Select one a irving berlin b george m cohan

Select one:
a. Irving Berlin
b. George M. Cohan CorrectFEEDBACK: See page 457. This song announced, "the Yanks are coming," which
resounded across the Atlantic Ocean.
c. George Gershwin
d. Charles K. Harris
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The correct answer is: George M. Cohan
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Which music-focused TV shows during the postwar era of the 1950s introduced the newest acts to the public,
including early rock-and-roll performers?
Select one:
a. Your Hit Parade and MTV
b. Your Hit Parade and Dick Clark's American Bandstand CorrectFEEDBACK: See page 458.
c. Dick Clark's American Bandstand and Sing Along with Mitch
d. Soul Train and Your Hit Parade
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The correct answer is: Your Hit Parade and Dick Clark's American Bandstand
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Which musician was blacklisted during the "red scare" of the 1950s and '60s?
Select one:
a. Aaron Copland
b. Leonard Bernstein
c. Pete Seeger
d. All answers shown here. CorrectFEEDBACK: See page 459. The list also includes the musicians Artie Shaw and
Elmer Bernstein and the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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The correct answer is: All answers shown here.
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Which popular artist was paid an unprecedented $50,000 to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950s?
Select one:
a. Richard Rodgers
b. Pete Seeger
c. Elvis Presley CorrectFEEDBACK: See page 458. He premiered his hit ballad "Love Me Tender" on the Sullivan
show.
d. Kate Smith
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The correct answer is: Elvis Presley
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Which song was inspired by Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign?
Select one:
a. "Yes We Can" CorrectFEEDBACK: See page 460. will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas wrote this song.
b. "The Times They are a-Changin' "

c. "Go Your Own Way"
d. "Fear of a Black Planet"
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The correct answer is: "Yes We Can"
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Which term refers to the nickname of another street in Manhattan where writers and publishers of popular music set
up business?
Select one:
a. the Great White Way
b. Tin Pan Alley CorrectFEEDBACK: See page 457. This term is also used to describe the turn-of-the-century
commercial music tradition.
c. the Boulevard of Dreams
d. Tobacco Road
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Who was one of the most successful big-band leaders?
Select one:
a. James Reese Europe
b. Duke Ellington CorrectFEEDBACK: See page 458. The band's theme song was "Take the 'A' Train."
c. George Gershwin
d. Irving Berlin
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Who wrote "Alexander's Ragtime Band," which helped set off a ragtime craze worldwide?