Music Flashcards by Daniel P

Bebop trumpeter
From South Carolina
Supposedly nicknamed for his stage antics
Signature bent trumpet & puffed cheeks (with stretched buccinators)

JOHN BIRKS “DIZZY” GILLESPIE

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Wrote or co-wrote “Stardust”, “Georgia On My Mind”, & “Heart & Soul”

HOAGLAND “HOAGY” CARMICHAEL

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Conductor
Born in Bombay, India
Musical director of Israel Philharmonic since 1981

ZUBIN MEHTA

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Jewish-born German composer
His father renounced Judaism & took the name “Bartholdy”
Sister Fanny also composed
Grandfather Moses was a philosopher
Wrote overture & incidental music for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, which is the source of his famous “Wedding March”
Wrote melody that became “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
“Lieder ohne worte” (“Songs Without Words”) for piano
“Italian Symphony”
“Scottish Symphony” (inspired by Holyrood in Edinburgh)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

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Jewish Austrian composer
Director of Vienna’s court opera (1897-1907)
Composed 9 symphonies
No. 1 “Titan” (includes a variation of Frere Jacques)
No. 2 “Resurrection”
No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand”
First spouse of Alma Schindler
Subject of a 1974 Ken Russell film

GUSTAV MAHLER

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American composer
“Grand Canyon Suite” (1931), which includes “On the Trail”
“Niagara Falls Suite” (1961)

FERDE GROFE

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French composer
“L’apprenti sorcier” (1897), based on a Goethe story and later used in Disney’s Fantasia (1940)

PAUL DUKAS

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Austrian (Viennese), 1797-1828
“Ave Maria”
“Unfinished Symphony” (no. 8)
“Trout Quintet”
Popularized lieder, and is considered a master of them
“Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel”, a lied based on Goethe’s Faust

FRANZ SCHUBERT

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Remixed the Beatles & Jay-Z into “The Grey Album”
Part of Gnarls Barkley

DANGER MOUSE
BRIAN BURTON

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Group consisting of Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) & Cee-Lo Green
“Crazy” (2006)

GNARLS BARKLEY

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Coach & judge on The Voice
Mummy in “Hotel Transylvania”
Part of Goodie Mob
“Fuck You”/”Forget You” (2011)

CEE LO GREEN

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Atlanta hip-hop group formed by Big Gipp, Khujo, T-Mo, & Cee Lo Green
“Soul Food”

GOODIE MOB

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French composer
“The Pearl Fishers” (first full opera)
“Carmen” (1875)

GEORGES BIZET

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Bizet opera set in Seville, Spain
A gypsy woman works at a tobacco factory with Mercedes & Frasquita
Don Jose loses her to torero Escamillo, so he stabs her
Arias “Habanera” & “Toreador Song”
Inspired Hammerstein’s “____ Jones”

CARMEN

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New York City-born Greek-American soprano
Subject of 1995 play “Master Class” by Terrence Mcnally
Dated Ari Onassis

MARIA CALLAS

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Jamaican-American Calypso singer
“Banana Boat (Day-O)” (1956)
Starred in Carmen Jones film with Dorothy Dandridge

HARRY BELAFONTE

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New Orleans-born “Queen of Gospel”

MAHALIA JACKSON

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Italian tenor
Blind

ANDREA BOCELLI

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American contralto
In 1939 was denied right to perform at Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution
Gave an Easter Concert at the Lincoln Memorial instead, aided by the Roosevelts & Howard University, where she sang “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”
First black soloist at the Met, 1955

MARIAN ANDERSON

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Spanish tenor
Born in Barcelona
Youngest of the “Three Tenors”

JOSE CARRERAS

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Spanish tenor
Born in Madrid
Directed LA Opera 2017-2019
Name means “quiet Sunday”

PLACIDO DOMINGO

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Italian tenor
Member of the Three Tenors
Previously taught elementary school
Gave a farewell tour in 2004

LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

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Soprano from Laurel, Mississippi
Starred in Porgy & Bess in 1952
Achieved world opera fame in the 1960s
First black American to perform at La Scala

LEONTYNE PRICE

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American soprano that “invaded” from Georgia

JESSYE NORMAN

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New York soprano Sang as "Bubbles Silverman" as a child

BEVERLY SILLS

Wrote & sang "All By Myself" (1975)

ERIC CARMEN

Philadelphia rock duo "Kiss on My List" "You Make My Dreams" "Rich Girl" "Out of Touch" "Method of Modern Love" "Maneater" "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" "Private Eyes" "Sara Smile" "Adult Education"

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES

Italian tenor One of first to make recordings Survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

ENRICO CARUSO

Tenor Played "The Great Caruso" (1951) on film

MARIO LANZA

Portuguese-Brazilian 1940s film star Sang "The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat" Subject of "Bananas is my Business"

CARMEN MIRANDA

American musician "Walking in Memphis" (1991)

