendrix
M.C. Hammer
sequencer
15. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
David Bowie
Carole King
gangsta rap
M.C. Hammer
16. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Jimi Hendrix
alternative music
countrypolitan
MP3
17. Trio consisting of the MCs Run (Joseph Simmons - b. 1964) and D.M.C. (Darryl McDaniels - b. 1964) - and the DJ Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell - b. 1965). Perhaps the most influential act in the history of rap music - they established a hard-edged - roc
hardcore
soft soul
Run-D.M.C.
Tupac Shakur
18. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Patsy Cline
Carole King
Carole King
Janis Joplin
19. Singer-songwriter Who wrote many hits in the 1960s with Gerry Goffin. In 1971 - the success of her album Tapestry made her a major recording star.
Clear channel
Carole King
James Brown
N.W.A.
20. The most successful white blues singer of the 1960s. Born in Port Arthur - Texas - Joplin came to San Francisco in the mid-1960s and joined a band called Big Brother and the Holding Company.
Nirvana
punk rock
alternative music
Janis Joplin
21. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
pop rock
soft soul
grunge rock
Led Zeppelin
22. The first punk rock band. Formed in 1974 in New York City - the Ramones' high-speed - energetic - and extremely loud sound influenced English punk groups such as the Sex Pistols and the Clash and also became a blueprint for 1980s L.A. hardcore bands.
country pop
alternative music
gangsta rap
The Ramones
23. Founded in 1982 - Public Enemy was organized around a core set of members who met as college students - drawn together by their interest in hip-hop culture and political activism. The group included the standard hip-hop configuration of two MCs—Chuck
Queen Latifah
Grandmaster Flash
Public Enemy
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
24. Born in Texas - Nelson was one of the most influential figures in the progressive country movement. Nelson's rise to national fame came in the mid-1970s - through his association with a group of musicians collectively known as 'the Outlaws.'
Led Zeppelin
Willie Nelson
country pop
Jimi Hendrix
25. The first commercially successful white act in hip-hop. Their early recordings represent a fusion of the youth-oriented rebelliousness of hardcore punk rock—the style they began playing in 1981—with the sensibility and techniques of hip-hop.
Queen Latifah
Beastie Boys
hardcore
The Sex Pistols
26. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
N.W.A.
Ray Charles
Def Jam
David Bowie
27. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Jimi Hendrix
Beastie Boys
Led Zeppelin
Bob Marley
28. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Nirvana
Madonna
M.C. Hammer
Janis Joplin
29. Internet-based software program that enabled computer users to share and swap files - specifically music - through a centralized file server. A federal court injunction forced Napster to shut down operations in February 2001.
country pop
Bob Marley
Napster
house music
30. Began his performing career as a member of the Jackson Five. He achieved unprecedented success with his 1982 album Thriller - and his elaborately produced music videos helped boost the new medium of music videos. Jackson became the first African Amer
Jimi Hendrix
bluegrass
Michael Jackson
Bob Marley
31. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
James Brown
Tupac Shakur
Paul Simon
Patsy Cline
32. Named after the Warehouse - a popular gay dance club in Chicago - it was a style of techno dance music. Many house recordings were purely instrumental - with elements of European synth-pop - Latin soul - reggae - rap - and jazz grafted over an insist
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Janis Joplin
house music
The Ramones
33. Variant of hip-hop music; its emergence was heralded nationwide by the release of the album Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. (Niggaz with Attitude). It included artists such as Snoop Doggy Dogg - 2Pac Shakur - and the Notorious B.I.G.
Aretha Franklin
gangsta rap
Donna Summer
Patsy Cline
34. Springsteen's music and personal image evoked the rebellious rock 'n' rollers of the 1950s and the socially conscious folk rockers of the 1960s. His songs reflected his working-class origins and sympathies.
Bruce Springsteen
progressive country
Kurt Cobain
techno
35. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
rave
hip-hop
MIDI
urban folk
36. The term 'alternative'—like the broadly equivalent terms 'underground' and 'independent'—is used across a wide range of popular genres - including rock - rap - adult contemporary - dance - folk - and country music. It is used to describe music that c
alternative music
Queen Latifah
funk music
Def Jam
37. Form of dance music popular in the late 1970s - characterized by elaborate studio production and an insistent beat: Donna Summer - Chic - the Village People - the Bee Gees.
disco
country pop
RIAA
progressive country
38. The most influential and economically successful member of N.W.A. He founded an independent record label (Death Row/Interscope) - cultivated a number of younger rappers - and continued to develop a distinctive hip-hop production style - christened 'G
country pop
The Sex Pistols
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
progressive country
39. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
funk music
heavy metal
progressive country
sampling
40. Born in Mexico - he began his musical career playing guitar in Tijuana. He formed his band in San Francisco in the late 1960s. Their 1971 album Abraxas established a Latin American substream within rock.
Carlos Santana
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
rave
Clear channel
41. The first commercially successful white act in hip-hop. Their early recordings represent a fusion of the youth-oriented rebelliousness of hardcore punk rock—the style they began playing in 1981—with the sensibility and techniques of hip-hop.
Beastie Boys
sampling
art rock
Run-D.M.C.
42. Achieved celebrity as a member of the art rock group Genesis before embarking on a solo career. Gabriel's best-selling single 'Sledgehammer' became Number One pop and Number Sixty-one R&B in 1986. The award-winning video version of 'Sledgehammer' was
James Brown
Peter Gabriel
pop rock
Dolly Parton
43. Born in the impoverished shantytowns of Kingston - Jamaica - reggae first became popular in the United States in 1973 - after the release of the Jamaican film The Harder They Come and its soundtrack album. The heart of reggae music consists of 'riddi
art rock
techno
reggae
pop rock
44. Emerged during the 1970s as one part of the cultural complex of hip-hop. It consisted of rhymed speech accompanied by funk-derived rhythmic grooves.
MIDI
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Napster
rap
45. -one of the forerunners of the Grunge genre - originally part of the 'no wave' scene in NY -Many alternative bands such as Nirvana looked up to them -album 'Daydream Nation' was well-received by critics - and then they were signed to Geffen Records -
Napster
breakdancing
heavy metal
Sonic Youth
46. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
world music
hip-hop
bluegrass
David Bowie
47. Prince is one of the most talented musicians ever to achieve mass commercial success in the field of popular music. He has sold almost forty million recordings. Between 1982 and 1992 - he placed nine albums in the Top 10 - reaching the top of the cha
Prince
Jimi Hendrix
Michael Jackson
MP3
48. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
The Ramones
rap
alternative rock
world music
49. Trade association whose member companies—Universal - Sony - Warner Brothers - Arista - Atlantic - BMG - RCA - Capitol - Elektra - Interscope - and Sire Records—control the sale and distribution of approximately 90 percent of the offline music in the
Beastie Boys
hip-hop
hardcore
RIAA
50. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
Carlos Santana
country pop
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Queen Latifah
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