History of Rock and Roll
Question 1
(1 point)
Brackett, Chapter 11: Independent (Indie) record labels are often able to take chances that major labels cannot. Why?
Student response:
Percent Value Student e
Respons Answer Choices
a. Low talent & recording costs for indie labels 0.0% b. Indie labels set up their distributio n carefully (identified their key demogra phic and distributio n areas and only sent material to those disc jockeys and radio stations)
c. Major labels often paid huge amounts of money to
Score: Question 2
0 / 1 (1 point)
Garofalo, Chapter 2: In the early days of radio, blues and jazz received way more radio airplay than country music. Student response: Percent Value Student
Response Answer Choices
a. True 100.0% b. False
Score: Question 3
1 / 1 (1 point)
Rockin’ Out Supplemental Reading 1, 519526 (Halberstam on McCarthy.) In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy became infamous for instigating this ‘‘fouryear spree of accusations, charges and threats’‘ that would ruin the careers of many people in politics and show business, and spawn a sort of national political hysteria:
Student response:
Percent Value Student e
Respons Answer Choices
a. a crackdow n on the practice of ‘‘payola’‘ in the record industry 100.0% b. a ‘‘witch hunt’‘ against suspected Communi sts and Communi st sympathiz ers
c. a push toward a radically liberal interpretat ion of the Constituti on
Score: Question 4
1 / 1 (1 point)
Garofalo, Chapter 2: In 1938 and 1939, this white American record producer, who had recorded Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and other AfricanAmerican artists, organized the very successful ‘’From Spirituals to Swing’’ concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 1939 he became a record executive for a major label, Columbia, where he worked for many years, boosting the careers of artists such as Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, and Bruce Springsteen. An
(1 point)
Brackett, Chapter 11: Independent (Indie) record labels are often able to take chances that major labels cannot. Why?
Student response:
Percent Value Student e
Respons Answer Choices
a. Low talent & recording costs for indie labels 0.0% b. Indie labels set up their distributio n carefully (identified their key demogra phic and distributio n areas and only sent material to those disc jockeys and radio stations)
c. Major labels often paid huge amounts of money to
Score: Question 2
0 / 1 (1 point)
Garofalo, Chapter 2: In the early days of radio, blues and jazz received way more radio airplay than country music. Student response: Percent Value Student
Response Answer Choices
a. True 100.0% b. False
Score: Question 3
1 / 1 (1 point)
Rockin’ Out Supplemental Reading 1, 519526 (Halberstam on McCarthy.) In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy became infamous for instigating this ‘‘fouryear spree of accusations, charges and threats’‘ that would ruin the careers of many people in politics and show business, and spawn a sort of national political hysteria:
Student response:
Percent Value Student e
Respons Answer Choices
a. a crackdow n on the practice of ‘‘payola’‘ in the record industry 100.0% b. a ‘‘witch hunt’‘ against suspected Communi sts and Communi st sympathiz ers
c. a push toward a radically liberal interpretat ion of the Constituti on
Score: Question 4
1 / 1 (1 point)
Garofalo, Chapter 2: In 1938 and 1939, this white American record producer, who had recorded Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and other AfricanAmerican artists, organized the very successful ‘’From Spirituals to Swing’’ concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 1939 he became a record executive for a major label, Columbia, where he worked for many years, boosting the careers of artists such as Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, and Bruce Springsteen. An