History Of Rock And Roll Final

Front 1

This musician was the main lyricist for Chess Records, and was their primary bassist, and the first to use an electric bass in his recordings on this label.

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Willie Dixon

Front 2

In what 1968 single did The Beatles try and emulate Fats Domino’s signature sound (and Domino covered it later that year!)?

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"Lady Madonna"

Front 3

Who was the first person to use the genre identifier “boogie woogie”in a song?

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Clarence "Pinetop" Smith

Front 4

What musician was banned from television program “the wrong song” after misreading a cue cardon The Ed Sullivan Show

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Bo Diddley

Front 5

What is the name of the Afro-Cuban rhythm heavily used by Bo Diddley?

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The Bo Diddley Beat

Front 6

Which song by Louis Jordan is notable for its length (over 5 minutes) as well as its references to police brutality (in 1949!)?

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"Saturday Night Fish Fry"

Front 7

This blues-turned-gospel singer toured the United States, performing traditional spirituals with church choirs while playing an overdriven electric guitar.

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Front 8

Which musician was the first to “distort”the electric guitar (trying to copy the sound of a tenor saxophone)?

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Goree Carter

Front 9

What movie featured Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong arm-in-arm singing “Now You Has Jazz?

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High Society

Front 10

Which delta blues artist was rumored to have sold his soul to the devil in return for a musical legacy?

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Robert Johnson

Front 11

What song by Robert Johnson is about moving to California, despite the mistaken reference to a city in the north?

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"Sweet Home Chicago"

Front 12

Despite his highly sexual rock and roll songs and flamboyant stage presence, this pianist left the genre to pursue a spiritually cleansing career in gospel music.

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Little Richard

Front 13

Who was the promoter for Decca Records that wanted to directly market African American artists to white audiences in the mid-1940s?

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Dick Clark

Front 14

When this artist performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, he was told his band would have to perform behind a curtain to avoid “too manyblack faces on TV at one time

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Fats Domino

Front 15

Which musician is famous for being to only inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his harmonica playing?

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Little Walter

Front 16

What song did Louis Jordan collaborate with country songwriter Denver Darling?

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"Caldonia"

Front 17

Which white blues musician, haling from Delaware, has had a hugely successful career, covering artists such as Bo Diddley and John Lee Hooker?

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George Thorogood

Front 18

This artist, among the first signed to Chess Records, electrified the delta blues with songs like ‘I’m Your Hoochie CoochieMan.’

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Muddy Waters

Front 19

What formal design of music cycles in three subsections totaling 12 bars with the pattern I::IV–I::V–IV–I, often featuring sad lyrics?

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Blues

Front 20

What song was the first ever to be described as ‘Rock and Roll?’

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"Caldonia"

Front 21

This Nashville-based studio pianist perfected the “slip-note” technique.

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Floyd Cramer

Front 22

This band’s cover of Leadbelly’s rendition of “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” closed their set on MTV Unplugged.

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Nirvana

Front 23

What promotional short, featuring Elvis Presley, is considered to be the first ever music video?

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" Jailhouse Rock"

Front 24

What radio/television program, founded in 1925, is aired from Nashville, TN, every week (to this day!)?

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The Grand Ole Opry

Front 25

This raucous saxophonist was featured on virtually every hit by The Coasters.

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King Curtis

Front 26

This sun studio artist’s career floundered after he married his13-year-oldcousin.

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Jerry Lee Lewis

Front 27

The super group The Traveling Wilburys featured this former Sun Studios and Monument rockabilly star in collaboration with Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Jeff Lynne.

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Roy Orbison

Front 28

What was the first rock and roll song used in a movie? (HINT: Blackboard Jungle)

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"Rock Around the Clock"

Front 29

The hybrid style known as Western Swing (jazz and country) is most synonymous with this group.

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The Texas Playboys

Front 30

Which former Sun Studios star toured the U.S. prison system to promotehis reputation?

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Johnny Cash

Front 31

This doo-wop group, featuring bass Jimmy Ricks, sparked a surge of bird-named vocal ensembles.

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The Ravens

Front 32

This folk group performed pro-union songs during World War II, fighting for equal rights, benefits, and pay for women in the workplace

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The Almanac Singers

Front 33

What event was Sam Cooke’s song “A Change Is Gonna Come” a reaction to?

