Snapshots of British rock'n'roll

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Ministry of Education of Russian Federation

Pomorskii State University after M.V.Lomonosov

Severodvinsk Branch

Chair of Linguistics

Snapshots of British Rocknroll

Written by III year student

Postnikova E.A.

Checked by

Khokhlova N.V.

Severodvinsk


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Introductory

Music is essential part of our life. Music is some kind of art which is

produced by a human and helps people to relax, have a joy; it just reflects our

mood, condition as well as contemporary world life. Music is a regular discussion

topic among people and Mass Media.

There is a great variety of different music forms and genres. One of the most

popular especially in Great Britain was rock and roll. British rock and roll, or Brit

rock, was born out of the influence of rock and roll and rhythm and blues from the

United States, but added a new drive and urgency, exporting the music back and

widening the audience for black R & B in the U.S. as well as spreading the gospel

world wide. Much of what has made rock music unique, in its ability to unite

audiences and adapt new influences, came from British bands in the late 50s and

rock groups in the early 60s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_rock].

Thats why British rock and roll being the spring of great number of modern

popular rock music genres is really interesting object to study. And aim of this

work is to get information about development of rock and roll genre and its

representatives in Great Britain.

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Main Body

What Is Rock and Roll?

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock n roll) is a genre of

popular music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Its roots lay mainly in blues, rhythm and blues, country, folk, gospel, and jazz. The

style subsequently spread to the rest of the world and developed further, leading

ultimately to modern rock music [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-n-roll].

The term "rock and roll" now covers at least two different meanings, both in

common usage. The American Heritage Dictionary and the Merriam-Webster

Dictionary both define rock and roll as synonymous with rock music

[http://www.bartleby.com/61/94/R0279400.html, http://www.merriam-

webster.com/dictionary/rock[2]]. Conversely, Allwords.com defines the term to

refer specifically to the music of the 1950s [http://www.allwords.com/word-

rock+and+roll.html].

Classic rock and roll is usually played with one or two electric guitars (one

lead, one rhythm), a string bass or (after the mid-1950s) an electric bass guitar, and

a drum kit. In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s,

either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were

generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. The beat

is essentially a boogie woogie blues rhythm with an accentuated backbeat, the

latter almost always provided by a snare drum.

The massive popularity and eventual worldwide view of rock and roll gave it

a unique social impact. Far beyond simply a musical style, rock and roll, as seen in

movies and in the new medium of television, influenced lifestyles, fashion,

attitudes, and language. It went on to spawn various sub-genres, such as soft rock,

rockabilly, often without the initially characteristic backbeat; they are now more

commonly called simply "rock music" or "rock"

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-n-roll].

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the

shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to

recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists,

producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music

industry, particularly in the area of rock and roll

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame].

British rock and roll

The traditional jazz movement brought blues artists to Britain, and in 1955

Lonnie Donegan's version of "Rock Island Line"began skiffle music (a style of

popular music of the 1950s, played chiefly on guitars and improvised percussion

instruments [Lingvo]) which inspired many young people to have a go. These

included John Lennon and Paul McCartney, whose group The Quarrymen, formed

in March 1957, would gradually change and develop into The Beatles. These

developments primed the United Kingdom to respond creatively to American rock

and roll, which had an impact across the globe. In Britain, skiffle groups, record

collecting and trend-watching were in full bloom among the youth culture prior tothe rock era, and colour barriers were less of an issue with the idea of separate

"race records" seeming almost unimaginable. Countless British youths listened to

R&B and rock pioneers and began forming their own bands. Britain quickly

became a new center of rock and roll.

In 1958 three British teenagers became Cliff Richard and the Drifters (later

renamed Cliff Richard and the Shadows). The group recorded a hit, "Move It",marking not only what is held to be the very first true British rock and roll single,

but also the beginning of a different sound British rock. Richard and his band

introduced to Britain many important changes, such as using a "lead guitarist"

(Hank Marvin) and an electric bass.