MARC COHN

Spanish cellist, considered the greatest of the 1900s Spent time in Puerto Rico San Juan now has a yearly festival in his honour

PABLO CASALS

British cellist Suffered from MS Portrayed in 1998 film "Hilary & Jackie"

JACQUELINE DU PRE

American cellist Born in Paris to Chinese parents

YO-YO MA

American composer Won an Oscar for "The Heiress" score "Billy the Kid" ballet "Fanfare for the Common Man", from his 3rd symphony "Rodeo - the Courting at Burnt Ranch" ballet (1942), choreographed by Agnes de Mille "Appalachian Spring" (1944), choreographed by Martha Graham

AARON COPLAND

New York band Named from a Dos Passos novel "Boy From New York City" (1981)

MANHATTAN TRANSFER

Band fronted by Rivers Cuomo "Buddy Holly" "Island in the Sun" "Pork & Beans" "Say It Ain't So" "Undone - the Sweater Song"

WEEZER

Band "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" (2009) "Shake Me Down"

CAGE THE ELEPHANT

Italian-American composer of TV operas "Amahl and the Night Visitors" (1951), a Christmas opera referring to the magi Balthasar, Melchior & Kaspar Partner of Samuel Barber

GIAN CARLO MENOTTI

American composer "Adagio for Strings" (1936) Opera "Anthony & Cleopatra" (1966) Partner of Gian Carlo Menotti

SAMUEL BARBER

German composer Temporarily married Cosima Liszt Talked about the "3 Bs" (Bach, Beethoven, Brahms)

HANS VON BULOW

Spanish singer Father of Enrique "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (1984), with Willie Nelson "All of You" (1984), with Diana Ross

JULIO IGLESIAS

Spanish singer Son of Julio "Bailamos" (1999, "We Dance") "Escape" (2001) "Hero" (2001) "Bailando" (2014, "Dancing")

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS

Hungarian composer & pianist Popular virtuoso perforomer, toured Europe Daughter Cosima married Hans von Bulow & Richard Wagner "Faust Symphony" (1857), including a "Mephistopheles" movement "Liebestraume" ("Dreams of Love") (1850) "Mephisto Waltz(es)" "Hungarian Rhapsodies"

FRANZ LISZT

German composer Head of 3rd Reich's music bureau, though never a Nazi himself "Elektra" (1903), opera "Salome" (1905), opera "Der Rosenkavalier" ("Knight of the Rose") (1911), opera "Japanese Festival Music" (1940)

RICHARD STRAUSS

Sang "Harper Valley PTA" (1968), about an angry widow ("My momma socked it to the...") Later became a film & a TV series

JEANNIE C. RILEY

Lead singer of Muse

MATT BELLAMY

Swedish soprano 1820-1887 Nicknamed "Nightingale" Toured in America with PT Barnum (and appears as a character in the 1980 musical "Barnum") Friend & inspiration of Hans Christian Andersen, who loved her

JENNY LIND

American jazz & swing singer "Strange Fruit" "God Bless the Child" Played by Diana Ross in "Lady Sings the Blues", based on her autobiography

BILLIE HOLIDAY "LADY DAY"

Lead singer of Weezer

RIVERS CUOMO

American singer "Two Tickets to Paradise" (1977) "Take Me Home Tonight" (1986)

EDDIE MONEY (EDWARD MAHONEY)

Lead singer of Led Zeppelin

ROBERT PLANT

1896 tone poem By Richard Strauss Based on Nietzsche

ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA ("THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA")

Russian composer Member of the "Five" "Boris Godunov" (1874), opera based on Pushkin work about czar "Night on Bald Mountain" (1940)

MODEST MUSSORGSKY

1874 Modest Mussorgsky suite for piano Later reorchestrated by Ravel Features "Promenades" between movements Movements include "Gnome", "Old Castle", "Baba Yaga", and "Unhatched Chicks"

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

Russian composer Member of the "Five" "Prince Igor" (completed after his 1887 death by his colleagues) Opera including "Polovotsian Dances" Music later adapted for the musical "Kismet" (1953)

ALEXANDER BORODIN

Russian composer Member of the "Five" "Scheherezade" suite "The Snow Maiden" opera

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1900) Interlude from "Tale of Tsar Saltan" about a shape-changing prince Al Hirt's version was the theme for "The Green Hornet"

FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE

1960s girl group "Leader of the Pack"

THE SHANGRI-LAS

American band "An Old Fashioned Love Song" ("...comin' down in 3-part harmony") "Shambala" "Joy to the World"

THREE DOG NIGHT

American duo "Let Your Love Flow" (1976)

BELLAMY BROTHERS

American group "Flowers on the Wall" (1965)

THE STATLER BROTHERS

English band led by Matt Bellamy "Black Holes and Reveleations"

MUSE

His father was considered "Father of the Viennese Waltz" Known himself as the "Waltz King", though he also composed marches and polkas Vienna's Music Director of Royal Court Balls (1863) "On the Beautiful Blue Danube" (1866) "Tritsch-Tratsch Polka" "Emperor Waltz" "Tales From the Vienna Woods"

JOHANN STRAUSS JR.