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The March on Washington

Front 34

Which Sun Studios artist’s touring career ended after a car accident in 1956?

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Carl Perkins

Front 35

Who was the founder and chief producer at Sun Studios?

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Sam Phillips

Front 36

What post-production technique did Sam Phillips pioneer at Sun Studios?

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Echo/reverb

Front 37

Which rockabilly musician became the first international rock star?

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Bill Haley

Front 38

Which former lead singer of The Drifters had a huge hit with the Leiber/Stoller song “Stand By Me” in 1961?

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Ben E. King

Front 39

This soul singer’s version of “Georgia On My Mind” is now the state song of Georgia.

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Ray Charles

Front 40

On which television program did Elvis Presley first perform his notorious version of “Hound Dog?”

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The Milton Berle Show

Front 41

Which artist had the first ever #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1958?

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Ricky Nelson

Front 42

This teen idol kept in touch with the younger generation by starring in a series of beach-themed movies. (HINT: Bikini Beach Party)

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Frankie Avalon

Front 43

This title track from one of Marvin Gaye’s concept albums is a reaction to a Vietnam War veteran who has returned to the U.S. and is shocked by the violence.

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"What's Going On"

Front 44

This title track from one of Marvin Gaye’s concept albums is a reaction to the sexual liberation of women in the early 1970s (Roe vs. Wade and birth control).

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"Let's Get It On"

Front 45

On what date did Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper die in a plane crash?

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February 3, 1595

Front 46

What song, recorded and released by The Crystals, openly spoke of domestic violence?

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"He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss)"

Front 47

This girl group projected the ‘bad girl’ image, flaunting relationships with bad boys.

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The Shangri-Las

Front 48

This former Motown starsued owner Berry Gordy, as he funded other female talents with the money her recording of ‘My Guy’ made.

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Mary Wells

Front 49

This Motown group fused the psychedelic rock they heard at The Monterey International Pop Music Festival with soul on their hit ‘Cloud Nine.’

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The Temptations

Front 50

Which album by The Beatles was the inspiration for The Beach Boys failed psychedelic rock album Smiley Smile?

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Revolver

Front 51

Which album by The Beach Boys was their first successful concept album?

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Pet Sounds

Front 52

Which songwriting duo was the most successful for the 1960s?

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Gerry Goffin/Carole King

Front 53

What regional doo-wop group’s songs ‘Papa Oom Mow Mow’ and ‘The Bird’ were ripped off by The Trashmen’s recording ‘Surfing Bird?’

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The Rivingtons

Front 54

This L.A. based producer worked with many girl groups and solo artists, overdubbing them with orchestral arrangements.

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Phil Spector

Front 55

What is the name of the aforementioned postproduction technique that overdubs orchestra?

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"Wall of Sound"

Front 56

This surf rock group lost a lawsuit over their usage of the theme to The Twilight Zonetelevision show.

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The Marketts

Front 57

This surf rock guitarist integrated Lebanese bouzouki on his single “Misirlou.”

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Dick Dale

Front 58

Who was the host of The American Bandstandfrom 1956-1987?

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Dick Clark

Front 59

Which Motown group was the most successful, scoring 12 #1 hits on The Billboard Hot 100?

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Diana Ross & The Supremes

Front 60

This was the studio (house) band for the Motown recording label.

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The Funk Brothers

Front 61

Which major recording company was the parent to Stax, Fame, and Muscle Shoals?

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Atlantic

Front 62

What was the name of the documentary film about Bob Dylan’s 1964/5 U.K. tour?

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Don't Look Back

Front 63

Who opened the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Fair with a 3+ hour solo set?

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Richie Havens

Front 64

Which folk group headlined the 1963 March On Washington, singing the music of the then-unknown Bob Dylan?

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Peter, Paul, and Mary

Front 65

This soul artist’s performance at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Music Festival inspired many psychedelic/blues artists to sing soul ballads.

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Otis Redding

Front 66

What movie soundtrack did Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel write (featuring the hit single ‘Mrs. Robinson’)?

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The Graduate

Front 67

Which band did NOT contribute a member to Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young?

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Buffalo Springfield

Front 68

Jimi Hendrix’s cover of this Bob Dylan song appeared on his 1968 album Electric Ladyland and breached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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"All Along the Watchtower"

Front 69

This 1967 song performed by The Impressions is among the most important song ever recorded on the topic of Civil Rights and equality.

