Golden Age Musicals
What 1957 Broadway musical is a retelling of Romeo and Juliet, set in New York City?
West Side Story (1957)
'This Land is Your Land' (1940) was written by which artist as a response to Irving Berlin's 'God Bless America' (1918)?
Woody Guthrie
Which jazz singer, called the “First Lady of Song,” was famous for her scat singing and her version of Summertime?
Ella Fitzgerald
Which singer was nicknamed “The Piano Man” and had hits like Uptown Girl?
Billy Joel
Which classical composer wrote the opera "The Magic Flute" in 1791?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In Dorothy's great journey to Oz, who are the three key characters she meets and befriends?
Tin Man, Scare Crow, the Cowardly Lion
Which artist pioneered protest songs in folk in the 1960s and wrote the songs "The Times They Are A-Changin” and “Blowin’ in the Wind"?
Bob Dylan
Which jazz standard has the most covers in history, with over 2,000 different renditions?
Autumn Leaves (by Joseph Korma and Jacques Prévert)
Which Swedish pop group produced 1970s hits such as "Dancing Queen" and "Mamma Mia"?
ABBA
Wise men say only _____ rush in
But I can't help ________ with you
fools, falling in love (Can't Help Falling in Love)
How many von Trapp children were there in The Sound of Music (1951) and where does the musical take place?
7! Austria
“You Are My Sunshine” was recorded by many artists, but became the state song of which southern U.S. state?
Louisiana
Which saxophonist, nicknamed “Trane,” recorded A Love Supreme?
In what year did The Beatles make their famous debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, with 73 million viewers tuning in?
February 9, 1964
Which Baroque composer wrote "The Four Seasons" in 1723?
Antonio Vivaldi
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow _____
Forever ('Edelweiss' from the Sound of Music)
From California to the ______ Island,
From the _____ forest to the gulf stream waters
New York, Redwood (This Land Is Your Land)
And now, the end is near
And so I face the final ______
curtain (My Way)
When I find myself in times of trouble,
Mother ______ comes to me,
Singing words of _________
Mary, wisdom (Let It Be)
Name the song and the artist from the lyric!
"When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie ______"
See that pretty girl in the mirror there?
Who could that ______ girl be?
attractive ('I Feel Pretty' West Side Story)
Take me home to the place I belong
West Virginia, ________
Take me home, ________
Mountain mama, country roads (Take me home, Country Roads)
I want to wake up in a city that never _____
And find I'm king of the hill!
Top of the _____!
Sleeps, heap (New York, New York)
Rise up this mornin', smile with the rising ____
Three little birds pitched by my _______
sun, doorstep (Three Little Birds)
Just thinking about tomorrow
Clears away the _____, and the _______
cobwebs, sorrows (Tomorrow, Annie)