Opera by Johann Strauss Jr. "The Bat", referring to Dr. Falke's ridiculed costume Concerns Prince Orlofsky (often played by a woman) In it, Champagne is called "King of All Wines"

DIE FLEDERMAUS

American lyricist & librettist "Brigadoon" "Camelot" "My Fair Lady"

ALAN JAY LERNER

Austrian composer "Brigadoon" "Camelot" "My Fair Lady"

FREDERICK LOEWE

English rock band "Houses of the Holy" "Physical Graffiti" "In Through the Out Door" "Coda" Disbanded following the drummer's death

LED ZEPPELIN

Russian-American ballet dancer & actor Defected & left Bolshoi in 1979 Supporting roles in "Witness", "Die Hard", & "The Money Pit"

ALEXANDER GODUNOV

Founder of the Ballets Russes

SERGE DIAGHILEV

American ballet dancer Osage heritage Active in 1940s-50s Married Balanchine; later annulled Sister of dancer Marjorie

MARIA TALLCHIEF

American choreographer "Chicago" "Cabaret" "Pippin" "All That Jazz" (based on his life) Most choreography Tonys with 8 Married Gwen Verdon

BOB FOSSE

American dancer & actress "Damn Yankees" "Redhead" (directed by Bob Fosse) Married Bob Fosse Played by Michelle Williams in a 2019 FX series

GWEN VERDON

First black female primary for the American Ballet Theater

MISTY COPELAND

American modern dance choreographer Active for 70 years & 181 works Taught Betty Ford Choreographed Copland's "Appalachian Spring"

MARTHA GRAHAM

American dancer Pioneer of modern dance Danced barefoot Died in a scarf/shawl auto accident

ISADORA DUNCAN

American ballet dancer & choreographer Niece of director Cecil Choreographed Copland's "Rodeo", "Oklahoma", and "Brigadoon"

AGNES DE MILLE

Band formed in Maryland, 1996 Twin brothers Benji & Joel Madden "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous"

GOOD CHARLOTTE

70s-80s funk/soul band Included Lionel Richie "Brick House" (1977) "Three Times a Lady" (1978)

COMMODORES

Emo band from Nevada Fronted by Brendon Urie "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" (2005) "High Hopes" (2018)

PANIC! AT THE DISCO

They sang "867-5309/Jenny"

TOMMY TUTONE

Number & name in a 1981 Tommy Tutone hit

867-5309/JENNY

Ex-lead singer of Blink-182

TOM DELONGE

Member of Commodores From Tuskegee, AL "All Night Long" "Hello" "Dancing on the Ceiling" "Endless Love" with Diana Ross Wrote Kenny Rogers' "Lady" "We Are the World"

LIONEL RICHIE

"Hurts So Good" & "Jack & Diane" from 1982 album "American Fool" "Pink Houses" (1984) Co-founded first Farm Aid concert in 1985 with Willie Nelson & Neil Young

JOHN (COUGAR) MELLENCAMP

American bandleader called the "Mambo King" Died 2000 "Oye Como Va" (1962) ("Listen how it goes"), covered by Santana in 1970

TITO PUENTE

Composer of "Guys & Dolls" "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (Pulitzer) "Baby It's Cold Outside" "Praise the Lord & Pass the Ammunition"

FRANK LOESSER

Eliminated from "The X-Factor", later joined One Direction From Cheshire Acting debut in "Dunkirk" (2017) "Adore You" (2019) "Watermelon Sugar" (2020) "Fashionable" - wore a Gucci dress on the cover of Vogue in 2020, first lone man to do so "As It Was" (2022)

HARRY STYLES

Californian pop-punk band Ex-lead singer Tom DeLonge Drummer Travis Barker "What's My Age Again" (1999) "All the Small Things" (1999) "California" (2016)

BLINK-182

1973 hit by Scottish band Stealers Wheel Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) dances to it in "Reservoir Dogs" "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right..."

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU

American band "Caught Up in You" (1982) "Hold On Loosely"

.38 SPECIAL

1972 Edgar Winter Group instrumental Named for its editing process

FRANKENSTEIN

American band "Free Ride" 1973 "Frankenstein" 1972

EDGAR WINTER GROUP

Japanese-American violinist Mononymous

MIDORI (GOTO)

Quit One Direction in 2015 "PILLOWTALK" 2016 "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" with Taylor Swift (50 Shades Darker) Now mononymous

ZAYN (MALIK)

Lead singer of Panic! At the Disco

BRENDON URIE

Texan pianist Won Russia's 1st international Tchaikovsky Competition (1958) A Fort Worth piano competition is now named for him

VAN CLIBURN

British goth band Fronted by Peter Murphy "Bela Lugosi's Dead" (1979)

