Black History Month Musicians 2021

Whose hit song was "Johnny B. Goode"?

Birth name: Eunice Kathleen Waymon

Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington both had careers that spanned over five decades.

Charlie Parker played the trombone.

Compared to rock & roll, blues music features more improvisational guitar playing.

What musician was famous for puffing out his cheeks while playing his instrument?

When was Ella Fitzgerald alive?

Who was the "Godmother of Rock and Roll"?

Duke Ellington began studying piano at what age?

Who's hit song was "The Thrill is Gone"?

What singer had close relationships with civil rights activists like Malcolm X, MLK, and Muhammed Ali?

Pick the one that says, "blue".

Martino's first name was Rick.

What is Duke Ellington's signature song?

Who is the "Father of Rock and Roll"?

What musician lost his two-year-old daughter to pneumonia?

What musician attended The Julliard School in NYC for a little over a year before running out of funds to continue?

What musician had hit songs "Superstition" and "Sir Duke"?

Today is a blue day.

A section at the end of a jazz song when the horn section plays together joyfully is called the sharp chorus.

Who was the first jazz musician to be featured on the cover of Time Magazine?

His childhood friends gave him his noble nickname because of his elegant and flashy sense of style:

Who was "The Queen of Soul"?

Who was the "King of the Blues"?

What instrument did Louis Armstrong play?

Soul music combines Rhythm & Blues with church hymns

The "B.B." in B.B. King's name was short for "Blues Boy".

What musician led the charge to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday?

Dizzy Gillespie was a famous trumpet player and bandleader.

Who was known as "Satchmo" or "Pops"?

What musician died at age 34?

Aretha Franklin used a lot of techniques from what genre in her soul music?

Johnny Cash, Elvis, Nina Simone, and Led Zeppelin are all artists that have covered what musician's songs?

Nina Simone applied for a scholarship but got rejected because of her race from which Philadelphia school?

Duke Ellington played what style of jazz?

Ella Fitzgerald always dreamed of becoming a singer when she grew up.

Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Cab Calloway could all have been found at which Harlem night club?

Chuck Berry was the first guitarist to use the distortion effect on an electric guitar.

Who is the emblematic image on the back of the District of Columbia's quarter?

Who was known as "Bird" or "Yardbird"?

Ella Fitzgerald was well-known for:

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald were both well-known for their use of scat singing.

Stevie Wonder made famous the use of what instrument pictured here?

What was the name of Ella Fitzgerald's first hit song?

Who is the only rock & roll musician to have a song on the Voyager Golden Record?

Her father was the most well-known preacher in the US during the golden age of gospel in the 1940s & 50s

This musician was born prematurely and lost their sight while in an incubator.

Jazz musicians Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie were attributed with inventing what style of jazz?

"Little" Stevie Wonder scored his first #1 Pop/R&B hit song at what age?

Birth name: Stevland Hardaway Morris