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24 Cards in this Set
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Stevie Wonder, one of Motown's finest recording artists, recorded his first hit, Fingertips-Part 2 at age 12. This tune is also the first live recording to hit #1 in rock history.
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True
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The Album entitled Days of Future Past, recorded by Pink Flyod, is viewed as one of the leading art rock albums in art rock era.
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False, it was recorded by Moody Blues
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The Beatles White Album is one of their individualized albums fro their later period.
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True
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The Byrds, with their distinctive 12-string guitar sound, was the group that successfully managed to synthesize the music of Bob Dylan and the Beatles.
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True
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The early use of "power chords", a musical characteristics of heavy metal, can he hear in the music of Kinks.
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True
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The Rolling Stones strove to be the earthier and portrayed as vulgar look that was rougher and sizer than the Beatles.
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True
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Poet rock singer Patti Smith used her group as a vehicle for her poetry reading. HS improvised lyrics that reflected life in New York and mixed rock classical with dramatic readings.
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True
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Punk music became a full-scale phenomenon in the United States, while in Britain, it remained only as an underground sensation.
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False, in Britian, while in the United States
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Poet/Rock singer Patti Smith used her group as a vehicle for her poetry reading. She improvised lyrics that reflected life in New York and mixed rock classics with dramatic readings.
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True
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Rare Earth, Motown's only rock and soul band, was an experimental assault on the rock market that yielded over 10 million records sold worldwide.
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True
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Rock purists viewed Art Rock music to be overwaught and too gimmicky. To the British Art Rock bands, it was an attempt to legitimize rock and roll and broaden the market of listeners.
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True
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Soloman Burke was Atlantic Records best selling SOuthern Soul performer in the mid-60s, In the mid night hour, which he recored, was one of the most successful songs of the soul era.
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False, Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
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Most of the Beatles Music remained in a pop style that had an up-tempo driving beat.
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False
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Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff was the leading writing duo that produced the Motown formula.
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False, Philadelphia International
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Led Zeppelin considered to be the first band of heavy metal, established the concept of the album oriented rock market. For example, Stairway to Heaven was never released as a single.
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True
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Lonnie Donegan is known as the King of Skiffle music.
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True
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Mick jagger has always been known for his distinctive voice and hsi attraction to the gruff, eloquent directness of black music. He has been described as a white person singing black songs and flaunting it. His voice drawls much like the Chicago blues singer Hawlin' Wolf.
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True
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Moby Grape was one of the most versatile of the 60's San Francisco bands, playing a combination of folk, blues, and classic R&R. Early Jefferson Airplane played some of Moby Grape's compositions.
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True
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It was estimates that there were about 50 to 100 bands that formed during the San Francisco scene in the 1960s.
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False, 500 to 1500 bands
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House of the Rising Sun is considered to be the first folk-rock hit in rock history.
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False
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Art Rock music is influenced by jazz styles while Progressive Rock is influenced more by classical styles.
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False, Art Rock music is influenced by classical styles while Progressive Rock is influenced more by jazz styles.
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Bob Dylan, whose leading influence was Woodie Gutheie, is considered to be the first poet of the mass media.
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True
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David Bowie is considered to be one of the original punk rockers to emerge from New York City in the early/mid 70s.
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True
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Fashion designer Malcome McLaren brought the punk influence from America to Britain.
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True
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