BAUHAUS

American blues-rock duo Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney "Lonely Boy" (2011) from album "El Camino" "Turn Blue" (2014)

THE BLACK KEYS

New Wave group from Athens, Georgia "Rock Lobster" (1978) "Private Idaho" (1980) ("You're livin' in your own...") "Love Shack" (1989) Named for hairdos of Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson

THE B-52s

Band fronted by Buck Dharma "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" "Burnin' For You" "Godzilla"

BLUE OYSTER CULT

English band "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" (1986) Singer Peter Gabriel left in 1975 Drummer/singer Phil Collins

GENESIS

Singer who left Genesis in 1975 "Sledgehammer" & "In Your Eyes" from album "So" (1986) "Biko"(1977) about beaten activist Stephen Wall-E song

PETER GABRIEL

Drummer/singer for Genesis "In the Air Tonight" from "Face Value" (1981) "Sussudio" from "No Jacket Required" (1985) 1988 film "Buster" "You'll Be in My Heart" frim Disney's Tarzan

PHIL COLLINS

Born in Kalamata, Greece New Age keyboardist "Live at the Acropolis" (1994) "Ethnicity" Partner of Linda Evans for 9 years

YANNI

Lively dance from an Italian town "Spidery" name Mentioned in "That's Amore" - a "gay ____"

TARANTELLA

Andalusian dance (Spain) Associated with Roma Didn't always use castanets, but now associated with them Often danced to guitar

FLAMENCO

Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" from La Giaconda (1876 opera) was used in this 1940 film's "Dancing Hippos" segment

FANTASIA

Allan Sherman novelty song of 1963 Set to the "Dance of the Hours" from Ponchielli's "La Giaconda"

HELLO MUDDAH HELLO FADDUH (A LETTER FROM CAMP)

Also called "steam organ" or "steam piano" Uses air or steam to blow whistles Associated with circus & carnival music Named for muse of epic poetry

CALLIOPE

Ram's horn played in Jewish celebrations, for example during Rosh Hashanah & at the end of Yom Kippur

SHOFAR

Scottish instrument that produces a "skirl" Composed of windbag, drones, chanters, & sometimes a bellows

BAGPIPES

Name Timothy Mosley took from a boot brand Producer of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River", among others

TIMBALAND

Band with lyrics & bass by Pete Wentz Named for a Simpsons character "Dance Dance" (2005) "Thnks fr th mmrs" (2007) Album "American Beauty/American Psycho" (2015)

FALL OUT BOY

Bassist/lyricist of Fall Out Boy Married Ashlee Simpson in 2008 (divorced 2011) Father of Bronx Mowgli

PETE WENTZ

Italian for "joke" Often 3rd movement in a Symphony

SCHERZO

Term meaning "pinched/plucked" in Italian To use fingers instead of bowing the string

PIZZICATO

Possibly from the French or Latin for small or "small steps" French dance in 3/4 time Sometimes with "& trio" Sometimes used as the 3rd movement in a symphony

MINUET

Italian for "going/walking" A walking pace, about 100 bpm Between Adagio & Moderato

ANDANTE

2002 film starring Eminem as B-Rabbit Won best original song Oscar for "Lose Yourself"

8 Mile

American rapper from Detroit Has 6 best rap album Grammys Collaborated with Rihanna on "The Monster" & "Love the Way You Lie"

EMINEM (MARSHALL MATHERS)

American rapper "Stan" (about a stalker fan) "Kim" (about his ex) "Hailie's Song" (about his daughter) "Music to Be Murdered By"

EMINEM (MARSHALL MATHERS)

"Love Song" (2007) "Brave" (2013) Wrote music for 2016 stage musical "Waitress" Peacock series "Girls 5 Eva"

SARAH BAREILLES

Sang "Fight Song" (2015)

RACHEL PLATTEN

"Your Mama Don't Dance" (1972) duo

KENNY LOGGINS & JIM MESSINA

Without Messina, he was "Footloose" (1984) & in the "Danger Zone" (1986)

KENNY LOGGINS

Cuban-born singer "Havana" (w/ Young Thug, 2017) Played Amazon's "Cinderella" (2021)

CAMILA CABELLO

Caribbean city where Camila Cabello (w/ Young Thug) sings "half my heart is in..."

