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Big Band Quiz Time!

Match the bandleader with the song often associated with them.

    1.  Harry James
    2.  Tommy Dorsey
    3.  Chick Webb
    4.  Duke Ellington
    5.  Artie Shaw
    6.  Glenn Miller
    7.  Bob Crosby
    8.  Erskine Hawkins
    9.  Jimmie Lunceford
    10. Benny Goodman
    11.  Edgar Hayes
    12. Count Basie
    13. Lionel Hampton

    a.  Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley
    b.  Begin the Beguine
    c.  Tuxedo Junction
    d.  Two O'clock Jump
    e.  Swingtime in the Rockies
    f.  Rhythm Is Our Business
    g.  Opus No. 1
    h.  Take the "A" Train
    i.  South Rampart Street Parade
    j.  String of Pearls
    k.  Stardust
    l.  Jumpin' at the Woodside
    m. Flying Home     



Can you match the bandleader with their birthplace?

    1.  Harry James
    2.  Tommy Dorsey
    3.  Chick Webb
    4.  Duke Ellington
    5.  Artie Shaw
    6.  Glenn Miller
    7.  Bob Crosby
    8.  Erskine Hawkins
    9.  Jimmie Lunceford
    10. Benny Goodman
    11. Edgar Hayes 
    12. Count Basie
    13. Lionel Hampton

    a.  Washington, DC
    b.  Albany, GA
    c.  New York, NY
    d.  Lexington, KY
    e.  Baltimore, MD
    f.  Birmingham, AL
    g.  Clarinda, IA
    h.  Spokane, WA
    i.  Shenandoah, PA
    j.  Fulton, MS
    k.  Chicago, IL
    l.  Red Bank, NJ
    m. Louisville, KY

Answers at bottom of page

 


 

Song Association Answers

1, d;  2, g;  3, a;  4, h;  5, b;  6, j;  7, i;  8, c;  9, f;  10, e;  11, k; 12, l.; 13, m. 

 

 

Birthplace Answers

1, b;  2, i;  3, e;  4, a;  5, c;  6, g;  7, h;  8, f;  9, j; 10, k;  11, d; 12, l; 13, m.

 

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