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"This is My Country"

Front 70

Which pay-per-view sporting event featured James Brown?

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The Rumble In the Jungle

Front 71

This 1971 film’s soundtrack was written by the great Stax arranger, producer, and performer, Isaac Hayes

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Shaft!

Front 72

This group was the house band for Stax and was promoted with world tours, full albums, and hit singles like “Green Onions.”

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Booker T & the MGs

Front 73

Who’s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” won a Grammy Award for outstanding female performance?

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Aretha Franklin

Front 74

Who was Bob Dylan singing about in his song “Hurricane”?

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Rubin Carter

Front 75

Which Buffalo Springfield song is about a curfew in Los Angeles (HINT: the lyrics are ambiguous, and it was used by the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam movements)?

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"For What It's Worth"

Front 76

This producer, who founded Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL, was cut out of Atlantic Records after a fight with Aretha Franklin’s (then) husband.

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Rick Hall

Front 77

Founded by Leon Huff and Kenny Gamble, this Philadelphia record label combined the best aspects of Motown and Stax.

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PIR

Front 78

Country Joe McDonald’s ‘I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag,’ which he performed and got the entire crowd at Woodstock to join in, was inspired by what artist?

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Phil Ochs

Front 79

This epic talking blues by Arlo Guthrie’s is a true account of evading the Vietnam War Draft.

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"Alice's Restaurant"

Front 80

Which James Brown album was a top seller for 66 consecutive weeks?

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Live! At the Apollo

Front 81

Eric Burdon led this band to be the first British blues band with a #1 hit with “House of the Rising Sun.”

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The Animals

Front 82

Which member of The Beatles was most highly influenced by Indian instruments/tonalities and incorporated it on many tunes pioneering “raga rock?”

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George Harrison

Front 83

Which band was the only one to perform at all three major events of the 1960s: Monterey, Woodstock, and Altamont?

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Jefferson Airplane

Front 84

Which chemist is best known for developing the strain of LSD that was most popular in the 1960s?

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Owsley Stanley

Front 85

Who did The Rolling Stones hire as security for The Altamont Speedway Concert?

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Hell's Angels

Front 86

What documentary film captured this event in its entirety?

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Gimme Shelter

Front 87

This illegal activity was encouraged by Grateful Dead to help promote their concert tours and share the music with Dead Heads who couldn’t attend.

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Bootlegging

Front 88

Who directed The Beatles’ two hit movies, A Hard Day’s Night and Help!?

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Richard Lester

Front 89

What album by The Beatles was the first complete psychedelic rock album?

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Revolver

Front 90

Which supergroup was a combination of Eric Clapton and The Allman Brothers Band?

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Derek & The Dominoes

Front 91

This band was the first to end concerts with stage and instrument destruction.

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The Who

Front 92

Which guitarist was NOT a member of The Yardbirds?

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Jimi Hendrix

Front 93

Who collaborated with Carlos Santana on the mega-hit ‘Smooth’ in 1999?

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Eric Clapton

Front 94

What is the name of Grateful Dead’s enormous stacked amplification system?

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The Wall of Sound

Front 95

Which 1960/70s television talk show host allowed musicians to perform uncensored on his program?

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Dick Cavatt

Front 96

This sarcastic, sardonic satirist mocked San Franciscan culture and The Beatles on his album We’re Only In It For the Money

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Frank Zappa

Front 97

This singer, you died at the age of 27, got her start at the Monterey International Pop Music Festivalperforming with Big Brother & The Holding Company.

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Janis Joplin

Front 98

Who was arrested in New Haven, CT, for ‘inciting a riot’ and ‘disturbing the peace’ when he began to recount the story of being sprayed with mace by the police?

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Jim Morrison

Front 99

This guitarist and singer closed his set at Woodstock with a mocking rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.

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Jimi Hendrix

Front 100

Which British Invasion group performed on The Ed Sullivan Show more than any other band in history?

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The Dave Clark 5

Front 101

This artist was the leader of two punk groups: Parliament and Funkadelic, often combined as Parliament–Funkadelic and shortened to P–Funk.

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George Clinton

Front 102

Which California-basedgroup got a major boost when the aforementioned funk icon their 1985 album Freaky Styley.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

Front 103

This German synthesizer duo’s eclectic music from the late 1960s/early 1970s influenced nearly every genre in their use of electronic sound and minimalism.

