Artist (trivia)
By many estimations the best selling band of all time
The Beatles
The genre that pop music most resembled in the 60s-70s
Rock n' Roll
How popular is Alternative music today
Very popular
What do blues singers usually sing about
struggles, hardship
Name two of the most important subgenres of country music
Bro-country, pop country, outlaw music, western swing, bluegrass, fiddle music
Released the best-selling single of all-time and wrote the Lion King music
Elton John
The genre that early pop music was most similar to
Jazz
Two types of music that influenced alternative music
Punk rock, folk, metal, post-punk, underground
Where was blues music born
Mississippi
What genre became popular and showed that country music could sell records too
Blues music
Madonna
The beginning of pop music
Early 1940s
Two types of music influenced by alternative
The sequence of chords most popular in blues music
12 bar blues
technological advancement that helped encourage the beginning of country music
radio
Muddy Waters
Two types of music that influenced pop music
African oral tradition; Spirituals; Hymns; Classical; Folk
A nickname of alternative music
Alternative rock
The blues artist that brought blues music to a wider audience in America
B.B. King
The city that is known as the main city for country music recording
Nashville, Tennessee
The Sultan of Swoon
Frank Sinatra
3 aspects of pop music
Catchy; Upbeat; Positive; Topics of love, life, fun; widespread
Two characteristics of alternative music
Distorted guitar, unique vocals, nonchalance, defiant attitude in lyrics, electric guitars, bass, drums, keys
The two main types of blues music
Delta Blues, Chicago Blues
The fiddle player who was one of the first popular country artists
John Carson