Jazz Musicians
Swing/big band crooner nicknamed Ol' Blue Eyes
Who is Frank Sinatra?
Protest movement against racial segregation and discrimination in the United States
What is The Civil Rights Movement?
This toy named after a vegetable was the first to be advertised on television
What is Mr. Potato Head?
Rockabilly vocalist and guitar player known as "The King of Rock and Roll"
Who is Elvis Presley?
A type of popular dance music characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies, instruments include electric guitar, electric bass and drum kit
What is rock and roll?
Country western vocalist and guitar player who famously dressed in all black, performed two concerts in jail
Who is Johnny Cash?
African American woman who refused to give up her bus seat in an act of nonviolent resistance, helped shape the civil rights movement
Who is Rosa Parks?
Cool jazz trumpet player known as "the man who changed music"
Who is Miles Davis?
Dance for teenagers held in a school gym with a live rock and roll band, they often had to take their shoes off so as not to ruin the gym floor
What is a sock hop?
This toy was inspired by circular Australian bamboo tubes and used for twirling around the waist
What is the hula hoop?
Vocalist and guitar player who developed a new strum pattern/beat that changed rock and roll music
Who is Bo Diddley?
Genre that combined rock and roll, gospel, country western and bluegrass music characteristics, Elvis Presley was famous for this style
What is rockabilly?
Vocalist and guitar player known as "The King of the Blues" who named his guitar Lucille
Who is BB King?
33rd President of the United States
Who is Harry Truman?
Hard bop saxophone player known for his "sheets of sound" style of improvisation
Who is John Coletrane?
Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens passed away in an airplane crash, this event inspired the song American Pie
What is The Day the Music Died?
Joseph Murray and his team performed the first successful operation using the recipient's identical twin as the donor
What is the first kidney transplant?
Vocalist and guitar player known as the "Father of Rock and Roll"
Who is Chuck Berry?
Genre named after the sound usually made by the artists, multiple voices singing tight harmonies on nonsense neutral syllables behind a soloist
What is doo-wop?
Country western vocalist and guitar player who struggled with alcoholism and died suddenly at age 29
Who is Hank Williams?
34th President of the United States who signed the Civil Rights Act
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Hard bop drummer known for his extraordinary solos
Who is Art Blakey?
Period of time after the war when people were moving to the suburbs and building families
What is Post War Baby Boom?
This sticky substance was accidentally discovered by scientists attempting to design clear plastic gun sights for the war effort
What is Superglue?
Who is Buddy Holly?
Genre known for its West Coast laid back sound, Miles Davis was famous for this style
What is cool jazz?
Doo-wop group who sang Earth Angel in Back to the Future
Who are The Penguins?
African American student denied entrance to Topeka’s all-white elementary schools
Who is Linda Brown?
Cool jazz pianist known for his recording of "Take Five"
Who is Dave Brubeck?
Lawsuit about schools for black children not being equal to the white schools, addressed that segregation violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
Sputnik 1 was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union
What is the first satellite?
Flamboyant rock and R&B vocalist and piano player known for his hit song Tutti Frutti
Who is Little Richard?
Genre know for its chaotic and unexpected sound, improvisations are busy and aggressive, John Coltrane is famous for this style
What is hard bop?
Doo-wop and r&b group known for their hit song Yakety-Yak
Who are The Coasters?
Television personality best known as the master of ceremonies of the immensely popular TV variety program of his same name
Who is Ed Sullivan?