Early American
Singing the Blues
There is an Alternative
The Beat Says it All
Rock Around the Clock
100
The name of the well known troupe of minstrels that Stephen Foster wrote music for.
What are the Christy Minstrels.
100
You should sing the blues when you feel this.
What is sad or lonely.
100
Alternative groups don't fit into these.
What are established categories or genres.
100
Rap music came out of this genre.
What is disco.
100
It was in this decade that the youth of America flocked to the theaters to see a movie called The Blackboard Jungle.
What is the 1950s.
200
This is a form of theatrical makeup used in minstrel shows in which performers created a stereotyped caricature of a black person.
What is blackface.
200
In the African culture, this is an extremely important part of life.
What is music.
200
This was a catchall phrase from the 1990s.
What is alternative.
200
Rap music was designed specifically for teenagers in inner city areas to do this.
What is dance.
200
He was the most important and influential rock and roll musician of all time. (Give the full name).
Who was Elvis Presley.
300
Many of the early settlers of America wanted to recreate the music of this country...
What is Europe.
300
He is the composer of the song Black, Brown, White.
Who is Big Bill Broonzy.
300
Some alternative groups that have been around for a number of years originally began playing this genre of music.
What is hard rock.
300
The type of dancing that required a number of acrobatic and gymnastic moves.
What is break dancing.
300
This rock and roll musician once lit a piano on fire during a performance.
Who is Jerry Lee Lewis.
400
Swanee River became the official song of this state.
What is Florida.
400
City or Urban Blues singers were usually this.
What is female.
400
Some alternative music is called so because it is the blending or combination of two different _______.
What is styles or genres.
400
Originally rap music had none of these.
What are lyrics.
400
These were two of the African American musicians that had been developing the rock and roll style for years before the movie Blackboard Jungle brought it to much of the American youth.
Who were Little Richard and Chuck Berry.
500
These were two of Stephen Foster's compositions.
What are My Old Kentucky Home, Swanee River, Old Folks at Home, Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair, Beautiful Dreamer, Oh, Susanna, Open Thy Lattice Love, Old Black Joe, Nellie Was a Lady. (Must have at least 2 of these).
500
Three blues singers (male or female).
Who are Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Teddy Ledbetter, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith, Bessie Smith. (Must have 3).
500
This early alternative group composed the song "Over the Hills and Far Away."
What is Led Zeppelin.
500
This group was one of the first to record a rap song with lyrics.
What is the Sugar Hill Gang.
500
This rock and roll musician who sang, "That'll Be the Day," and "Peggy Sue," dies at a young age in a plane crash.
Who is Buddy Holly.
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