HAVANA

Canadian singer "Life of the Party" (2014) "Stitches" (2016) "Treat You Better" (2016) "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" (2017)

SHAWN MENDES

2019 duet with Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello

SENORITA

Brazilian bossa nova bandleader & band "Fool on the Hill" (1968, Beatles cover) "Brasileiro" (1992) "Mas Que Nada" "One Note Samba"

SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL '66

Puccini's last completed opera (1918) Set in Florence

GIANNI SCHICCHI

1896 Puccini opera set in the Latin Quarter of Paris Characters include Poet Rodolfo, his love Mimi (who has TB), Colline (philosopher), and Marcello (painter) Inspired Jonathan Larson's "Rent"

LA BOHEME

1904 Puccini opera set in Nagasaki American navy man Pinkerton marries (and then leaves) Cio-cio san After he leaves and she births their son Dolore (Sorrow), she commits seppuku Suzuki is her maid Inspired "Miss Saigon" and a play by H. Hwang

MADAMA BUTTERFLY

1805 opera subtitled "Triumph of Marital Love" Leonore disguises self as title boy to rescue her imprisoned husband Florestan Beethoven's sole opera

FIDELIO

Beethoven's Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor (1810) Now referred to by its inscription

FUR ELISE

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor (1801) Nicknamed after a critic's comments

MOONLIGHT SONATA

Composer of Fidelio, Fur Elise, & Moonlight Sonata

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Italian composer of Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, & La Boheme

GIACOMO PUCCINI

Italian composer of La Fanciulla Del West (Girl of the Golden West), Manon Lescaut, Turandot, & Tosca

GIACOMO PUCCINI

Unfinished opera by Puccini, completed posthumously by Alfano Title character is princess of Peking (Beijing) She poses 3 riddles for suitors who will win her hand, or die "Nessun Dorma"

TURANDOT

1800 opera by Puccini set in Rome Title character is an opera singer, first name Floria Cavaradossi, a painter, is another character

TOSCA

1910 opera by Puccini Opened at the Met Title character is Minnie, who works at a polka saloon Set during the California gold rush

LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST

The two composers who wrote "Manon" (1884) & "Manon Lescaut" (1893)

JULES MASSENET (Manon) GIACOMO PUCCINI (Manon Lescaut)

New Zealand soprano of Maori descent Made a dame Sang at Charles & Diana's wedding

KIRI TE KANAWA

Italian conductor (1867-1957) Directed La Scala in Milan, the New York Philharmonic, & NBC Symphony Orchestra Conducted scores from his (eidetic) memory

ARTURO TOSCANINI

Song by Labelle, 1974 2001 version by Lil Kim, Pink, Mya, & Christina Aguilera for "Moulin Rouge" "Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir?" "Gitchie gitchie, ya ya..."

LADY MARMALADE

1964 song by Gerry & the Pacemakers About a river

FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY

1978 Gerry Rafferty hit "street"

BAKER STREET

1972 Mott the Hoople hit Written by David Bowie

ALL THE YOUNG DUDES

"Coloring Book" (2016 mixtape) "The Big Day" (2019 album) Worked on Kanye's "Life of Pablo" Job is in his name

CHANCE THE RAPPER

Novelty Christmas song by Elmo & Patsy

GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER

He's backed by the "Silver Bullet Band"

BOB SEGER

Bob Seger is backed by this "metallic" band

SILVER BULLET BAND

American singer "Old Time Rock & Roll" (1979) "Like a Rock" (used in Chevy ads) "Katmandu"

BOB SEGER (& THE SILVER BULLET BAND)

American singer "Night Moves" (1976) "Mainstreet" (1977) "Against the Wind" (1980)

BOB SEGER (& THE SILVER BULLET BAND)

John Parr sang this film's title theme in 1985 Subtitled "(Man in Motion)"

ST. ELMO'S FIRE

Philadelphia duo "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper" (1987 album) Received 1st Grammy for rap performance for "Parents Just Don't Understand" "Summertime" (1991)

DJ JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE

Tony Bennett's signature 1962 tune about a west coast cardiac event

I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO

Among others, performed duets with Lady Gaga ("Cheek to Cheek"), Amy Winehouse ("Body & Soul"), and Stevie Wonder ("For Once in My Life")

TONY BENNETT

American singer "Blue Velvet" "Rags to Riches" Records for recording age and career length First album released 1952 Retired in 2021

TONY BENNETT

Soviet Armenian composer Ballets "Gayane" (1939) & "Spartacus" "Ode to Stalin"

ARAM KHACHATURIAN

Famous weapon "dance" from Khachaturian's 1939 ballet "Gayane"

SABRE DANCE

Antonio de Torres Jurado (1817-1892) was famed for making these

GUITARS

London-born one-named singer "Thank You" (1998) Appeared on Eminem's "Stan"

DIDO

American rapper "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" (1998) "Pump Ya Brakes" (feat. Snoop Dogg) "Men in Black" (1997) "Wild Wild West"

WILL SMITH (THE FRESH PRINCE)

Singer "Kids in America" (1981)

KIM WILDE

Soft rock duo "Summer Breeze" (1972) Previously members of The Champs ("Tequila", 1958)

(JIM) SEALS & (DASH) CROFTS

British group "Dog Days Are Over" (2009) "Shake It Out" (2011)

FLORENCE (WELCH) + THE MACHINE

Singer Died in 2020 "The Gambler" (1978 album) "Islands in the Stream (1983) with Dolly "Lady" (1980) written by Lionel Richie

