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WorksheetsBlack History Month Music
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 38mins
This musical artist was rumored to have sold his soul for his talent.
Tom Morello
BB King
Robert Johnson
John Coltrane
This musical artist performed with her famous father after he passed away.
Natalie Cole
Nina Simone
Aretha Franklin
Billie Holliday
This musical artist had an extremely long career, performing at least 250 shows per year into his 70s.
B.B. King
Lenny Kravitz
John Coltrane
Chuck Berry
This singer's vocal style was based on the phrasings of jazz instrumentalists.
Nina Simone
Eartha Kitt
Marvin Gaye
Billie Holiday
This multi-talented celebrity was blacklisted for voicing concern about the war in Vietnam.
Eartha Kitt
Aretha Franklin
Marian Anderson
Natalie Cole
This singer was called the Queen of Soul.
Nina Simone
Natalie Cole
Billie Holiday
Aretha Frankliin
This singer performed at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after being denied a performance at a segregated auditorium.
Marian Anderson
Eartha Kitt
Natalie Cole
Billie Holiday
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
This guitarist wrote and performed "Johnny B. Goode" and developed the rockabilly sound.
Chuck Berry
B.B. King
Marvin Gaye
Robert Johnson
This guitarist is known for being politically active and his unique and creative playing style using guitar effects.
Tom Morello
Robert Johnson
B.B. King
Marvin Gaye
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
Some hits include "Jump", "So Excited" and "He's So Shy".
The Pointer Sisters
Natalie Cole
Eartha Kitt
Nina Simone
Orson Welles called her "the most exciting woman in the world":
Aretha Franklin
Eartha Kitt
Natalie Cole
Marian Anderson
This musician called his instrument "Lucille".
B.B. King
John Coltrane
Robert Johnson
Louis Armstrong
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
This performer's father was a minister who eventually killed him.
Marvin Gaye
Robert Johnson
Chuck Berry
Tom Morello
The "B.B." in B.B. King's name derived from this:
Beale Street Blues Boy
Blues Blaster
Blues Buddy
Bourbon Street Bluesman
This is the only solo artist we studied for Black History Month who is presently alive:
Marvin Gaye
Eartha Kitt
Natalie Cole
Tom Morello
