Jazz/Blues
The birthplace of jazz.
What is New Orleans?
He is nicknamed the "King of Rock and Roll."
Who is Elvis Presley?
He was considered the "Godfather of Soul" and created the first funk hits like "I Feel Good" and "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag."
Who is James Brown?
Though invented in the 1940s, this form of media was in many families' homes by the 1960s and allowed millions of people to see live music performances.
What is television?
The birthplace of Hip Hop, this New York City borough is also the home of the New York Yankees.
What is the Bronx?
Blues evolved from this type of music that was sung by enslaved people in the 1800s.
What are spirituals?
This song, inspired by a friendly competition amongst bandmates, was arguably the first rock and roll tune.
What is "Rocket 88?"
Funk or disco...this 1970s musical style was characterized by bellbottoms, dancing, leisure suits, and glamorous night life.
What is disco?
Many artists in the 1960s wrote music in protest of this largely unpopular war that lasted from about 1954-1975.
What was the Vietnam War?
One of the pillars of hip hop culture, these artists "tagged" walls of buildings as their signature.
What are grafitti artists?
Born in 1900, this very famous trumpeter was credited with saving Jazz in the late 1910s and 1920s.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Big Mama Thornton was credited with writing this canine-inspired song in 1952 that was then made famous in 1956 by Elvis Presley.
What is "Hound Dog?"
This band made its name playing on the soundtrack of the 1977 disco hit "Saturday Night Fever."
Who are the Bee Gees?
Founded in Detroit by Berry Gordy in 1959, this record company churned out many number 1 hits by the Temptations, Supremes, and the Jackson 5.
What is Motown?
The rap and rock connection was popular in the 1980s, pioneered by bands like Aerosmith and ______ _ _ _.
Who are Run DMC?
This early form of jazz was characterized by "ragged" rhythm and included players like Scott Joplin.
What is ragtime?
A type of guitar effect, it was discovered by accident after an amp was dropped and broken on the way to a recording session.
What is distortion?
Disco developed out of the nightclubs in these two large Northeast cities.
What are New York and Philadelphia?
One of the two bands credited with inventing heavy metal, this British band was fronted by Ozzy Osbourne and formed in 1968.
Who is Black Sabbath?
Rappers like Grandmaster Flash, Vanilla Ice, and MC Hammer used this technique that uses small sections of other songs to make their own song.
What is sampling?
This trumpeter known for his puffy cheeks and bent bell invented the bebop style in the 1940s.
Who is Dizzy Gillespie?
Sam Phillips founded ______ Records from the money he made selling the Delta Cats' single "Rocket 88."
What is Sun?
This eclectic bassist demonstrated that everything in funk was about "the 1."
Who is Bootsy Collins?
A recording innovation by Paul McCartney of the Beatles, this technique using tape reels played sounds over and over again.
What are loops?
Known as the "Father of Hip Hop," this DJ incorporated long breakbeats by using two turntables and alternating between each record's "break."
Who is DJ Kool Herc?