KENNY ROGERS

English Baroque composer "The Fairy Queen" (based on Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream") "Dido & Aeneas" (1688)

HENRY PURCELL

Henry Purcell opera about a Carthaginian queen & her lover

DIDO & AENEAS

Italian composer "Il Piccolo Marat" about the reign of terror "Cavalleria Rusticana" (1890)

PIETRO MASCAGNI

Pietro Mascagni 1-act opera of 1890 Often performed as a double-header with Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci"

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA

Common name for a double-header of Mascagni & Leoncavallo

CAV & PAG (CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & PAGLIACCI)

Italian composer "Lucia di Lammermoor" based on Walter Scott, set at Ravenwood Castle The "Tudor trilogy" of "Anna Bolena" (1830), "Maria Stuarda" (1834), & "Roberto Devereux" (1837, about Elizabeth) "Lucrezia Borgia" "Daughter of the Regiment"

GAETANO DONIZETTI

Memphis record label Named for founders Jim Stewart & Estelle Axton "Soul Man", "Green Onions" Otis Redding

STAX RECORDS

"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" (1966) "Sugar Town" Covered Cher's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" Daughter of Frank Duetted on "Somethin' Stupid"

NANCY SINATRA

Vocalist Died in 2017 Married Cher in 1975 after her divorce from Sonny Bono

GREGG ALLMAN

Guitarist Died in 1971 motorcycle crash Brother of Gregg

DUANE ALLMAN

American group from Jacksonville "Ramblin' Man" (1973) "Whipping Post" (1969) "Midnight Rider" (1974) "Live at Fillmore East" album

ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND

Annual benefit concert Founded in 1985 by Neil Young, John Mellencamp, & Willie Nelson First held in Champaign, Illinois

FARM AID

Founded in 1984 by Rick Rubin & Russell Simmons Worked with LL Cool J & Jay-Z

DEF JAM RECORDINGS

1968 number 1 hit for the Beatles Written for Julian Lennon by Paul

HEY JUDE

Style of music named for Bill Monroe & his "Boys" Acoustic string music of Kentucky

BLUEGRASS

Kentucky band for whom a style of acoustic string music is named

BILL MONROE & THE BLUEGRASS BOYS

Charlotte Caffey - lead guitar/keyboards Belinda Carlisle - lead vocals Gina Schock - drums Kathy Valentine - bass guitar Jane Wiedlin - rhythm guitar

THE GO-GOS

American all-female band "Beauty & the Beat" (1981 album) - "We Got the Beat", "Our Lips Are Sealed" "Vacation" (1982) 2018 musical "Head Over Heels" is based on their music

THE GO-GOS

Outlaw country supergroup Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, & Willie Nelson 1985-1995

THE HIGHWAYMEN

Recorded in 1959 by The Highwaymen (not the country supergroup) Hit in 1961 Refers to crossing the river Jordan "Hallelujah"

MICHAEL (ROW THE BOAT ASHORE)

British synth pop duo "West End Girls" "Always on My Mind" (1987 version)

PET SHOP BOYS

Musical quartet/trio Members have included Michelle Williams, Kelly Rowland, & Beyoncé Knowles

DESTINY'S CHILD

Musical group "Bills, Bills, Bills" "Say My Name" (1999) 2001 album "Survivor" "Independent Women, Pt. 1" "Bootylicious"

DESTINY'S CHILD

New Orleans rock trio "Good" (1995) Name might be a Hemingway quote regarding Pound playing the bassoon

BETTER THAN EZRA

Band fronted by Ezra Koenig "Horchata" (2009) "Diane Young" (2013) "Unbelievers" (2013) "Hudson" 2019 album "Father of the Bride" "Harmony Hall"

VAMPIRE WEEKEND

American singer "Don't Cry Out Loud" (1978)

MELISSA MANCHESTER

Canadian-American singer Previous member of Buffalo Springfield Backing band "Crazy Horse" Occasional member of CSN(Y) Co-founded Farm Aid

NEIL YOUNG

Singer "Ohio" (1970) - about Kent State shooting "Heart of Gold" (1972) "Sugar Mountain" (1977)

NEIL YOUNG

Canadian-American Singer "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" & "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" from "Rust Never Sleeps" (1979) - quoted by Cobain's suicide note "Rockin' in the Free World" (1989)

NEIL YOUNG

American outlaw country singer "Whiskey River" (1978, cover) "Always On My Mind" (1982, cover) "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" (1978, cover with Waylon Jennings)

WILLIE NELSON

American singer Wrote Patsy Cline's "Crazy" Member of supergroup The Highwaymen Guitar named Trigger Statue of him in Austin

WILLIE NELSON

Red-headed American singer "Bloody Mary Morning" (1970) "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" (1975) "On the Road Again" (1980) 1990s IRS troubles

WILLIE NELSON

1987 U2 album "Where the Streets Have No Name" "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" "With or Without You" "One Tree Hill" Shares name with a plant & a national park

