1. What were the three categories listed in Billboard in 1954?
2. In what ways did rock and roll threaten the established practices of Tin Pan Alley?
3. In what ways did Tin Pan Alley try to undermine rock and roll?
4. How did the Top 40 change the sheet music market? How did it empower local disc jockeys?
5. Describe Lieber and Stoller's songwriting and production approach, and list artist who have performed their music.
6. What was Phil Spector's "wall of sound"? What other productions reflect the influence of Phil Spector? What other production innovations did Spector conceive?
7. What aspects of Brian Wilson's productions reflect the influence of Phil Spector? What other influences are evident in Wilson's songs and productions?
8. Why did American Bandstand succeed when other television shows like Shindig and Hullabaloo failed?
9. What and who were the roots of the urban folk revival of the late fifties and early sixties?