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Quiz about Jimmie Rodgers The Father of Country Music

Jimmie Rodgers, "The Father of Country Music" Quiz

"His is the music of America. He sang the songs of the people he loved, of a young nation growing strong..." -- part of the inscription on the Jimmie Rodgers statue in Meridian, Mississippi.

A multiple-choice quiz by wjames. Estimated time: 4 mins.

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Question 1 of 10

1. Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams and Fred Rose were the first three people inducted into which music hall of fame? Hint

Blues Hall of Fame

Songwriters Hall of Fame

Country Music Hall of Fame

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Question 2 of 10

2. Jimmie Rodgers was a restless soul, moving frequently in his short life. Before music, what industry did he work in that supported his travelling ways? Hint

River boats

Railroad

Travelling Circus

Fuller Brush Man

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Question 3 of 10

3. What distinctive singing style is Jimmie Rodgers known for? Hint

Scat

Yodeling

A capella

Crooning

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Question 4 of 10

4. Jimmie Rodgers lived only 35 years, dying from a pulmonary hemorrhage soon after a taxing recording session. Which disease caused his death? Hint

Cystic Fibrosis

Black Lung

Tuberculosis

Pulmonary Asbestosis

5. Which popular musician, whose birth initials are R.A.Z. and who was also known as Bob Landy and Blind Boy Grunt, got together many major artists to record "The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers, A Tribute" in 1997? Hint

Willie Nelson

Bob Dylan

Jerry Garcia

Steve Winwood

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which southern rock band covered Jimmie Rodgers' hit "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" on their album "One More From the Road"? Hint

Marshall Tucker Band

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Charlie Daniels Band

Molly Hatchet

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Question 7 of 10

7. Jimmie Rodgers had another "first" long after his death when his likeness appeared on the first version of a certain item's Performing Arts Series. What type of collectible item was this? Hint

Cabbage Patch Kids doll

Franklin Mint coin

U.S. postage stamp

Bradford Exchange commemorative plate

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Question 8 of 10

8. Jimmie Rodgers' life was the inspiration for the 1982 film "Honkytonk Man". Which iconic American actor starred, along with his young son, and produced and directed this movie? Hint

Kirk Douglas

Martin Sheen

Will Smith

Clint Eastwood

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these nicknames was NOT ever applied to Jimmie Rodgers? Hint

The Father of Country Music

The Singing Brakeman

King of Country

The Blue Yodeler

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which Jimmie Rodgers song, which contains the lyrics "...My body rattles like a train on that old S.P.", has been called one of the first autobiographical songs? Hint

Ninety-Nine Years Blues

Dreaming with Tears in My Eyes

T.B. Blues

I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams and Fred Rose were the first three people inducted into which music hall of fame?

Answer: Country Music Hall of Fame

The Country Music Hall of Fame began in 1961. The first three inductees were announced on the Grand Ole Opry by Ernest Tubb. Rodgers was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 as an early influence on rock and roll music.

2. Jimmie Rodgers was a restless soul, moving frequently in his short life. Before music, what industry did he work in that supported his travelling ways?

Answer: Railroad

Jimmie Rodgers worked as a water boy, brakeman and switchman for various railroads in the south and southwest U.S. He showed musical talent early in life and his work on the railroad, beginning when he was 14, exposed him to the styles of rail workers, hobos and gandy dancers.

3. What distinctive singing style is Jimmie Rodgers known for?

Answer: Yodeling

Rodgers' performed his signature yodeling on many songs that exemplified his varied musical influences: cowboy, hobo, blues and work songs. His first big hit in 1928 was "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)", and he went on to record a total of twelve "Blue Yodels" and other songs containing yodeling.

4. Jimmie Rodgers lived only 35 years, dying from a pulmonary hemorrhage soon after a taxing recording session. Which disease caused his death?

Answer: Tuberculosis

Rodgers contracted tuberculosis when he was 27, hampering his work on the railroad. He took the chance to restart his career as a singer and performer. During his last recording sessions in May 1933, Rodgers was so winded that he had to rest on a cot in the studio between takes. He died two days after his last recording session in New York City.

Answer: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, gathered up such notables as Bono, Jerry Garcia, Alison Krauss, Aaron Neville and John Mellencamp to cover Rodgers' songs. Jerry Garcia performed just two weeks before his death, and flubbed the trademark yodeling on his rendition of Rodgers' famous "Blue Yodel #9".

6. Which southern rock band covered Jimmie Rodgers' hit "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" on their album "One More From the Road"?

Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd fans recognize their version of Rodgers' song as "Gimme a T for Texas, a T for Tennessee". Rodgers was also mentioned in Skynyrd's "Railroad Song": "I'm gonna ride this train, Lord, until I find out, what Jimmie Rodgers and The Hag [Merle Haggard] was all about".

7. Jimmie Rodgers had another "first" long after his death when his likeness appeared on the first version of a certain item's Performing Arts Series. What type of collectible item was this?

Answer: U.S. postage stamp

The U.S. Postal Service issued the Jimmie Rodgers stamp on the 45th anniversary of his death, May 24, 1978. Rodgers is pictured in his railroad garb, holding a guitar and giving his signature "two thumbs up" sign.

8. Jimmie Rodgers' life was the inspiration for the 1982 film "Honkytonk Man". Which iconic American actor starred, along with his young son, and produced and directed this movie?

Answer: Clint Eastwood

Like Rodgers, Clint Eastwood's character suffers from tuberculosis and is a yodeling country singer in the 1930s. Unlike Rodgers, Eastwood's character enjoys only brief fame at the Grand Ole Opry before he succumbs to his disease.

9. Which of these nicknames was NOT ever applied to Jimmie Rodgers?

Answer: King of Country

A few performers have been known as the "King of Country", but not Jimmie Rodgers -- who IS known as "The Father of Country Music" and all of the other choices. Rodgers had this title since soon after his death in 1934, and a plaque at his gravesite in Mississippi claims that title for him.

10. Which Jimmie Rodgers song, which contains the lyrics "...My body rattles like a train on that old S.P.", has been called one of the first autobiographical songs?

Answer: T.B. Blues

"T.B. Blues", released in 1931, is one of Jimmie Rodgers' most poignant, where he sings of his likely early death from tuberculosis. Many artists in the 1920s and 30s recorded similar songs, not unusual at a time when a diagnosis of TB was virtually a death sentence.

Source: Author wjames

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