The British scene developed, with others including Tommy Steele, Adam

Faith and Billy Fury vying to emulate the stars from the U.S. Some touring acts

attracted particular popularity in Britain, an example being Gene Vincent. This

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inspired many British teens to buy records more than ever and follow the music

scene, thus laying the groundwork for Beatlemania.

At the start of the 1960s, instrumental dance music was very popular in the

UK. Hits such as "Apache" by The Shadows and "Telstar" by The Tornados, form a

British branch of instrumental music.

At the same time, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, R&B fans promoted

authentic American blues music directly in London clubs, and elsewhere, at a time

when this music was declining in popularity back in the USA. This led directly to

the formation of such groups as The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds in London,

The Animals in Newcastle, and Them in Belfast. In the USA, such groups became

known as part of the British Invasion [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_rock].

Lonnie Donegan

Anthony James "Lonnie" Donegan (29 April 1931 3 November 2002) was

born in Glasgow, Scotland. Being a skiffle musician, he is known as the "King of

Skiffle" and is often cited as a large influence on the generation of British

musicians who became famous in the 1960s. Donegan was the first person tobecome famous playing skiffle in the United Kingdom, and went on to have a

novelty hit in Britain and America with "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its

Flavour", released in 1959 and 1961 respectively

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Donegan].

Donegan's influence on the generation of musicians that followed him is

unquestioned. He inspired both John Lennon and Pete Townshend (The Who) tolearn to play the guitar, and was responsible for hundreds of other skiffle groups

being formed. One of them, The Quarrymen, later evolved into The Beatles

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Donegan].

The Beatles

The Beatles were a rock and pop band from Liverpool, England that formed

in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon (rhythm

guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar,

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vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). Although their initial musical style was

rooted in 1950s rock and roll and skiffle, the group worked with different musical

genres, ranging from Tin Pan Alley to psychedelic rock. Their clothes, style and

statements made them trend-setters, while their growing social awareness saw their

influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s.

The Beatles were one of the most commercially successful and critically

acclaimed bands in the history of popular music, selling over one billion records

internationally. In the United Kingdom, The Beatles released more than 40

different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one, earning more number

one albums (15) than any other group in UK chart history. According to the

Recording Industry Association of America, The Beatles have sold more albums in

the United States than any other band. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked

The Beatles number one in its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. According

to that same magazine, The Beatles' innovative music and cultural impact helped

define the 1960s, and their influence on pop culture is still evident today. In 2008,

Billboard magazine released a list of top-selling Hot 100 artists to celebrate the

chart's fiftieth anniversary; The Beatles topped it.

After the band broke up in 1970, all four members embarked upon

successful solo careers. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles].

John Winston Ono Lennon, (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 8

December 1980) was an English rock musician, singer, and songwriter who

formed with Paul McCartney one of the most influential and successful

songwriting partnerships of the 20th century and wrote some of the most popular

music in rock and roll history. After The Beatles, Lennon enjoyed a successful solo

career with such acclaimed albums asJohn Lennon/Plastic Ono BandandImagine

and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine". After a self-

imposed "retirement" from 1976 to 1980, Lennon reemerged with a comeback

album, Double Fantasy, which would win the 1981 Grammy Award for Album of

the Year. Less than one month after the release of the album, Lennon was

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murdered in New York City on 8 December 1980.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon].

Cliff Richard

Genre(s): Rock and roll/Pop/Gospel.

Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Roger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an

English singer-songwriter and entrepreneur.

With his backing group The Shadows, Richard dominated the British

popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during The

Beatles' first year in the charts. A conversion to Christianity and subsequent

softening of his music led to his having more of a pop than rock image. He never

achieved the same impact in the United States despite several chart singles there,

but he has remained a popular music, film, and television personality in the United

Kingdom and he retains a following in other countries.

During six decades, Cliff Richard has charted many singles, and holds the

record (withElvis Presley) as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of

its decades (1950s2000s). He is the only singer to have had a number one singlein the UK in five consecutive decades, doing so from the 1950s through to the

1990s. On the British charts, Richard has had more than 130 singles, albums and

EPs make the top 20, more than any other artist. He has sold more than 260 million

records [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Richard].

