American Music History

New Orleans Jazz musicians used written music.

What city was the birthplace of jazz?

What year is Elvis born?

Did Ray Charles lose his sight at the age of 7?

Which style of blues was used as dance music?

When did The Beatles form?

Big Bands used written music.

Bill Haley had perfect eye sight.

Which type of 1940s jazz was performed by small groups called combos?

What were the purposes of slave worksongs?

Where are The Beatles from?

What song did Buddy Holly write?

Some rock 'n' roll music came from the United States and some came from Britain.

Which song did The Beatles write?

Where is Elvis Presley from?

What did dance move did Chuck Berry create?

How many people are in The Beatles?

Where did The Beatles break up?

Where was Bill Haley born?

Call and response was a musical tool used in slave worksongs, folk spirituals, and the blues.

When did Chuck Berry start performing music?

What genre of music is "Salt Peanuts" from?

What song did Elvis Presley perform?

What two genres of music combined to create rock 'n' roll?

Jackie Brenton wrote Rocket '88

Which of these jobs did Chuck Berry have?

What genre of music came from Appalachia folk songs?

Where was Chuck Berry born?

Which style of blues used electric instruments?

Which of these is a song by Chuck Berry?

Jackie Brentson started his career with what song?

Bill Haley made a guitar out of cardboard.

What's one song Bill Haley wrote?

What genre of music is "Maple Leaf Rag" from?

New Orleans Jazz was primarily played for dancing.

Which artist was considered a pioneer of rock 'n' roll?

What was the first instrument Buddy Holly played?

What instrument did Dizzy Gillespie play?

Only two people are still alive from The Beatles

Which style of blues was performed on acoustic and homemade instruments?

What was one of Chuck Berry's top hits?

Which genre of music used syncopated rhythms and was primarily played on the piano?