Songs
The "Doo-Dah" folk song written by Stephen Foster.
What is Camptown Races
This composer is "SO USA"
Who is John Philip Sousa
This type of music is based on three chords and has a lot of feeling in it.
What is the Blues
The King of Rock and Roll
Who is Elvis Presley
This "roaring" decade was famous for prohibition.
What is the 1920s
This song is one of Sousa's most famous marches.
What is the Stars and Stripes Forever.
This composer is credited with being the "Father of American Music."
Who is Stephen Foster
This type of jazz comes from Chicago
Chicago style jazz
The most famous Ragtime Composer and piano player.
Scott Joplin
Teenagers in this decade liked to listen to rock and roll.
What is the 1950s.
By Elvis Presley, this song focuses on a party in a prison.
What is Jailhouse Rock
This composer was one of the founders of Bebop and was known as the Blowfish for how he played the trumpet.
Who is Dizzy Gillespie
This type of music was played by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five.
What is Rhythm and Blues
Who is Louis Armstrong
Rhythm and Blues was the dominant style of music in this decade.
What is the 1940s.
Buddy Holly sings this song: ____ Sue
What is Peggy Sue
This bandleader made Sing, Sing, Sing famous and played the clarinet.
Who is Benny Goodman
This genre of instrumental music features clarinet, banjo, trombone, and trumpets along with drums. You can still hear it in the city it's named after.
What is New Orleans Jazz.
The husband and wife dance team who created the Foxtrot dance.
This decade included the start of the Swing Era in the United States.
What is the 1930s.
This song is a famous swing jazz standard with a long drum solo at the beginning.
This composer was a Tin Pan Alley songwriter who wrote the songs for the musical Anything Goes.
Who is Cole Porter
This genre of music was formed by the African interpretation of European hymnals.
The famous blues singer who made "Summertime" famous.
Who is Billie Holiday
This was the first decade to have folk music unique to the United States.
What is the 1850s.