Rock Roots
What is the type of music that was sung in the South and is often considered one of the main roots of rock and roll?
What is the blues?
Who was crowned the “King of Rock and Roll”?
Who is Elvis Presley?
What was the popular dance craze of the 1960s, sung by Chubby Checker, that took the nation by storm?
What is The Twist?
What city were the Beatles from?
What is Liverpool?
This nonsense Beatles song features the lyrics that either tells a deep spiritual meaning or pure silliness.
What is “I Am the Walrus”?
What was the endless cycle in the South that kept many people—especially Black families—in poverty after the Civil War?
What is sharecropping?
Known for his signature “duck walk,” he brought guitar-driven storytelling to rock and is often called the “Father of Rock and Roll.” Who is he?
Who is Chuck Berry?
This TV program featured teenagers dancing and helped promote new artists in the 1950s and 1960s.
What is American Bandstand?
This famous performance (show) on live television helped spark “Beatlemania” in the U.S.
What is The Ed Sullivan Show?
This band was known for elaborate costumes, makeup, and face paint in the 1970s.
Who is KISS?
What was the major movement of African Americans leaving the South for Northern cities between 1916 and 1970, helping spread blues and early rock sounds?
What is the Great Migration?
This band helped solidify the classic early rock setup of two guitars, one bass, and one drum set—but their career was cut tragically short. Who were they?
Who are The Crickets?
This new invention helped bring rock and roll into American homes, making it easier for families to watch and hear their favorite artists.
What is the television?
Before they were called the Beatles, the band went by this original name.\
What is The Quarrymen?
Which band was part of the “British Invasion” alongside The Beatles in the 1960s?
Who are The Rolling Stones?
Who is often credited as the first major rock and roll group, known for “Rock Around the Clock”?
Who are Bill Haley and His Comets?
This young artist brought Latin-infused sounds into early rock. His career lasted less than a year, and many believed he would become the “next Elvis” before his tragic death. Who is he?
Who is Ritchie Valens?
Why did the music industry begin targeting teenagers specifically in the 1950s?
What is because they had disposable income and influenced musical trends?
As of today, these are the two Beatles who have passed away.
Who are John Lennon and George Harrison?
Brian Epstein, the Beatles’ manager, passed away in this year.
What is 1967?
What were the extremely racist laws in the South that enforced segregation and pushed many African Americans to move north?
What are the Jim Crow laws?
“The Day the Music Died” took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper. Do you know the age of any one of the three musicians when they died?
Buddy Holly was 22, Ritchie Valens was 17, and the Big Bopper was 28. (Students only need to name one correctly.)
Elvis was famously censored on this television program. The first time he appeared, and the second time he was only shown from the waist up.
What is The Ed Sullivan Show?
Before Ringo Starr joined, this man was the original drummer for the Beatles.
Who is Pete Best?
The global obsession with the Beatles in the 1960s, where fans screamed and fainted at concerts, became known as this.
What is Beatlemania?