Big Names
Who was the leader of the Rock'n'Roll band the Crickets?
Who was Buddy Holley
What was the name Of Miles Davis's music group?
What is The Miles Davis Quintet
What is Elvis Presley's well known nickname given to him by the public?
What is the King(or the King of Rock'N'Roll)
What was the biggest/most popular genre among the younger audience during the 1950s?
What is Rock'n'Roll
Who was the biggest rock'n'roll artist of the 50s?
Who was Elvis Presley
Who was the most well known jazz drummer of the 1950s?
Who is Buddy Rich
What was another name for the modern style of Jazz popular in the 50s?
What is Bebop.
Where was Elvis Presley born?
What is Tupelo, Mississippi.
What Genre had big Names like B.B. King, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf?
What is Blues
Who was the target demographic for Rock'n'Roll?
Who are young people and children.
Who is known as the First Lady of Jazz?
Who is Ella Fitzgerald.
Who was the principle founder of the Genre Free Jazz?
Who is Ornette Coleman
What was Elvis's best selling single?
What is Its Now or Never.
What genre saw artists like Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger laying the groundwork for future artists like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Simon and Garfunkle and more?
What is Folk
What was the term used to describe Rock'n'Roll made by white artists in the 1950s?
What is Rockabilly
Who was the main influence of the style of jazz called "cool Jazz"?
Who is Miles Davis.
What is the name of the Legendary jazz club in New York City in the 50s?(Also known as the Jazz corner of the world)
What is blond/light brown/sandy blond
What is the name of a genre that is characterized by vocal group harmony, often with a lead singer and background vocals, and simple instrumentation?(sub-genre of rhythm and blues)
What is Doo-wop
What ethnic culture music traditions influenced Rock'n'Roll during the 50s?
What are African American musical traditions (like Jazz, Blues, RnB, gospel, and jazz).
Who wrote and Performed the song "Shout!"?
What is the name of the first jazz song written in the time signature 5/4, written in 1959?
What is Take Five
What single category did Elvis win all three of his Grammys in?
What is Gospel Catagorys
Ray Charles was the largest pioneer of what genre of music?
What is Soul Music
What was the day that Buddy Holley and two other rock icons died in a plane crash reffered to as?
What is the day that Music died