Genres
The 2000's were filled with boy bands and single artists of this genre.
Pop
Popular in the 60's, this is the best selling band of all time.
The Beatles
Who is arguably the most famous composer from the Baroque era?
Johann Sebastian Bach
The King of Pop
Michael Jackson
TV Network, started in the 80's, showed music videos on a loop.
MTV
What genre of music was started in the 80's with people creating rhymes over top of turn tables.
Rap/Hip Hop
What band from California popularized "surf rock" in the 60's?
The Beach Boys
Who is one of the most famous composers from the classical era, known for his virtuosity at a young age, but who also died young?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The King of Rock and Roll
Elvis Presley
Genre of music that was created and made popular in the 1970's which promoted dancing in clubs.
Disco
What style of music mixes gospel, soul, and jazz?
R&B
Famous 80's bands like Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, and Guns and Roses helped popularize this genre of music
Glam Metal or Hair Metal
Which early Romantic composer was famously deaf?
Ludwig Van Beethoven
The solid body electric guitar was developed and made popular by this famous jazz guitar player.
Les Paul
The name of the "3 days of Music and Peace" concert that took place in New York in 1969 that drew crowds of over 400,000 people.
Woodstock
This genre consisted mainly of African American artists, closely related to R&B, had a major significance in the Civil Rights Movement during the sixties.
Motown
This band, from the Seattle grunge music scene, started the boom of grunge and alternative rock music in the early 90's led by their lead singer Kurt Cobaine.
Nirvana
Mozart was incredibly talented in his early age. He was composing and performing by age 6. Kids who have seemingly supernatural talents are called this.
Child Prodigy
The King of the Blues
BB King
The name given to the time period in the early to mid 1960's, during which many British rock bands found mainstream success in the United States.
The British Invasion
Linkin Park helped popularize this genre that consisted of lyrical rapping over hard rock music.
Rap Metal
This 80's New Wave band was named after a hair style and a style of airplane.
B-52's
What instrument was Bach famous for playing, that consists of a keyboard pumping air into giant pipes.
Organ
The Queen of Soul
Aretha Franklin
In the 40's and 50's, many African Americans moved from the south to many Northern and Eastern cities which moved African American music styles to the mainstream. What was this move called?
The Great Migration