1. why did the popularity of country music decline in the 1950s? (1 point) 2. describe 2 ways the nashville sound differed from prior country music? (2 points) 3. what was the goal of the nashville sound? (1 point) 4. name and briefly describe 2 artists popular in the nashville sound era (1 point) 5. how is the bakersfield sound different from the nashville sound? (1 point) 6. name and briefly describe 2 artists popular in the bakersfield sound era (2 points) 7. describe the origination of the bakersfield sound. (1 point) 8. research one singer/songwriter who used either the nashville or bakersfield sound who was not discussed prominently in the reading. describe that person below. (1 point)

In the late 1960s, Western music  particularly the cowboy ballad started to  decline. So in consequence popular Western recording stars only record their albums to  moderate success.

2. Nashville sounded diferent because it replaces the most popular honky tonk music with other stringh and choruses, and also with other kind of tempos.

3. the goal of the Nashville sound was to revive the country music which was devastated by the rock and roll.

4. Anita Kerr and the Browns.

5. the bakersfield sound was a reactin towards the nashville sound.

6. Buck Owens Chris Hillman

7. The Bakersfield sound was developed in a honky-tonk bar, and on local television stations in Bakersfield and  California in the 1950s and 1960s, as well.

8. Buck Owens and the Buckaroos were succesfull singers they performed such music with a big drum beat, and fiddle and pedal steel guitar. they were popular after WWII.