Popular Music Flashcards
Rhapsody in Blue composer
George Gershwin
Ric Ocasek band
The Cars
Oh Susanna, Camptown Ladies, Swanee River composer
Stephen Foster
You Give Love a Bad Name band
Bon Jovi
What a Fool Believes band
Doobie Brothers
Black Water band
Doobie Brothers
Thank God I’m a Country Boy singer
John Denver
Bat out of Hell artist
Meat Loaf
Janis Joplin nickname and posthumous album
Pearl
Geddy Lee band
Rush
“Sassy” jazz singer
Sarah Vaughan
Bob Dylan birth name
Robert Zimmerman
Morrissey band
The Smiths
“I’m So Excited” sisters group
Pointer Sisters
Purple Haze musician
Jimi Hendrix
Hungry like the Wolf band
Duran Duran
Born to Be Wild band
Steppenwolf
John Paul Jones band
Led Zeppelin
Monday night football singer until 2011
Hank Williams Jr.
Exile on Main St. band
Rolling Stones
trumpeter founded A&M records
Herb Alpert
Ray of Light singer
Madonna
Turn on Your Heartlight (ET-inspired song) singer
Neil Diamond
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen band
Steely Dan
Michael McDonald, Patrick Simmons, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter band
Doobie Brothers
Bobby McFerrin song
Don’t Worry Be Happy
Forever Your Girl singer
Paula Abdul
Ferry Cross the Mersey band
Gerry and the Pacemakers
Boomtown Rats singer
Bob Geldof
I Don’t Like Mondays band
Boomtown Rats