Important Musicians
Who was the most notable famous British band of this generation?
Who are The Beatles?
What was Nina Simone's song about how African American people felt at the time?
What is I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free?
What country's music became popular in the US, now that the radio and TV were popular?
What is British?
This piece of music technology was carried over from the previous generation, but were soon replaced by other quicker and smaller devices.
What are records?
The end of this war was the cause of the Baby Boomers generation to receive its name.
What is World War II?
Who was another founding father of rock and roll besides Elvis Presley?
Who is Chuck Berry?
What was the song about overcoming racism and discrimination that was sang by a church congregation?
What is We Shall Overcome?
What genre of music carried over in popularity from the previous generation?
What is rock and roll?
This piece of music technology replaced records and were marketed by the speed in which you could place this in a machine to play.
What are cassette tapes?
What movement was significant during this time that was fighting against discrimination between races?
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
What woman "changed the name of the country genre"?
Who is Patsy Cline?
What song by Hank Williams was #1 on the country top hits?
What is Hey, Good Lookin'?
What type of music became very popular because of Americans strong opinions about the Vietnam War?
What is protest music?
This colorful piece of music technology was invented and places into clubs and restaurants to automate music in large spaces.
What is the jukebox?
This act was created because of the Civil Rights Movement.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Who was the co-lead singer of The Beatles and open peace advocate?
Who is John Lennon?
What song was originally a poem and turned into a song to represent the Civil Rights Movement?
What is This Little Light of Mine?
What genre of music became popular in the 70's for dancing and improvising on TV shows?
What is disco?
After records didn't work so well in vehicles... what piece of music technology was invented instead?
What are 8-track players?
What are rich people?
Who sang the song "Goodnight Saigon", which was about his friends perspective who served in the Vietnam War?
Who is Billy Joel?
What was the significant song by Creedence Clearwater Revival about the rich peoples advantages in the Vietnam War?
What is Fortunate Son?
What genre became famous as a record label in Detroit, mainly featuring African American people?
What is Motown?
8-track players were only put into this make of vehicle.
What is Ford?
Give me one reason that people had such strong feelings about the Vietnam War.
The rich didn't have to serve.
It costs the country millions and many were in poverty.
It lasted over 20 years and over 500,000 men got drafted.