A Study of Musicians

Question: What was Elton John’s middle name?

Answer: Elton John was born Reginald Dwight in 1947. He changed his name to Elton Hercules John in 1972.

Question: What did Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel call themselves when they first began performing together?

Answer: Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel attained their place in rock history as the duo "Simon & Garfunkel," but when they first began performing as teenagers, they were known as "Tom & Jerry."

Question: What kind of music was Jelly Roll Morton famous for?

Answer: Jelly Roll Morton was an American pioneer of jazz music. He played piano and composed songs. His real name was Ferdinand Morton.

Question: Which of these musicians did Ravi Shankar teach to play sitar?

Answer: Beatles member George Harrison, after experimenting with a sitar in the song "Norwegian Wood" (1965), met Ravi Shankar at a London dinner party and arranged to study sitar with him in India.

Question: Which of these musicians is not from Brazil?

Answer: Carlos Santana was born in Mexico and lived in the United States for most of his life. The other musicians are Brazilian.

Question: Which popular singer lived in a home called Graceland?

Answer: Elvis Presley lived in a mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, on an estate called Graceland.

Question: Which of these musicians did not play at Woodstock in 1969?

Answer: Joni Mitchell, though invited to perform at Woodstock, declined her invitation (a fact that she would long regret) due to her fear of missing a television appearance the following Monday.

Question: What was Bob Dylan’s birth name?

Answer: Born Robert Alan Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, Bob Dylan grew up in the mining town of Hibbing, Minnesota.