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Music Appreciation
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1. 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
Carlos Santana
Jimi Hendrix
Napster
Prince
2. Singer and guitarist who founded the alternative rock band Nirvana. His recordings broke through to the commercial mainstream and popularized grunge rock. He shot himself in Seattle in 1994.
The Ramones
Kurt Cobain
reggae
house music
3. 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
soft soul
Sonic Youth
Dolly Parton
reggae
4. The 'Godfather of Soul.' He was known for his acrobatic physicality and remarkable charisma on stage. No other single musician has proven to be as influential on the sound and style of black music as James Brown.
nashville sound
James Brown
synthesizer
Janis Joplin
5. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
MIDI
alternative rock
Bruce Springsteen
Grateful Dead
6. Style of folk music that grew in popularity in the burgeoning New York folk scene during the 1960s. It included artists such as Bob Dylan.
Vanilla Ice
Carole King
urban folk
Madonna
7. Extreme variation of punk - pioneered during the early 1980s by bands in San Francisco (the Dead Kennedys) and Los Angeles (the Germs - Black Flag - X - and the Circle Jerks).
Janis Joplin
hardcore
punk rock
Lauryn Hill
8. 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
alternative rock
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
MP3
breakdancing
9. 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
sequencer
alternative music
Aretha Franklin
10. Ice's first album - To the Extreme (1990) - monopolized the Number One position for sixteen weeks in early 1991 - selling seven million copies. When it was discovered that Van Winkle - raised in reasonably comfortable circumstances in a middle-class
Bruce Springsteen
urban folk
countrypolitan
Vanilla Ice
11. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
soft soul
nashville sound
pop rock
punk rock
12. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
Dolly Parton
Nirvana
Nirvana
rave
13. Centered on the creation of a strong rhythmic momentum or groove - with the electric bass and bass drum often playing on all four main beats of the measure - the snare drum and other instruments playing equally strongly on the second and fourth beats
country pop
Prince
funk music
Led Zeppelin
14. British hard rock band that formed in London in 1968. Zeppelin's sledgehammer style of guitar-focused rock music drew on various influences - including urban blues - San Francisco psychedelia - and the virtuoso guitar playing of Jimi Hendrix.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
pop rock
funk music
Led Zeppelin
15. 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.
M.C. Hammer
Beastie Boys
soul music
rap
16. Country music style involving polished arrangements and a sophisticated approach to vocal presentation. The recordings of Patsy Cline were among the most important manifestations of the Nashville sound.
Run-D.M.C.
hip-hop
nashville sound
M.C. Hammer
17. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
MP3
disco
Public Enemy
Aretha Franklin
18. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
breakdancing
James Brown
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Led Zeppelin
19. Pioneered West Coast gangsta rap with the release of the album Straight Outta Compton. Their recordings expressed the gangsta lifestyle - saturated with images of sex and violence. The nucleus of the group was formed in 1986 - when O'Shea ;Ice C
disco
Napster
N.W.A.
alternative rock
20. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
Beastie Boys
Queen Latifah
James Brown
country pop
21. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
techno
Patsy Cline
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
art rock
22. 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
The Ramones
pop rock
Janis Joplin
RIAA
23. Marketing category that emerged around 1990; it is most often used to describe bands like are.E.M. - Sonic Youth - the Dead Kennedys - and Nirvana.
Bruce Springsteen
alternative rock
reggae
hip-hop
24. Regional style of alternative rock from Seattle that blended heavy metal guitar textures with hardcore punk. Bands from Seattle included Green River - Mudhoney - Pearl Jam - Nirvana - and Soundgarden.
grunge rock
country pop
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Sonic Youth
25. Parton was born in the hill country of Tennessee and began her recording career at age eleven. She moved to Nashville in 1964 and built her career with regular appearances on country music radio and television.
country pop
Peter Gabriel
Dolly Parton
rap
26. In progressive country - performers wrote songs that were more intellectual and liberal in outlook than their contemporaries and were more concerned with testing the limits of the country music tradition than with scoring hits. The key artists includ
Madonna
progressive country
Kurt Cobain
funk music
27. 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.'
Carlos Santana
Grandmaster Flash
Willie Nelson
soul music
28. 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.
Bob Marley
art rock
Tupac Shakur
punk rock
29. Parton was born in the hill country of Tennessee and began her recording career at age eleven. She moved to Nashville in 1964 and built her career with regular appearances on country music radio and television.
Dolly Parton
punk rock
Carole King
rave
30. Tragic victim of conflicts between East and West Coast factions within the hip-hop business. He was an up-and-coming star with Los Angeles-based Death Row Records when He was shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996.
rave
Tupac Shakur
Madonna
Napster
31. 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.
Peter Gabriel
disco
disco
Janis Joplin
32. 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
grunge rock
soul music
MIDI
33. Pioneered West Coast gangsta rap with the release of the album Straight Outta Compton. Their recordings expressed the gangsta lifestyle - saturated with images of sex and violence. The nucleus of the group was formed in 1986 - when O'Shea ;Ice C
N.W.A.
Paul Simon
The Ramones
Patsy Cline
34. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
Patsy Cline
heavy metal
pop rock
Beastie Boys
35. The 'Godfather of Soul.' He was known for his acrobatic physicality and remarkable charisma on stage. No other single musician has proven to be as influential on the sound and style of black music as James Brown.
Public Enemy
alternative rock
James Brown
Aretha Franklin
36. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Ray Charles
RIAA
Beastie Boys
alternative music
37. Ice's first album - To the Extreme (1990) - monopolized the Number One position for sixteen weeks in early 1991 - selling seven million copies. When it was discovered that Van Winkle - raised in reasonably comfortable circumstances in a middle-class
Vanilla Ice
soft soul
Prince
Dolly Parton
38. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Tupac Shakur
countrypolitan
sampling
Public Enemy
39. From the late 1980s through the 1990s - Madonna's popularity was second only to Michael Jackson's. She created controversial songs and music videos - including 'Papa Don't Preach' (1986) - 'Express Yourself' (1989) - and 'Like a Prayer' (1989).
Grateful Dead
Madonna
RIAA
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
40. Publicly traded corporation that owns more than 1 -200 radio stations - 39 television stations - 100000 advertising billboards - and 100 live performance venues - ranging from huge amphitheaters to dance clubs - enabling them to present more than 70
art rock
Clear channel
Lauryn Hill
Michael Jackson
41. 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.
bluegrass
Carlos Santana
gangsta rap
alternative music
42. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Run-D.M.C.
countrypolitan
Donna Summer
Vanilla Ice
43. 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
Peter Gabriel
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
hardcore
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
44. 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.
breakdancing
Donna Summer
heavy metal
The Ramones
45. 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.
Beastie Boys
Queen Latifah
pop rock
Aretha Franklin
46. 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.
The Ramones
Ray Charles
Dolly Parton
punk rock
47. 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
Lauryn Hill
RIAA
countrypolitan
analog recording
48. Hip-hop culture - forged by African American and Caribbean American youth in New York City - included distinctive styles of visual art (graffiti) - dance (an acrobatic solo style called breakdancing and an energetic couple dance called the freak) - m
sampling
world music
hip-hop
N.W.A.
49. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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50. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
Paul Simon
techno
Prince
Clear channel