JOSHUA TREE

Singer, The Mamas & the Papas "Make Your Own Kind of Music" (1969) Died 1974

(MAMA) CASS ELLIOT

Singer - "New York, New York" (1977), "My Way" (1969) Born Francis, in Hoboken, New Jersey 1915 Died 1998, buried in Palm Springs with epitaph "The Best is Yet to Come" Nicknamed "Chairman of the Board"

FRANK SINATRA

Nathan Detroit in 1955's "Guys & Dolls" film Danny Ocean in "Ocean's 11" (1960) "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962) Robbo in "Robin & the 7 Hoods" (1964) Married 4 times - Nancy Barbato, Ava Gardner (50s), Mia Farrow (60s), & Barbara Marx (1976-death) Nicknamed "The Voice"

FRANK SINATRA

Singer "Strangers In the Night" (1966) "Come Fly With Me" (1958) "Fly Me to the Moon" (1964) Founder of Reprise Records, 1960 Nicknamed "Ol' Blue Eyes"

FRANK SINATRA

American singer "Mad About You" (1986) "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" (1987) Lead singer of The Go-Gos

BELINDA CARLISLE

1961 Barry Mann doo-wop novelty single Also asks about the "rama" in "rama-lama-ding-dong"

"WHO PUT THE BOMP (IN THE BOMP, BOMP, BOMP)"

With wife Cynthia Weil, he wrote Cass Elliot's "Make Your Own Kind of Music" & the Animals' "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"

BARRY MANN

Singer from Brooklyn "Solitary Man" (1966) "Kentucky Woman" (1967) "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (1967) "Song Sung Blue" (1972) "Forever in Blue Jeans" (1979)

NEIL DIAMOND

American musician Starred in "The Jazz Singer" (1980) Wrote "I'm a Believer" "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" (1978) with Barbra Streisand

NEIL DIAMOND

American singer "Cherry, Cherry" (1966) "Sweet Caroline" (1969) "I Am... I Said" (1971) "Heartlight" (1982) based on E.T.

NEIL DIAMOND

American singer "Killing Me Softly With His Song" (1973) Grammys for Song & Record of the Year

ROBERTA FLACK

Haitian rapper Feat. on "Hips Don't Lie" (Shakira) Named for John Wycliffe

WYCLEF JEAN

Fugees member "The Miseducation of _ " (1998) including "Doo Wop (That Thing)" Best New Artist Grammy "Sister Act 2"

LAURYN HILL

Trio of Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, & Pras Michel "Killing Me Softly" (1996) "Ready Or Not" (1996)

THE FUGEES

American singer "Reflection" from Mulan (1998) "Genie in a Bottle" & "What a Girl Wants" (1999) "Lady Marmalade" from Moulin Rouge! (2001) "Beautiful" (2002) "Candyman" (2006)

CHRISTINA AGUILERA

American singer Ex-mouseketeer Feat. on Maroon 5's "Moves Like Jagger" (2011) "The Voice" coach (2011-2016) Starred in "Burlesque" (2010)

CHRISTINA AGUILERA

Accordionist & bandleader from North Dakota Star of "The ____ Show" (1951-1982) with theme "Bubbles in the Wine" Played a style known as "champagne music" Catchphrases "Wunnerful, wunnerful" & "Ah-one, ah-two..."

LAWRENCE WELK

American singer Born Shaffer Smith "Time of Our Lives" (2014, with Pitbull) "Hate That I Love You" (2007, with Rihanna) Name taken from "The Matrix"

NE-YO

German mid-romantic composer & pianist (1833-1897) Born in Hamburg Director of Vienna's Society of Friends of Music (1872-75) Wrote 4 symphonies, the 1st of which has been nicknamed (Beethoven's) "10th" 3rd of Hans von Bulow's "Three Bs" after Bach & Beethoven

JOHANNES BRAHMS

German mid-romantic composer & pianist (1833-1897) Wrote "serenades" (1858, Op. 11; 1859, Op. 16), rhapsodies, sonatas "Overtures" (1880, "Tragic" and "Academic Festival") Purportedly fell asleep at a Liszt performance

JOHANNES BRAHMS

Op. 49, No. 4 by Brahms Also called "Wiegenlied" 1868 Used frequently in pop culture, including The Twilight Zone episode "A Piano in the House"

LULLABY

A set of 21 pieces written in 1869 and 1880 by Brahms "National" and "terpsichorean"

HUNGARIAN DANCES

1868 work by Brahms (Op. 45) 7 movements, his longest Written with text from Luther Bible

(A) GERMAN REQUIEM

Single-reed woodwind Name from Latin, "clear" Also called a "licorice" or "ebony stick" Used in Mozart's "Concerto in A Major" (considered his swan song), Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue", Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto", and as the cat in "Peter & the Wolf" Played by Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Woody Allen, & Squidward Tentacles

CLARINET

"Low" 2-word member of the clarinet family

BASSET HORN

String instrument with a flat soundboard & frets Played in the German & Austrian Alps Used in the score for "The Third Man"

ZITHER

American rapper & singer Born Tramar Dillard in Miam-Dade area & named for his home state "Low" (2007) feat. T-Pain "Right Round" (2009) feat. Kesha (samples Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)") "Good Feeling" "Wild Ones" (2012) feat. Sia "My House" (2015)

FLO RIDA

1985 hit by English band Dead or Alive Sampled in a hit by Flo Rida & Kesha

YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD)

English duo of George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" "Everything She Wants" "Careless Whisper" (1984) Performed in China in 1985, groundbreaking for a Western group

WHAM!

