
Memphis Music
Authored by Shelley Ohnsorg
Performing Arts
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which body of water helped to spread different music styles to Memphis?
Mississippi River
Minnesota River
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is credited with writing down the songs that were sung as people worked in the fields? A music style that would later be called The Blues...
W.C. Handy
B.B. King
Sonny Boy Williamson
Otis Redding
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What two genres combined together to create the first sounds of Rock and Roll?
Rhythm & Blues and Country Western
Country Western and Jazz
Jazz and Classical
Rhythm & Blues and Jazz
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of one of the famous streets in Memphis, where musicians can be heard playing in restaurants and clubs?
Beale Street
Bugle Street
Brady Street
Beetle Street
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is credited with creating a distorted sound on his guitar, by tinkering with his amp?
Elmore James
Elvis Presley
Otis Redding
Isaac Hayes
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who founded Sun Recording Studios in 1952, hoping to get a new rock and roll musician?
Sam Phillips
Jim Stewart
Estelle Axton
Al Bell
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first recording artist to hit it big after recording at Sun Recording Studios?
Elvis Presley
Johnny Cash
Roy Orbison
Jerry Lee Lewis
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