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100

The king of Pop, with songs like Billie Jean, Dirty Diana, and Human Nature

Who is Michael Jackson

100

In Latin Music, the whistling, whooping, and hollering on the recording are integral to a performance. Indeed, they are expected of musicians, dancers, and audiences alike

Gritos

100

This song caused Beatlemania... "I want to hold your ______" ?

Hand

100

When the Beatles came to America, how many songs were placed on the Billboard Hot 100?

30

100

He started Def Jam at NYU, and today looks like he needs a haircut. 

Rick Rubin

200

The blind musician who made the rhodes keyboard his go-to keyboard, but started out on Harmonica in his early Motown days.

Who is Stevie Wonder

200

An hourglass-shaped drum from West Africa, whose pitch can be regulated to mimic the tone and prosody of human speech. It has two drumheads connected by leather tension cords, which allow the player to modulate the pitch of the drum by squeezing the cords between their arm and body. Used in Black Panther

Dondo or Talking Drum

200

This song by Stevie Wonder helped make MLK's born day a national holiday

Happy Birthday

200

Berry Gordy asked for this amount of money to start Motown Records.

$1000

200

The prince of Motown, killed by his father before his 45th birthday 

Marvin Gaye

300

A band known for songs like We Are The Champions, and Bohemian Rapsody

Who is Queen

300

Played by using the mouth (lips and tongue) to direct air into or out of one or more holes along a mouthpiece. Behind each hole is a chamber containing at least one reed.

Harmonica

300

MJ performed this song on Motown 25, Where he also debuted the moonwalk.

Billie Jean

300

How many Billboard #1 songs did James Brown have in his 50 year career 

17

300

What is the name of the group that got their name from a Muddy Waters song

The Rolling Stones

400

A band known for spending way too long in make up before the show. Band name also can be a gesture of love.

Who is KISS

400

The instrument is played by compressing or expanding the bellows while pressing buttons or keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel, called reeds.

Accordian

400

On this song, James Brown would fall to the floor into a cape routine

Please, Please, Please

400

This song by MC Hammer sold 10,000,000 copies 

Can't Touch This

400

This man taught MJ the moonwalk

Jeffrey Daniels

500

A rap group known for Adidas shoes and Gold rope chains from NYC

Who is Run DMC

500

a rub board of corrugated sheet metal that hangs across the chest (it looks like a vest from the front) and is rhythmically scraped with handheld metal objects.

FROTTOIR

500

This song created by Kurtis Blow is about his love for a certain sport and the athletes.

Basketball

500

In 1968, three of this genre's most famous pioneers, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple were founded. What's the genre

Heavy Metal

500

This rap artist on Def Jam forced his way to an audition and couldn't survive without his radio

LL Cool J