“Rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s began as _____

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• White covers of black rhythm and blues." That is, other versions of original songs, created in this case by white performers who were copying songs originally performed by black artists. Rhythm and blues (R & B) was a label for black American popular music of the 1940s to the 1960s. R & B had a strong dance beat and added a saxophone and/or some other horn(s) to the usual guitar-dominated urban blues band.

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Who was one of the most popular bandleaders of the 1920s, acquiring the nickname "the king of jazz"?

a. Count Basie b. Paul Whiteman c. Fats Waller a. Count Basie b. Paul Whiteman c. Fats Waller d. Duke Ellington

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The small group among whom opera developed was called the __________

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Describe the American blues revival.

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Alberti's Palazzo Recellai is clearly influenced by the Roman __________

A) basilica B) cathedral C) bathhouse D) Colosseum E) gymnasium

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