Portuguese-Canadian singer Album "Whoa, Nelly!" (2000) includes "I'm Like a Bird" "Promiscuous" (2006) feat. Timbaland "Say It Right" (2006)

NELLY FURTADO

British/Irish trio of Keren Woodward, Sara Dallin, & Siobhan Fahey "Cruel Summer" (1984) "Venus" (1986)

BANANARAMA

British singer born Georgios Panayiotou Member of Wham! "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (1987) - duet with Aretha Franklin Album "Faith" (1987) includes "Father Figure" & "I Want Your Sex" "Freedom! '90" (1990) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1991) - duet with Elton John Died in 2016 at Christmas

GEORGE MICHAEL

American singer & actress Currently holds the record for most Grammy awards (32) Former member of Destiny's Child Spouse of Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) - sometimes credited together as "The Carters" Mother of Blue Ivy and twins Rumi & Sir

BEYONCE (KNOWLES-CARTER)

American singer & actress Foxxy Cleopatra in "Austin Powers in: Goldmember" (2002) Deena Jones in "Dreamgirls" (2006) Etta James in "Cadillac Records" (2008) Nala in "The Lion King" (2019) Produced the musical films "Lemonade" (2016), "Homecoming" (2019), & "Black Is King" (2020)

BEYONCE (KNOWLES-CARTER)

American singer Album "Dangerously In Love" (2003) includes "Me Myself & I" and Crazy In Love" (feat. Jay-Z) Album "I Am... Sasha Fierce" (2008) includes "Halo", "If I Were a Boy", and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" Album "Lemonade" (2016) includes "Sorry" and "6 Inch" (feat. The Weeknd) Featured on Lady Gaga's "Telephone" (2009) Other songs include "Run the World (Girls)" (2011), "Drunk In Love" (2013), and "Break My Soul" (2022)

BEYONCE (KNOWLES-CARTER)

Romanian musician who plays the nai/panpipes/syrinx "Master of the Pan Flute"

GHEORGHE ZAMFIR

American doo-wop group Named for a Ford model "Rama Lama Ding Dong" (1958)

THE EDSELS

American songwriter "Let's Do It, Let's Fall In Love" (from "Paris" 1928) "I Love Paris" (from "Can-Can", 1953) "I Get a Kick Out of You", "You're the Top", & "Anything Goes" (from "Anything Goes" 1934) "Kiss Me, Kate" (1948)

COLE PORTER

American songwriter "Night and Day" (from "The Gay Divorcee" 1932) "It's De-Lovely" (from "Red, Hot, & Blue" 1936) "Don't Fence Me In" (1934) "I've Got You Under My Skin" (from "Born to Dance" 1936) Portrayed by Cary Grant in "Night & Day" (1946) and Kevin Kline in "De-Lovely" (2004)

COLE PORTER

Duo of Anderson.Paak & Bruno Mars "Leave the Door Open" (2021) - Grammy for Record of the Year & Song of the Year

SILK SONIC

Also called "Bangtan Boys" or "Bulletproof Boy Scouts" South Korean boy band "DNA" (2017 - not to be confused with 2019 Backstreet Boys album "DNA") "Love Yourself: Answer" (2018 album) "Dynamite" (2020)

BTS

American latin-pop band Included Gloria & Emilio Estefan "Conga" (1985) "Rhythm is Gonna Get You" (1987)

MIAMI SOUND MACHINE

American singer & pianist "Lawyers, Guns, & Money" (1978) "Werewolves of London" (1978)

WARREN ZEVON

EGOT - winning American actress & singer Supporting actress Oscar as Effie White in Dreamgirls (2006) "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"

JENNIFER HUDSON

American band "Come Sail Away" (1977) "Babe" (1980) "Mr. Roboto" (1983)

STYX

British band named for its keyboardist "Quinn the Eskimo"/"Mighty Quinn" (1968) by Bob Dylan

MANFRED MANN

"Mighty Eskimo" in a Manfred Mann song

QUINN

Manfred Mann's 2nd group Covered Springsteen's "Blinded By the Light" (1976)

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND

Welsh singer Nee Gaynor Hopkins "Total Eclips of the Heart" (1983) "Holding Out for a Hero" (Footloose, 1984)

BONNIE TYLER