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General Questions
Louis Armstrong
Aretha Franklin
Duke Ellington
Name That Artist!
100
Singers such as Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday popularized these kind of vocals
Blues and Jazz Vocals
100
What was the name of the music instructor that noticed Armstrong's musical abilities?
Peter Davis
100
Where was Aretha Franklin born?
Memphis, Tennessee
100
True or False: Both of his parents were very talented musically.
True
100
What artist sang "What a Wonderful World"?
Louis Armstrong
200
Louis Armstrong had a major impact on this genre of music
Jazz
200
What was the name of his band that he started his career with?
"Hot Five"
200
True or False: Aretha Franklin passed away last year of February 20th.
False
200
How old was Ellington when he started playing professionally?
17 years old
200
Who sang "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing"?
Duke Ellington
300
The musicians of the Harlem Renaissance were very talented and competitive and were considered to have laid the foundation for what?
Future Musicians of the genre
300
His father was a laborer and his mother was a part time what?
Prostitute
300
How many Grammys does she have today?
18
300
What female artist sang many of Ellington's hit songs?
Ivie Anderson
300
Who is the artist of "Downhearted Blues"?
Bessie Smith
400
This was the name of one of Harlem's clubs that boasted Duke Ellington's Talents
Cotton Club
400
People learned to appreciate both jazz, and this type of music even more because of him.
African American Music
400
Franklin's popularity rise soon to give her this name?
"Queen of Soul"
400
How old was Ellington when he first started playing piano?
Seven years old
400
Who wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
James Weldon Johnson
500
James Weldon Johnson and his brother were first by who? She was a musician and a teacher?
Their Mother
500
When was it that young Louis Armstrong came in contact with the musical world
When he shot a pistol in the air on New Year's Eve, got arrested, and was sent to a boy's home
500
What song won her first two Grammys and hit No.1 on both the R&B and Pop charts?
"Respect"
500
What was Duke Ellington's first composition piece called?
"Soda Fountain Rag"
500
Who sang the song "Respect"?
Aretha Franklin