Tommy Steele

Genre(s): Rock and Roll.

Tommy Steele (born Thomas Willam Hicks on 17 December 1936 in

London, England) is an English entertainer. Steele is widely regarded as Britain's

first teen idol and rock 'n' roll star. His cheeky Cockney image and boy-next-door

looks won him success as a musician, singer and actor.

Steele shot quickly to fame in the UK as the frontman for a rock and roll

band, The Steelmen, after their first single, "Rock With The Caveman", reached

number 13 in the UK singles charts in 1956. Steele and other British singers would

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pick known hits from the United States, record their cover versions of these songs

and release them in the UK before the American versions could enter the charts.

Most of Steele's 1950s recordings were covers of American hits, such as "Singing

the Blues"and "Knee Deep in the Blues". Although Steele never proved a serious

threat to Presley's popularity in the UK, he did admirably well on the 1950s British

pop charts and "Singing the Blues" got to Number 1

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Steele].

Adam Faith

Genre(s): Rock and roll, Pop.

Terence (Terry) Nelhams-Wright, known as Adam Faith (23 June 1940,

London 8 March 2003, Staffordshire) was an English singer, actor and financial

journalist. Teen idol turned top actor then financial wizard, Faith was one of the

most charted acts of the 1960s. He became the first UK artist to lodge their initial

seven hits in the Top 5. He was also one of the first UK acts to record original

songs regularly.

Faith began his musical career in 1957, while working as a film cutter inLondon in the hope of becoming an actor, singing with and managing a skiffle

group, The Worried Men. The group played in Soho coffee bars after work, where

the producer, Jack Good, was impressed by the singer and arranged a solo

recording contract under the name Adam Faith. Faith's success on a BBC TV rock

and roll show Drumbeat enabled another recording contract with Parlophone. His

next record in 1959 "What Do You Want?"was #1 hit. With songs like "Poor Me"(another chart topper),"Someone Else's Baby"(a UK #2) and "Don't That Beat

All", he established himself as a rival to Cliff Richard in British popular music.

Faith made six further albums and 35 singles, with a total of 24 chart entries. In the

early 1960s, Faith's backing group was The Roulettes

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Faith].

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Billy Fury

Billy Fury (born Ronald William Wycherley, 17 April 1940 - 28 January

1983), was an internationally successful British pop singer from the late 1950s to

the early 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Billy Fury was

known for excellent albums. His We Want Billy (released 1963, with The

Tornados) was one of the first live albums in British rock history and featured

renditions of his major hits and covers of several classic R&B songs such as

"Unchain My Heart"by Ray Charles. There is a Billy Fury statue in Liverpool, by

Tom Murphy, a Liverpool sculptor, in 2003. The sculpture was donated to

National Museums Liverpool by 'The Sound of Fury' fan club.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Fury].

The Rolling Stones

Genre(s): Rock, rock and roll, rhythm and blues, blues.

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in 1962 in London

when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones (later guitarist Mick Taylor, then Ronnie

Wood) and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist

Keith Richards. Bassist Bill Wyman (later Darryl Jones) and drummer Charlie

Watts completed the early lineup. Stewart, deemed unsuitable as a teen idol, was

removed from the official lineup in 1963 but continued to work with the band as

road manager and keyboardist until his death in 1985.

First popular in the UK and Europe, The Rolling Stones came to the US

during the early 1960s "British Invasion". The Rolling Stones have released 22studio albums in the UK (24 in the US), eight concert albums (nine in the US) and

numerous compilations; and have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide.

Sticky Fingers (1971) began a string of eight consecutive studio albums that

charted at number one in the United States. Their latest album,A Bigger Bang, was

released in 2005. In 1989 The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame, and in 2004 they were ranked number 4 in Rolling Stone magazine's

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100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Their image of unkempt and surly youth is one

that many musicians still emulate.

