Listen and name the artist!

Who's performing this?

• John Philip Sousa

• Charlie Parker

• Fisk Jubilee SIngers

• Kate Smith

Answer explanation

Sousa was an american composer who wrote several marches that Americans recognize today, 100 years later. This song has been made the OFFICIAL march of the United States of America.

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Who's performing this?

• John Philip Sousa

• Louis Armstrong

• Scott Joplin

• Bessie Smith

Answer explanation

Scott Joplin was a composer, music teacher, and pianist from Texas, around the beginning of the 1900s.

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Who's performing this?

• John Philip Sousa

• Louis Armstrong

• Scott Joplin

• Fats Waller

Answer explanation

Louis Armstrong's voice is unique, so it's always easy to catch. He sang on mqny records that became hits, but is known most for his trumpet, not as a vocalist.

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Who's performing this?

• John Philip Sousa

• Louis Armstrong

• Charlie Parker

• Benny Goodman

Answer explanation

Louis Armstrong (2nd from left) & His Hot 5, not his club band, but the group he picked to record. Louis' wife, Lee Hardin, is at right.)

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Who's performing this?

• John Philip Sousa

• Louis Armstrong

• Bing Crosby

• Benny Goodman

Answer explanation

Goodman (left) was the leader of a big band during the Swing Era (1930s-1940). In this iconic song, listen for Goodman's improvisation on the clarinet, Harry James's trumpet, and Gene Krupa's blistering drum solo.

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Who's performing this?

• Judy Garland

• Louis Armstrong

• Charlie Parker

• Benny Goodman

Answer explanation

That's Charlie Parker 🎷on alto Saxophone playing notes faster than humanly possible. Welcometo BeBop, the "intellectual" jazz.

Who's performing this?

• Judy Garland

• Bessie Smith

• Kate Smith

• Bing Crosby

Answer explanation

Judy Garland was 16 when she sang this Tin Pan Alley tune in the 1939 Hollywood classic, The Wizard of Oz.

Who's performing this?

• Jimmie Davis

• Jimmie Rodgers

• Blind Lemon Jefferson

• Fats Waller

Answer explanation

Jimmie Davis was a country music singer, and popular enough to be governor of the State of Louisiana twice.

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Who's performing this?

• Mahalia Jackson

• Fisk Jubilee Singers

• Bessie Smith

• The Carter Family

Answer explanation

Mahalia Jackson sang gospel for 40 years, recorded first with Apollo Records. Later, she became the first gospel artist to sign with Columbia Records.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Who's performing this?

• Woody Guthrie

• Jimmie Davis

• Jimmie Rodgers

• Scott Joplin

Answer explanation

Oklahoma native Woody Guthrie sang about current events, keeping millions of Americans informed and singing along during the Great Depression.