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WorksheetsCountry Music Unit APEX Music
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
This man was born in Memphis and started in country music, but was later known as the King of Rock and Roll.
Johnny Cash
Elvis Presley
Michael Jackson
Hank Williams
This man made Texas Swing famous with his band
Bob Wills
Elvis Presley
Hank Williams
Jimmie Rodgers
This is known as the hometown of Country Music
Dallas
Memphis
Nashville
Detroit
This is the radio program played all over the country that made country music stars famous
American Bandstand
The Tonight Show
Academy Awards
Grand Ole Opry
This was the first female country music star, her most famous song was "Coal Miner's Daughter"
Loretta Lynn
Dolly Parton
Reba McEntire
Patsy Cline
This man was known as the "Man in Black". He played a concert at Folsom Prison and San Quentin Prison.
Merle Haggard
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams
Willie Nelson
Style of music made popular by Hank Williams, started right after World War 2 in bars and clubs
Bluegrass
Outlaw
Honky-Tonk
Big Band
Style made popular by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings in the 60s and 70s
Honky-Tonk
Bluegrass
Americana
Outlaw
Style of music created by Bill Monroe in Kentucky in the 1920s and 30s, featured banjos and fiddles
Outlaw
Honky-Tonk
Bluegrass
Nashville sound
This is Merle Haggard's most famous song, it was a protest song about the Vietnam War
"Amarillo By Morning"
"Crazy"
"Okie From Muskogee"
"Act Naturally"
This is the city that Elvis Presley is from, his Graceland house is still there
Memphis
Nashville
Dallas
Atlanta
This is what caused people to move to California during the 1930s and 40s
World War 2
Dust Bowl
Vietnam War
COVID-19
This was the song written by Willie Nelson that became a hit for Patsy Cline
"Crazy"
"Luckenbach, TX"
"Okie from Muskogee"
"Always on my Mind"
This man popularized yodeling in country music
Willie Nelson
Johnny Cash
Jimmie Rodgers
Hank Williams
This man (famous in the 1940s) died on New Years Day when he was 29 years old. His most famous songs were "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "I Saw the Light"
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams
Willie Nelson
George Jones
This was the most famous African-American country singer of all-time
Johnny Cash
Charley Pride
George Jones
Willie Nelson
Johnny Cash performed at these TWO places (2 answers)
Folsom Prison
Red Rocks Ampitheater
San Quentin Prison
Nashville Symphony
This woman was married to George Jones in the 1960s. She is most famous for singing "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"
Dolly Parton
Loretta Lynn
Tammy Wynette
Rose Maddox
This is the area of the United States that country music was born in, called "hillbilly music"
Northeast
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Midwest
This is the state that Willie Nelson is from
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
