Grammy History
The Year the first Grammy awards were held
What is 1959?
The first Grammy Award Ceremony took place on May 4, 1959
The first Grammy winner who never formally learned how to read sheet music
Who is Frank Sinatra?
Which famous, Grammy winning song, featuring A Capella vocals, was recorded in one single take?
Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
A sequence of single notes that combine pitch and rhythm
What is a Melody?
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy...
"When skies are grey"
The amount of money given to Grammy Winners for their prize.
What is $0?!
The artist with the most Grammy nominations in history
Beyonce
What is "Doo Wop"?
The number of steps in a typical scale
8
Hey Jude, Don't make it bad...
"Take a sad song and make it better"
What a Grammy trophy is made of
Grammium, a type of Zinc Alloy, then plated in 24k Gold.
The artist to win the most Grammy's in one night
Michael Jackson, with 8 wins. What a thriller!
The time of the average recorded song in the 50's and 60's
What is 2 minutes and 30 seconds
The middle note on a piano.
What is Middle C?
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket, never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket...
"Save it for a rainy day"
Former Presidents of the United States who have won a Grammy
Who are Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama?
All won Grammy's for their Audio books.
This Rock Band never won a Grammy, despite their mainstream, global success
Queen
The first phrase to be recorded by Thomas Edison on the Phonograph.
What is "Mary Had A Little Lamb", recorded in 1877
the combination of simultaneously playing musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions, creating pleasant sound.
What is HARMONY?
Are we a pair? Me here at last, on the ground, you in mid air...
"Send in the clowns"
The album that was the first to win album of the year in 1959
The most highly decorated EGOT Winner
Quincy Jones
using a tape recorder to slow his voice down to half speed, then playing it back at normal speed to create the high-pitched, squeaky voices
The word for playing short or "spiky" notes
What is Stacatto?
Cause when you worry your face will frown
and that will bring everybody down...