The Rolling Stones are notable in modern popular music for assimilating

various musical genres into their recording and performance, ultimately making

the styles their very own. The band's career is marked by a continual reference and

reliance on musical styles like American blues, country, folk, reggae, dance; as

well as traditional English styles that use stringed instrumentation like harps. The

band cut their musical teeth by covering early rock and roll and blues songs, and

have never stopped playing live or recording cover songs

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stones].

The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds are an English rock band, noted for starting the careers of

three of rock's most famous guitarists: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, all

of whom were in the top fifteen of Rolling Stone's Legendary 100 Top Guitarists

list (Clapton as #4, Page as #9, and Beck as #14.) A blues-based band whose sound

evolved into experimental rock, they had a string of hits including "For YourLove", "Over, Under, Sideways, Down"and "Heart Full of Soul". They were a

crucial link between British R&B and psychedelia.

The Yardbirds were pioneers in almost every guitar innovation of the '60s:

fuzz tone, feedback, distortion, backwards echo, improved amplification. They

were one of the first to put an emphasis on complex lead guitar parts and

experimentation.The band's musical foundation would also lay the groundwork for the

formation of the rock band Led Zeppelin, formed by Jimmy Page after the

disbandment of the Yardbirds in 1968. The band reformed in the 1990s, featuring

McCarty, Dreja, and new members [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yardbirds].

The Animals

Genre(s): Blues-rock, R&B, psychedelic rock, rock and roll, Soul.

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The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United

States as part of the British Invasion. Known for their gritty, bluesy sound and

deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, as exemplified by their signature songs "The

House of the Rising Sun"and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", the band

balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm and blues-oriented album

material. The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes and emerged as an

exponent of psychedelic rock before dissolving at the end of the decade. They had

a comeback in 1983 and started a world tour. In early 1984 the band disbanded

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Animals].

Elton John

Genre(s): Rock, pop, rock and roll.

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947)

is an English singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.

In his four-decade career, John has sold over 200 million records, making

him one of the most successful artists of all time. He has more than 50 Top 40 hits

including seven consecutive No. 1 U.S. albums, 56 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10, fourNo. 2 hits, and nine No. 1 hits. He has won five Grammy awards, an Academy

Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award. His success has had a profound

impact on popular music and has contributed to the continued popularity of the

piano in rock and roll. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him #49 on their list of the

100 greatest artists of all time. Some of the characteristics of John's musical talent

and work include an ability to quickly craft melodies for the lyrics of songwritingpartner Bernie Taupin, his former rich tenor (now baritone) voice, his classical and

gospel-influenced piano, the sensitive orchestral arrangements of Paul Buckmaster

among others, and the on-stage showmanship, especially evident during the 1970s.

John was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He has

been heavily involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s, and was

knighted in 1998. In 2008, Billboard magazine released a list of the top 100 most-

frequently-charting artists in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. John was listed

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at #3, behind only Madonna and The Beatles

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John].

Them

Genre(s): Rock, rock and roll, blue-eyed soul, garage rock, blues-rock.

Them was a Northern Irish band formed in Belfast in April 1964, most

prominently known for the garage rock standard "Gloria" and launching singer

Van Morrison's musical career. The group was marketed in the United States as

part of the British Invasion.

The band featured Van Morrison on vocals and harmonica, Billy Harrison

on guitar, Eric Wrixon on piano and keyboards (named the band, but never played

on any published albums or toured the States), Alan Henderson on bass, Raymond

Sweetman on bass and Ronnie Millings on drums, with other musicians replacing

or contributing during the life of the band. Henderson was the only constant

member of the band from inception through their 1972 breakup, and 1979 reunion.

Van Morrison went on to great success and fame as a solo artist, but Them's

combination of garage rock and blues proved a major influence on the nextgeneration of rock musicians, and the group's best-known singles have become

staples of rock and roll [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them_(band)].

Queen

Genre(s): Rock.

Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist

Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury, and drummer Roger Taylor, with

bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year.

The band were noted for their musical diversity, multi-layered arrangements,

vocal harmonies, and incorporation of audience participation into their live

performances. Their 1985 Live Aid performance was voted the best live rock

performance of all time in an industry poll.

