Show:
Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
George Gershwin
Musicals
Songs
100
Berlin's major hit in 1911
What is Alexander's Ragtime Band
100
Gave up a career at Harvard in this to pursue music
What is law
100
Was a composer of these 3 genres
What is jazz, opera, and pop songs for stage and screen
100
The song "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" was from this musical
What is "Annie Get Your Gun"
100
This Irving Berlin song was written after Ellin Mackay was sent away to Europe
What is "What'll I Do" or "Always"
200
Berlin's nickname that he received
What is King of Tin Pan Alley
200
Injured both of his legs while doing this
What is horse back riding
200
Worked as this in Tin Pan Alley at the start of his career
What is a "song-plugger"
200
Irving Berlin's first musical in 1914
What is "Watch Your Step"
200
This song was written for the movie musical "Top Hat"
What is "Cheek to Cheek"
300
These 2 Berlin musicals starred Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
What is "Top Hat" and "Follow the Fleet"
300
In 1945, a small group made a movie about Porter's life entitled this ... named after one of his hit songs
What is "Night and Day"
300
Wrote the music for this George White production that combined classical music with American pop music
What is "Blue Monday"
300
The song "I Get a Kick Out of You" was in this musical
What is "Anything Goes"
300
Name a Cole Porter song that was written for a movie
What is "I've Got You Under My Skin", "In the Still of the Night", Easy to Love"
400
The 1942 movie musical Holiday Inn featured this hit song.
What is "White Christmas"
400
Porter wrote the music for this musical written after "Taming of the Shrew" .. one of his last shows
What is "Can Can" or "Silk Stockings"
400
George Gershwin's lyricist
Who is Ira Gershwin (his brother)
400
This Cole Porter musical was based on the Shakespeare classic "Taming of the Shrew"
What is "Kiss Me Kate"
400
This song was made popular in the musical "Kiss Me Kate"
What is "Too Darn Hot"
500
After the war, Berlin wrote this hit musical in 1946 based on the life of trick shooter Annie Oakley.
What is "Annie Get Your Gun"
500
This 2004 movie was made to show the life of Cole Porter
What is "De-Lovely"
500
Originally named "Girl Crazy", revived on Broadway in 1992 with this new title featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm"
What is "Crazy for You"
500
Gershwin's most complex work that is also known as one of the most important musicals written during the 20th century
What is "Porgy and Bess"
500
One of Gershwin's best known work...composed right after "Blue Monday" when bandleader Pail Whiteman asked for it
What is "Rhapsody in Blue"