20th Century/Modern Era Music

The "Big Band Era" Occurred mainly during the

• 1970s

• Impressionistic Period

• 1940s

• Medieval Period

A famous, local relic of the Big Band Era in the Pottstown area is:

• Sunnybrook Ballroom

• the Coventry Mall

• Shady Maple Smorgasbord

• Wawa

Perhaps the most famous musical group of the Big Band Era was:

• the John Philip Sousa Band

• the Mexican National Mariachi Band

• the Glenn Miller Orchestra

• the Beatles

A famous "crooner" of the big band era and beyond was:

• Frank Sinatra

• Dean Martin

• Bing Crosby

• All of the above

The 1950s saw:

• the birth of Rock & Roll

• the commercial availability of the solid body electric guitar

• both a & b

• neither a nor b

Perhaps the most famous Rock & Roll musician from the 50s is:

• Igor Stravinsky

• Glenn Miller

• Elvis Presley

• Arnold Schoenberg

What famous musical group came to America from England in the 1960s:

• The Supremes

• The Temptations

• The Beatles

• all of the above

What musical group in teh 1960s started the genre of music known as "surf rock":

• The Doors

• Led Zepplin

• The Beach Boys

• The Temptations

What genre of music is typically associated with the 1970s:

• Disco

• Jazz

• Big Band

• Grunge

The Jackson Five, along with Earth, Wind, and Fire and also Kool and the Gange are from what genre of music in the 1970s:

• Disco

• Soft Rock/Pop

• Progressive Rock

• Soul