Queen enjoyed success in the UK in the early 1970s with the albums Queen

and Queen II, but it was with the release of Sheer Heart Attack in 1974 and A

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Night at the Opera the following year that the band gained international success.

They have released fifteen studio albums, five live albums, and numerous

compilation albums. May and Taylor have performed infrequently under the

Queen name. From 2004 to 2009 they collaborated with Paul Rodgers, under the

monikerQueen + Paul Rodgers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band)].

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Conclusion

As with all forms of music, the roots of "rock and roll" are deep and wide.

But it is clear that rock and roll developed during the period between 1916 when

the words "rockin' and rollin'" were first heard together on record and 1956, by

which time "rock and roll" had become an international musical and social

phenomenon.

Rock 'n' roll was an evolutionary process we just looked around and it

was here.... To name any one record as the first would make any of us look a fool,

said Billy Vera, an American singer, actor, writer and music historian

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_rock_and_roll_record].

Born in a technological era, rock and roll was the first form of music to be

recorded in a studio before being performed live. Later rock musicians were to take

advantage of this studio orientation to create works impossible to perform live.

Attempting to classify rock and roll as a single genre continues to be

difficult as it can encompass a wide variety of musical forms. It can be as carefully

crafted as a song by Queen, or as straightforward as a composition by The Animals,

or as poetic as a song written by John Lennon. Although it is clearly defined by the

use of guitars and drum kits, virtually no instrument can now be excluded from a

rock band, including the piccolo trumpet used in The Beatles'Penny Lane, or the

cello that graced most of the work of the Electric Light Orchestra, a symphonic

rock group from Birmingham, England

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century_music].So, British rocknroll is very wide and varying subject. The aim of this

work is considered to be achived, as we commented some snapshots of rock and

roll in Great Britain.

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Lingua-cultural Dictionary

Place name Transcription Explanation National-cultural

termsBelfast

Birmingham

Cleveland

Cockney

Downtown

Cleveland

England

Glasgow

Great Britain

Lake Erie

[bmm]

[lnd]

[lzo]

[iri]

is the capital city of Northern

Ireland and the seat of devolvedgovernment and legislative

assembly in Northern Ireland.

is a city and metropolitan

borough in the West Midlands

county of England. Is the second-

most populous British city.

is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio

and the county seat of Cuyahoga

County, the most populouscounty in the state.

Geographically and culturally, it

often refers to working class

Londoners, particularly those in

the East End. Linguistically, it

refers to the form of English

spoken by this group. A

traditional costume associated

with Cockneys is that of the

pearly King (or pearly Queen)

worn by London costermongerswho sew thousands of pearl

buttons onto their clothing in

elaborate and creative patterns.

is the central business district of

the City of Cleveland and

Northeast Ohio (USA).

is a country that is part of the

United Kingdom. The capital is

London

is the largest city in Scotland and

third most populous in the United

Kingdom. The city is situated on

the River Clyde in the country's

west central lowlands.

Not full name of the UK; the

island G.B. one of the biggest

British isles

is the fourth largest lake (by

Belfast International

Airport

Cleveland Public

Library

England

the University of

Glasgow

Erie-Lacawanna; Erie

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Liverpool

London

Newcastle upon

Tyne

New York City

Ohio

Scotland

Soho

Staffordshire

[livpuil]

[lndn]

[oha.o]

[stfrdr] or

[stfrdr]

surface area) of the five Great

Lakes, and the tenth largest

globally.


borough of Merseyside, England.

Liverpool has a population of435,500, and lies at the centre of

the wider Liverpool Urban Area.

is the capital of England and of

the United Kingdom, and is the

largest metropolitan area in the

European Union.


borough of Tyne and Wear, in

North East England. Situated onthe north bank of the River Tyne.

has been the most populous city

in the United States since 1790,

[2] while the New York

metropolitan area ranks among

the most populous urban areas in

the world. A leading global city

located in the state of New York,

it exerts a powerful influence

over worldwide commerce,

finance, culture, fashion and

entertainment.

is a Midwestern state of the

United States.

