This man is considered the King of Ragtime - 11 Letters starting with S (2 Words)
Who is Scott Joplin
100
This is the trumpet player that is most associated with Dixieland music
Who is Louis Armstrong?
100
This woman is known as the Empress of the Blues because of her contribution to the musical form
Who is Bessie Smith?
100
This man is one of the earliest Tin Pan Alley writers. He is famous for his patriotic songs and performances
Who is George M. Cohan?
100
This singer recorded the theme song to the most recent James Bond movie, Skyfall. (No we're not talking about Fred Astaire's sister!)
Who is Adele?
200
This is the instrument that most Ragtime music is played on - 5 Letters starting with P
What is the piano?
200
This is the city in Louisiana that was a hotspot in the development of Dixieland
What is New Orleans?
200
In Bessie Smith's early career she toured with and was mentored by this woman, the "Mother of the Blues"
Who was Ma Rainey?
200
This is the song and songwriter responsible for this recording....
What is Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning! By Irving Berlin?
200
This group had double smash hits with "We are Young" and "Some Nights"
What is Fun.?
300
This was Scott Joplin's first major hit that was considered revolutionary in Ragtime music - 12 Letters starting with M (3 words)
What is Maple Leaf Rag?
300
Dixieland is also referred to as this type of jazz.
What is early?
300
The two major types of blues music are country blues and this type of clues
What is city blues?
300
This man was interested in combing the classical and jazz musical styles into one art form
Who is George Gershwin?
300
With her new album's first-week sales of 1.21 million copies; this singer achieved the highest opening sales in a decade and became the first female to have two million-selling album openings.
Who is Taylor Swift?
400
This is the characteristic type of rhythm that is associated with Ragtime - 11 Letters starting with S
What is syncopation?
400
One of Louis Armstrong's major hits was calle When the (these) Go Marching In
What are Saints?
400
Of 12, 7, or 3 it is the number that most commonly represents the number of measures in a blues progression
What is 12?
400
This is the period of time reflected in the song "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee?"
What is the Great Depression?
400
On February 11th, this pop icon died at the age of 48.
Who is Whitney Houston?
500
This is the movie responsible for the revivial of Scott Joplin's music in the middle of the century - The _________ - 5 Letters starting with S
What is The Sting?
500
A major developer of Dixieland music and Jazz music in general was Buddy ____________
What is Bolden?
500
The boogie woogie blues is most commonly played on this instrument
What is the piano?
500
This is the person at the publishing company that would play songs for potential customers to get them to buy them
Who is the song plugger?
500
This album became the third album in history to have six singles from the same album reach the top five on the Billboard Hot 100