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Black History Month Music

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This musical artist was rumored to have sold his soul for his talent.

a)

Tom Morello

b)

BB King

c)

Robert Johnson

d)

John Coltrane

2.

This musical artist performed with her famous father after he passed away.

a)

Natalie Cole

b)

Nina Simone

c)

Aretha Franklin

d)

Billie Holliday

3.

This musical artist had an extremely long career, performing at least 250 shows per year into his 70s.

a)

B.B. King

b)

Lenny Kravitz

c)

John Coltrane

d)

Chuck Berry

4.

This singer's vocal style was based on the phrasings of jazz instrumentalists.

a)

Nina Simone

b)

Eartha Kitt

c)

Marvin Gaye

d)

Billie Holiday

5.

This multi-talented celebrity was blacklisted for voicing concern about the war in Vietnam.

a)

Eartha Kitt

b)

Aretha Franklin

c)

Marian Anderson

d)

Natalie Cole

6.

This singer was called the Queen of Soul.

a)

Nina Simone

b)

Natalie Cole

c)

Billie Holiday

d)

Aretha Frankliin

7.

This singer performed at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after being denied a performance at a segregated auditorium.

a)

Marian Anderson

b)

Eartha Kitt

c)

Natalie Cole

d)

Billie Holiday

8.

This saxophone player invented free jazz.

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Tom Morello

c)

B.B. King

d)

John Coltrane

9.

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

a)

Nina Simone

b)

Anita Pointer

c)

Natalie Cole

d)

Bonnie Pointer

10.

This guitarist wrote and performed "Johnny B. Goode" and developed the rockabilly sound.

a)

Chuck Berry

b)

B.B. King

c)

Marvin Gaye

d)

Robert Johnson

11.

This guitarist is known for being politically active and his unique and creative playing style using guitar effects.

a)

Tom Morello

b)

Robert Johnson

c)

B.B. King

d)

Marvin Gaye

12.

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

a)

Louis Armstrong/What a Wonderful World

b)

Tom Morello/Crossroads

c)

John Coltrane/Strange Fruit

d)

Marvin Gaye/The Thrill is Gone

13.

Some hits include "Jump", "So Excited" and "He's So Shy".

a)

The Pointer Sisters

b)

Natalie Cole

c)

Eartha Kitt

d)

Nina Simone

14.

Orson Welles called her "the most exciting woman in the world":

a)

Aretha Franklin

b)

Eartha Kitt

c)

Natalie Cole

d)

Marian Anderson

15.

This musician called his instrument "Lucille".

a)

B.B. King

b)

John Coltrane

c)

Robert Johnson

d)

Louis Armstrong

16.

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

a)

John Coltrane

b)

The Pointer Sisters

c)

Aretha Franklin

d)

Marvin Gaye

17.

This performer's father was a minister who eventually killed him.

a)

Marvin Gaye

b)

Robert Johnson

c)

Chuck Berry

d)

Tom Morello

18.

The "B.B." in B.B. King's name derived from this:

a)

Beale Street Blues Boy

b)

Blues Blaster

c)

Blues Buddy

d)

Bourbon Street Bluesman

19.

This is the only solo artist we studied for Black History Month who is presently alive:

a)

Marvin Gaye

b)

Eartha Kitt

c)

Natalie Cole

d)

Tom Morello

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