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WorksheetsCountry Music Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of these was NOT a popular instrument found in early Appalachia?
guitar
banjo
fiddle
tuba
True or False: African American music and instruments had an influence on country music?
True
False
Old-time music began being recorded in the 1920s. Which family's music was especially popular?
Jackson Family
Carter Family
Johnson Family
Rodgers Family
Who is considered to be the "Father of Country Music"?
Jimmie Rodgers
Buck Owens
Gene Autry
Chris Stapleton
Country music was originally called ___________ music.
hillbilly
western
honky tonk
opera
The Grand Old Opry radio show began broadcasting in 1925 from what city?
Nashville, TN
Charleston, WV
Atlanta, GA
Dallas, TX
Gene Autry and Roy Rogers were instrumental in popularizing _________ music.
honky tonk
western
bluegrass
opera
What style of early country music had songs about loneliness, heartbreak, and pain?
fusion
western swing
honky tonk
bluegrass
Who is credited with making bluegrass popular?
Elvis Presley
Jimmie Rodgers
Johnny Cass
Bill Monroe
The "________" Movement in country music came from artists such as Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings who decided they would no longer follow the "rules" of the Nashville establishment.
Bluegrass
Outlaw
Honky Tonk
Bakersfield
What 1979 movie helped move country music over into crossover success?
Honky Tonk Blues
The Hank Williams Story
Urban Cowboy
Western Sizzlin'
True or False: Country music is no longer very popular.
True
False
