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A quiz for for BLUES!
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1
Blues music was first sung by....
Road workers
choirs
Beethoven
Slaves
2
Why did blues begin to falter?
Because of the war.
Listeners turned to the fresh sounds of rock and roll.
Because people didn't like it.
3
When was the electrified blues reach its zenith on the radio
The 1940s and early 1950s
The 1930s and early 1940s
The 1960s and early 1960s
4
Who helped raise the public profile of the blue
Handy
Hanry
Eddy
Dandy
5
Who was the first black female to record a blues vocal?
Koko Taylor
Bessie Smith
Mamie Smith
Marry Smith
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Who is Handy?
A guitar player
The African American leader of a dance orchestra
A dancer
The African American of a brass player
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Who began to introduce the blues to an even wider audience through their recordings?
Alberta Hunter and Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey and Victoria Spivey
Bessie Smith and Alberta Hunter
Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith
8
How many years later did listeners snap up more than a million copies of "Crazy Blues"
7
6
9
None of them
9
What is the most influential genres of popular music?
Rock
Blues
Rap
Country
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What did Handy hear after he wakes up?
He heard nothing...
He heard someone was singing about "goin"
He heard some lovely music.
