1. Describe how technology changed the way music was recorded leading up to 1954.

2. What role did radio play in the explosion of rock and roll? Who was the most influential
DJ?

3. Name the various sub-genres of blues that contributed to rock and roll.

4. Describe how Nashville became such an important music center.

5. Why is honky-tonk music so important to early rock and roll?

6. What was unusual about the business arrangement between Elvis and Colonel Tom
Parker?

7. What three musicians were involved in the incident known as "The Day the Music
Died"?

8. Name the Gospel artist known as the "Godmother of Rock and Roll" who encouraged
Little Richard to pursue a career in music.

9. Name two recording artist that Sam Phillips hoped would make him rich after Elvis left
for RCA.

10. Name at least three "crossover" R&B artists.

11. Why did Sam Phillips take (only) $40,000 from RCA to buy out Elvis' contract?

12. Who was the first drummer for the Beatles? What are some of the commonly sighted
reasons for him leaving the band?

13. How did British teens hear American pop music before 1967? After 1967?

14. What television show appearance by introduced The Beatles to an American audience of 73 million people