Rock and Roll
What year was known as the birth of rock and roll?
What is the 1950s?
Who was the most popular country singer in the 50’s?
Who is Johnny Cash?
Who was the “king of rock and roll” in the 1950s?
Who is Elvis Presley?
Which music festival was known as the “granddaddy” of American jazz festivals?
What is The Newport Jazz Festival?
Who was the original African-American artist who created the genre of rock and roll and was pushed out of the rock scene?
Who is Little Richard?
Where did the American country music sound originate?
What is Nashville?
Who was the first band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio?
Who are The Coasters?
What type of jazz emerged after World War 2?
What is Cool Jazz?
What radio program helped make rock and roll popular?
What is Disc Jockey?
What Elvis song was his first no. 1 single and made it to the top of the country charts?
What is “I forgot to Remember to Forget”
What two 1950s rock and roll artists died in a tragic plane crash in 1959?
Who are Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens?
Who was the biggest musician who helped create cool jazz?
Who is Lester Young?
What two musical elements were combined to make rock and roll?
What is Rhythm and Blues (R&B)?
Who was nicknamed the “Hillbilly Shakespeare” because of the heartache and tragedy in his songs?
Who is Hank Williams?
Who is known as the “Father of Rock and Roll.”
Who is Chuck Berry?
What was the best selling Jazz Album of all time?
What is “Kind of Blue”
What is arguably the biggest rock and roll song of the 1950s?
What is Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis?
What was Johnny Cash's most popular song that was released in 1956?
What is “I walk The line”
Who made the hit song “Splish Splash” that sold over a million records in 1958?
Who is Bobby Darin?
Who was the woman who drove the cool jazz movement the most?
Who is Lillie-Mae Jones (Betty Carter)?