Is a part of the UK; the capital is

Edinburgh. The most of Scotland

land is mountainous. Main rivers

are the Ray and the Forth.

is an area in the centre of the

West End of London, England, in

the City of Westminster. It is an

entertainment district

is a landlocked county in the

West Midlands region of

war

the Royal Liverpool

Philharmonic

Orchestra; Liverpoolpoets, (Roger

McGough and Adrian

Henri)

London Underground,

London Symphony

Orchestra, the

University of London

Scotland Yard

, . ;

,

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The United

Kingdom (the

UK, or Britain)

The United

States of

America

(the United

States, the U.S.,

the USA, or

America)

England.

is a sovereign state located off

the northwestern coast of

continental Europe. It is an island

country, spanning an archipelago

including Great Britain, thenortheastern part of Ireland, and

many small islands.

is a federal constitutional

republic comprising fifty states

and a federal district. The country

is situated mostly in central

North America, where its forty-

eight contiguous states and

Washington, D.C., the capital

district, lie between the Pacificand Atlantic Oceans, bordered by

Canada to the north and Mexico

to the south. The state of Alaska

is in the northwest of the

continent, with Canada to its east

and Russia to the west across the

Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii

is an archipelago in the mid-

Pacific. 9.83 million km and

about 306 million people

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Test questions

1. What is the country rock and roll first appeared in?

a) the UK

b) the USA

c) France2. What genres lay in the base of rock and roll?

a) blues, rhythm and blues, country, folk, gospel, jazz and skiffle music

b) blues, rhythm and blues

c) Classic music, jazz, blues

3. What period of time the first Britishrock and roll musicians appeared?

a) late 1940s

b) late 1950s

c) late 1960s

4. Who began skiffle music which inspired many young people in GreatBritain?

a) Lonnie Donegan

b) Cliff Richard

c) Tommy Steele

5. What wasthe very first true British rock and roll single?

a) "Apache" by The Shadows

b) "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour" by Lonnie Donegan

c) "Move It" by Cliff Richard and the Shadows6. What groups became known as part of the British Invasion?

a) The Yardbirds, The Animals, Them

b) The Beatles, The Whoc) Queen, Pink Floyd

7. The Quarrymen is the first name of British banda) Queen

b) The Beatles

c) The Rolling Stones

8. Who is regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock 'n' roll star?

a) Lonnie Donegan

b) Adam Faithc) Tommy Steele

9. What rocknroll star sculpture is there in Liverpool?

a) Tommy Steele

b) Adam Faith

c) Billy Fury

10. Who was the founder(s) of legendary British band The Beatles?

a) John Lennon and Paul McCartney

b) George Harrison

c) Ringo Starr11. Where were The Beatles formed?

a) London

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b) Liverpool

c) Newcastle

12. Where did Adam Faith with his group The Worried Men begin his musical

career?

a) played in Soho coffee bars

b) ona BBC TV rock and roll show Drumbeatc) in Liverpool being influencedby Lonnie Donegan

13. Mick Jagger is a vocalist in British band

a) Queen

b) The Animals

c) The Rolling Stones

14. Freddie Mercury is a lead vocalist in British band

a) Queen

b) The Animals

c) The Rolling Stones15. What is The Yardbirds famous for?

a) for assimilating different genres: blues, country, folk, reggae, rock & roll

b) they were pioneers in almost every guitar innovation of the '60s

c) for their musical diversity, multi-layered arrangements and vocal harmonies

16. The Animals signature song

a) "The House of the Rising Sun"

b) "Heart Full of Soul"

c) "Move It"

17. Elton Johns contribution to rock & roll music

a) continued popularity of the piano in rock and roll

b) guitar innovation

c) formation of the rock bandLed Zeppelin18. The band Them was formed in

a) England

b) Scotland

c) Northern Ireland

19. Whose performance was voted the best live rock performance of all time?

a) The Beatles

b) Queenc) The Rolling Stones

20. Who introduced to Britain using a "lead guitarist" and an electric bass?

a) John Lennon

b) Cliff Richard and the Shadows

c) Elton John

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Sources of Information

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http://www.bartleby.com/

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