The two basic styles of blues music are city blues and this kind of blues
What is rural/country blues?
100
This record company was responsible for much of the early development and popularity of Rock and Roll
What is Sun Records?
100
This website, with its video sharing capabilities, has revolutionized the music industry and launched many careers
What is YouTube?
200
This song best represents this style of music
What is rock and roll (or rockabilly)?
200
This instrument was the main instrument that ragtime music was performed on
What is the piano?
200
The most common blues form is the ___________ bar blues
What is 12?
200
This man is considered the King of Rock and Roll
Who is Elvis Presley?
200
This is the aspect of DubStep music where the beat of the song usually builds, drops out, and comes back in differently
What is the beat drop?
300
The album that this song was on is considered one of the first _____________ albums. (starts with c)
What is concept?
300
Because of its roots in former slaves, Ragtime music was mostly associated with this part of the country in its early forms
What is the south?
300
This woman was known as the Empress of the Blues
Who is Bessie Smith?
300
The electric version of this instrument helped to revolutionize the sound of Rock and Roll in the 1950s
What is the guitar?
300
This singer was launched to fame by her YouTube video and song "Friday"
Who is Rebecca Black?
400
Themes from this period in American History are represented in this song
What is the Great Depression?
400
This 1973 movie helped to revitalize Ragtime music
What is "The Sting"?
400
Because there were no ________________, singers had to rely on the pure power of their voice to carry their singing over the sounds of the instruments
What are microphones?
400
This musical style, with popular artists such as Fats Domino and Ray Charles, was one of the immediate predecessors to Rock and Roll
What is R&B?
400
Of 17, 35, 56 or 72, it's the hours of video currently being uploaded to YouTube every minute
What is 72?
500
This is the style of Blues that this song is associated with
What is city blues?
500
The ___________________ was an exposition where many new inventions were presented and where Scott Joplin presented Ragtime music to the general public
What is the World's Fair?
500
This woman, another major blues singer, was a huge influence on Bessie Smith. She was one of her early teachers
Who is Ma Rainey?
500
This Disk Jockey, along with his Coronation Ball, helped to popularize Rock and Roll and even coined that term
Who is Moondog?
500
This company purchased YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 Billion