<p>HRR Birth of the Blues Study Guide</p><p>Name ______</p><p>1. Where in the US did the blues originate? ______</p><p>2. This music was influenced by the heritage of which group of people? ______</p><p>3. A common trait of this influential music was a form called “Call and ______”</p><p>4. This ex-preacher recorded 200 songs between 1925 and 1952 ______</p><p>5. The Delta blues were called such because it came from an area called the Mississippi Delta, which included which 2 states? ______</p><p>6. Name 3 of the fathers of the Delta Blues. A. ______B. ______C. ______</p><p>7. What was tale behind the legend of Robert Johnson? </p><p>8. When did the migration north from the rural south occur in the US?</p><p>9. What four reasons were there for the migration north? a. b. c. d. </p><p>10. Name four Delta Blues artists that migrated north during this timeframe. a. b. c. d. </p><p>11. Tampa Red’s House was on ______and ______ST.</p><p>12. ______was the white music talent/scout that recorded 90% of the artists in the Chicago region.</p><p>13. McKinley Morganfield was also known as ______. a. He was born in ______Mississippi b. He moved to Chicago in ______. c. Name 2 of his songs: ______. d. Who wrote many of his hit songs? ______</p><p>14. Chester Arthur Burnett was also known as ______. a. Name 2 bands that re-recorded his songs. ______b. He moved from Mississippi to ______before settling in Chicago. c. ______took him in when he first arrived in Chicago and introduced him to the music scene there. d. Name 2 of his songs: ______</p><p>15. Who gave Ellas McDaniel his stage name? ______.</p><p>16. How long did Bo Diddley play on the streets before he landed a contract? _____ years. a. Name 2 of his songs: ______and ______. b. Name 2 artists/bands that he influenced: ______and ______c. The Bo Diddley beat was actually an Afro-Cuban beat called ______.</p><p>17. Marion Walter Jacobs was also known as ‘Little Walter” What did he play? ______a. What famous R&B artist did he end up playing with regularly? ______b. His own band was called, “______”</p><p>18. Who owned Modern Records? ______</p><p>19. B.B. King played the ______a. What was different about his playing style? ______b. Where was he born? ______c. Name 2 of his songs ______</p><p>20. Elmore James learned the ______by listening to Robert Johnson and ______. a. He was brought to Chicago by ______b. 2 of his hit songs were: ______and ______</p><p>21. Name 2 John Lee Hooker Songs: ______and ______</p><p>22. ______was a New Orleans style piano player that signed with Modern Records. a. From 1949 to 1962 Fats had ______records that made the Billboard’s charts.</p><p>23. The 2 main independent labels recording R&B in Chicago were ______and ______.</p><p>24. What happened that caused a change in the R&B Market around 1950?</p>