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Questions
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1. "Crazy Blues"
Mamie Smith
2. "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane"
Patsy Montana
3. "Barbara Allen"
John Carson
4. "The Death Of Floyd Collins"
Bob Wills
5. "The Wandering Boy"
Bradley Kincaid
6. "Blue Yodel #1"
Vernon Dalhart
7. "New San Antonio Rose"
Carter Family
8. "I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"
Roy Acuff
9. "The Great Speckled Bird"
Jimmie Rodgers
10. "Cool Water"
Sons of the Pioneers
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Crazy Blues"
Answer: Mamie Smith
Mamie was a vaudeville singer when record producer Ralph Peer found her. Her recording of "Crazy Blues" in 1920 sold 750,000 records on the OKeh label. Peer began signing African American singers to the label and calling it the OKeh "race" records.
2. "The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane"
Answer: John Carson
John Carson first performed the song in front of the Georgia's fiddler convention. The song quickly sold and Ralph Peer signed John up for more time to record in the studio for the OKeh label. John became known as Fiddlin' John Carson.
3. "Barbara Allen"
Answer: Bradley Kincaid
In 1927, Bradley sang the song his uncle taught him about unrequited love. The song did so well on the radio that Bradley sang it on the radio every week for a year. The song was famous in the 1600s when it was known as the "little Scotch song".
4. "The Death Of Floyd Collins"
Answer: Vernon Dalhart
Vernon was born Marion Try Slaughter II. The song is based on an actual event that took place in 1925. Trapped in a sealed off cave, miner Floyd Collins died from exposure, dehydration, and starvation. Vernon was a classically trained singer. The song was Columbia Records' biggest success in 1925.
5. "The Wandering Boy"
Answer: Carter Family
The Carter Family performed six songs for $300 dollars in 1927, included was "The Wandering Boy". The song was about a mother's sorrow about her son not staying close to home. After performing the six songs and getting their money, the Carter Family returned home and went back to work.
6. "Blue Yodel #1"
Answer: Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers put a number of song lyrics together and added a blues melody to them to create the first "Blue Yodel" in 1927. He added a yodel to the song and released it. Jimmie would go on to record several more "Blue Yodel" songs and be known as the Blue Yodeler.
7. "New San Antonio Rose"
Answer: Bob Wills
Bob had originally recorded "San Antonio Rose", but didn't like the lyrics that Irving Berlin put to the music so he recorded the song again as "New San Antonio Rose". By the time the new song was recorded in 1940, Bob Wills and his band were the biggest swing band in America.
In 1969, Pete Conrad took "New San Antonio Rose" to play while in Apollo 12. In 1944, Bob and Bing Crosby recorded a duet of "New San Antonio Rose". It was sold to the person who bought the most war bonds. The song sold for $250,000.
8. "I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"
Answer: Patsy Montana
The song became the biggest hit for a female singer in 1934. Patsy was backed by the Kentucky Ramblers, also known as the Prairie Ramblers. The song tells the story of a woman who wants to be her lover's equal.
9. "The Great Speckled Bird"
Answer: Roy Acuff
Roy took the lyrics from Jeremiah 12:9 and performed the song to Carter family's "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes". Roy performed the song on his first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry in the Ryman Auditorium on February 5, 1938. Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys were regular performers at the Grand Ole Opry.
10. "Cool Water"
Answer: Sons of the Pioneers
The group was founded by Leonard Slye (aka: Roy Rogers) from Ohio and Bob Nolan from Canada wrote the lyrics to the song. Bob was a lover of Keats and Shelly and came to the United States to help his songwriting. He wrote "Cool Water" when he was sixteen.
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