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Kraftwerk

Front 104

Who did The Band formerly back before they broke out on their own?

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Bob Dylan

Front 105

Which documentary, filmed by Martin Scorsese,captured the final concert of The Band?

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The Last Waltz

Front 106

Which southern rock band lost the majority of its members in a 1977 plane crash?

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Lynyrd Skynyrd

Front 107

Which Pink Floyd concept album was based on a George Orwell “children’s” novel?

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Animals

Front 108

Which concept album by The Beatles pioneered the ‘art rock’ genre?

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Front 109

What was the first complete rock opera?

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Tommy

Front 110

Which renowned guitarist co-wrote ‘Superstition’ with Stevie Wonder, though he wasn’t credited for over 30 years?

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Jeff Beck

Front 111

This band has the distinctionof having the longest run with the same lineup (48years and counting!).

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ZZ Top

Front 112

Before going out on their own, Eagles were the backup group to what artist?

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Linda Ronstadt

Front 113

Who created the first ever Benefit Concert?

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George Harrison

Front 114

What was this concert called?

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Concert for Bangladesh

Front 115

Which band did NOT contribute a member to Emerson, Lake and Palmer?

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Band of Joy

Front 116

This band’s performance at Red Rocks resulted in a ban of rock music at the venue for over 5 years.

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Jethro Tull

Front 117

Don McLean captured the microcosm of rock history between 1955-1971 in this hit song.

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"American Pie"

Front 118

What song was a strong reaction to Neil Young’s ‘Southern Man?’

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"Sweet Home Alabama"

Front 119

This singer/songwriter is the only female that has won the prestigious Gershwin Award for outstanding songwriting.

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Carole King

Front 120

This concept album is an alternate soundtrack to the 1935 movie The Wizard of Oz.

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The Darkside of the Moon

Front 121

Which 1970s movie, starring John Travolta, stories the social life of the Disco era?

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Saturday Night Fever

Front 122

Which disco band was featured on the soundtrack to the Saturday Night Fever?

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The Bee Gees

Front 123

What Led Zeppelin track was the first featured drum solo?

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"Moby Dick"

Front 124

Which heavy metal band collaborated with The San Francisco Symphony on the album S+M?

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Metallica

Front 125

This band’s album Paranoid contained heavy usage of metaphor depicting warfare and U.S. global involvement as witches, devils, and other demonic iconography.

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Black Sabbath

Front 126

Which disco star was highly controversial due to her sexual moaning overdubs?

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Donna Summer

Front 127

Who was the hard-rock pioneering producer of Cream and, later, Mountain?

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Felix Pappalardi

Front 128

Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath (among many other hard rock bands) both wrote songs based on characters, situations, and themes found in this fantasy trilogy.

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The Lord of the Rings

Front 129

This Canadian power trio features frequent tempo, style, and metric changes in their formally complex songs.

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Rush

Front 130

Which album relaunched AC/DC’s career after the death of original singer Bon Scott?

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Back in Black

Front 131

This Deep Purple hit retold the story of the Montreaux casino fire during a Frank Zappa concert.

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"Smoke on the Water"

Front 132

What 1968 film featured Steppenwolf’s “Born To Be Wild,” which popularized the term “heavy metal?”

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Easy Rider

Front 133

Which solo of Eddie Van Halen’s, found on their debut album Van Halen (1978), introduced violin technique and hammering/finger tapping to guitar soloing?

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"Eruption"

Front 134

This drummer, who lost his arm in a car accident, has an elaborate electric drum set specifically designed for him.

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Rick Allen

Front 135

Who sued Led Zeppelin over the rights to the song “Stairway To Heaven?”

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Spirit

Front 136

Which heavy metal band got their name from a character in a Bob Dylan song?

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Judas Priest

Front 137

This disco group sang openly about their homosexuality –and advertised to the community where to find hook-ups!

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The Village People

Front 138

Which band is NOT a member of the “Big 4?”

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Dream Theater

Front 139

What Metallica hit drew its inspiration from Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun?

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"One"

Front 140

This band from Flint Michigan wanted everyone to know they were an “American Band” from the U.S.A., not another British Invasion hard rock group.

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Grand Funk Railroad