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WorksheetsBlack History Month Music Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 27mins
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
Where did Jazz first materialize?
Chicago
Memphis
New York
New Orleans
What is the predecessor to soul music?
R&B
Gospel
Jazz
Rock and Roll
Which genre combines elements from all African American music genres with American pop and country music?
Hip-Hop
R&B
Jazz
Rock and Roll
Which genre is a musical tradition firmly embedded in African American culture?
Pop Music
Country and Western
Hip-Hop and Rap
Classical
What did gospel music originally function as?
A storytelling medium
A form of protest
A dance music genre
An integral religious practice
Where did Hip Hop get its start?
Brooklyn
The Bronx
Queens
Florida
WHEN did hip hop start?
1950's
1990's
2020
1970's
What was the new style of music and dance that was popular when hip hop started?
Salsa
Disco
Rock and roll
Swing
Who is the highest paid Black musician in history?
Beyonce
Kanye West
Prince
Michael Jackson
What famous Motown group had hits like 'My Girl' and 'Ain't Too Proud to Beg'?
The Temptations
The Jackson 5
The Supremes
The Beatles
Which singer-songwriter is known for her powerful anthem 'Respect'?
Beyonce
Taylor Swift
Adele
Aretha Franklin
What famous musician was known for his hit song 'Superstition'?
Stevie Wonder
Prince
Elvis Presley
Michael Jackson
Who was the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song?
Isaac Hayes
Oprah Winfrey
Will Smith
Denzel Washington
Who is also known as the "Queen of Rock"?
Tina Turner
Billie Holiday
Soulja Boy
Which album sold the most copies?
In the field of entertainment, the King of Pop holds the record for the most Grammy Awards won in a single year with Eight (8).
Jimi Hendrix
Michael Jackson
Ray Charles
Prince
Who wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing, the Negro National Anthem?
Langston Hughes
James Weldon Johnson
Booker T. Washington
Ray Charles
If you mix Negro with Creole, what do you get?
a bad chick
hot sauce in a bag
a good halftime show
a texas bamma
Beyoncé carries what in her purse?
Hot Sauce
bat
lip gloss
mirror
Who claims they had the biggest comeback?
Usher
Tyga
Drake
Soulja Boy
In what year did Cash Money Records take over?
1999-2000
2001-2002
1997-1998
2004-2005
How many fights did Fresh Prince get in before his mom got scared?
1
4
3
6
City Girls made this word iconic.
flewed out
period
bag
305
Which Atlanta rapper is actually from England?
Kanye
Eminem
21 Savage
Jay Z
Which rapper turned executive producer made the hit television series" Power?
50 cent
Lil Wayne
Ice Cube
Sean Combs
Which girl group made it clear that they do not like "no scrubs"?
Escape
SWV
TLC
En Vogue
Who wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
James Earl Jones
James Weldon Johnson
Berry Gordy
Quincy Jones
What is the stage name of female rapper, actress, and producer Dana Owens?
Queen Latifah
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot
Niki Minaj
Megan the Stallion
What famous artist sings the song "Thriller"?
Prince
Barry White
Bruno Mars
Michael Jackson
