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Music of the 30s & 40s
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1
Which is NOT a big band leader?
Artie Shaw
Shirley Temple
Harry James
Count Basie
2
Which composer wrote 'Summertime'?
Iriving Berlin
George Gershwin
Harold Arlen
Hoagy Carmichael
3
The two sub-genres of Country&Western are
SINGING COWBOY & HONKY-TONK
True
False
4
Which composer wrote 'Heart and Soul'?
Harold Arlen
Johnny Mercer
Hoagy Carmichael
Irving Berlin
5
Combo jazz bands used piano, bass and ________
tuba
flute
guitar
drums
6
The popular style of swing dance that went with big bands was called the
Jitterbug
Swing bug
Jiving bug
Charleston
7
The first big teen idol of the 40s was
Frank Sinatra
Fred Astaire
Gene Autry
Bing Crosby
8
Which is NOT one of the popular styles of the 40s?
Swing
Latin music
Rock
Country & western
9
Which style do these performers belong to?
Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Patsy Montana, Jenny Lou Carson
Country & Western
Swing
USO Entertainers
Crooners
10
Which composer wrote 'Over the Rainbow'?
Johnny Mercer
Irving Berlin
Harold Arlen
George Gershwin
11
A crooner sings what type of music?
latin music
honky-tonk
funk and soul
pop or jazz standards
12
A crooner is a
FEMALE
singer backed by full orchestra or bing band
True
False
13
Which composer wrote 'Jeepers Creepers'?
Harold Arlen
George Gershwin
Johnny Mercer
Irving Berlin
14
Which is a popular performer of the 30s?
Andrew Sisters
All of the above
Billie Holiday
Shirley Temple
15
Which style do these performers belong to?
Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin
Swing
Country
Jazz
Crooners
16
Combo jazz bands had
2-4
melody players
False
True
17
Which composer wrote 'Easter Parade'?
Irving Berlin
George Gershwin
Hoagy Carmichael
Harold Arlen
18
Which in NOT a melody playing instrument in combo jazz bands?
Flute
Clarinet
Guitar
Trumpet
19
Which style do these performers belong to?
Judy Garland, Irving Berlin, Andrew Sister, Fred Astaire
Big band
Latin Singers
Crooners
USO Entertainers
20
How many players were used in big bands?
20-30
15-20
15-30
10-15
21
BIG BAND, JAZZ AND SWING
music dominated the first half of the 40s
True
False
22
Which style do these performers belong to?
Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Duke Ellington
Crooners
Latin Bandleaders
Country & Western
Jazz/Big Band
23
Latin music was used especially for which types of dance music?
mambo & salsa
rumba & salsa
samba & rumba
mambo & samba
24
Which style do these performers belong to?
Carmen Miranda, Vincent Lopez, Tito Puente, Perez Prado
USO Entertainers
Latin Singers/Bandleaders
Jazz Bandleaders
Crooners
25
Most big bands had featured _________
dummers
singers
instruments
conductors
26
USO entertainers performed for
LARGE PUBLIC AUDIENCES
False
True