Black History Month Music Quiz

This singer was called the Queen of Soul.

• Nina Simone

• Natalie Cole

• Billie Holiday

• Aretha Frankliin

This saxophone player invented free jazz.

• Louis Armstrong

• Tom Morello

• B.B. King

• John Coltrane

This singer was very active in the civil rights movement and is sometimes referred to as the High Priestess of Soul.

• Nina Simone

• Anita Pointer

• Natalie Cole

• Bonnie Pointer

Match the trumpet player artist who also sang and recorded a very popular song.

• Louis Armstrong/What a Wonderful World

• Tom Morello/Crossroads

• John Coltrane/Strange Fruit

• Marvin Gaye/The Thrill is Gone

This performer scored hits with "What's Going On", "Mercy Mercy Me", and "Let's Get it On".

• John Coltrane

• The Pointer Sisters

• Aretha Franklin

• Marvin Gaye

Motown records started in ___________.

• New Orleans

• Detroit

• Chicago

• Memphis

Aretha Franklin sang at which President's inauguration?

• George W. Bush

• Joe Biden

• Ronald Reagan

• Barack Obama

This blind piano player and singer was the youngest artist to have a #1 Billboard Hit, at the age of 13!

• Duke Ellington

• 50 Cent

• Stevie Wonder

• Billie Holiday

Two of this soul singer's best-known hits are "Georgia on My Mind" and "Hit the Road Jack"

• Ray Charles

• Dizzie Gilespie

• Sugar Ray Leonard

• Wynton Marsalis

This famous pop singer of the 1980's might be best remembered for her Super Bowl performance of The Star Spangled Banner

• Janet Jackson

• Michelle Obama

• Whitney Houston

• Paula Abdul