Music History - Popular Music 1960-1970

Front 1

What artist, dubbed "King of the Surf Guitar" created a style that was copied by other groups?

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Dick Dale

Front 2

What California vocal group combined surfer themes with jazzy doo wop vocals with Chuck Berry style guitar and developed one of the most successful groups of the 60's?

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Beach Boys

Front 3

Who emerged as the prominent musical force behind the Beach Boys?

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Brian Wilson

Front 4

Where is James Brown from?

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Augusta Georgia

Front 5

What year did James Brown get his first US hit, "Please, Please, Please"

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1956

Front 6

Jamaica was last controlled by what European country?

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England

Front 7

Which specific style of music initially dominated the Jamacian sound system dances of the 1950's?

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American R&B

Front 8

What is toasting as it relates to Jamaican sound systems?

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Using a mic to add lyrics over records

Front 9

What Jamaican DJ credited as first creating lyrics that were performed live over a record at sound systems?

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DJ Count Machuki

Front 10

Which ska group was founded in 1964 as jazz trained studio musicians, embodying the instrumental music of that era, while backing acts such as The Maytals and The Wailers, as well as recording their own work?

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The Skatalites

Front 11

Berry Gordon Jr. had success with writing songs for what artist before the founding of Motown Records?

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Jackie Wilson

Front 12

T or F: Berry Gordy employed the traditional artist stable system of talent and corporate departmentalization at Motown

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True

Front 13

Who was Motown's and the America's leading group of the 60s?

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The Supremes

Front 14

Who wrote the majority of The Supremes hits?

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Holland-Dozier-Holland

Front 15

Which Motown soloist sang with Chicago's Moonglows doo wop group, played drums for the Miracles, married Barry Gordon's sister, and scored 20 hits?

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Marvin Gaye

Front 16

What city was home to Stax Records?

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Memphis

Front 17

Which 2 labels played the biggest roles in producing raw emotional grooves known as "Southern Soul"?

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Stax, Atlantic

Front 18

Which Southern Soul studio struck a production deal with Jerry Wexler and Atlantic after the NY label broke their agreement from Stax?

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FAME Records

Front 19

Guitarist Steve Cropper and bassist Donald Duck Dunn played for what record label as members of the Mar-Keys and the MG's?

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Stax

Front 20

The Funk Brothers studio band played what type of music in Detroit before getting hired at Motown?

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Jazz

Front 21

What Atlantic Records Producer and co-owner was behind the success of Wilson Pickett and Aretha Franklin?

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Jerry Wexler

Front 22

Who were the 4 Beatles?

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John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul Mcartny, Ringo Starr

Front 23

Who was the Beatles producer, aka the 5th Beatle?

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George Martin

Front 24

What city, known as the Las Vegas of Europe, gave the Beatles their 1st regular gigs?

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Hamburg, Germany

Front 25

During what month of the year did the Beatles become the only popular musical act to ever simultaneously hold all top 5 positions on the US Billboard Singles Chart?

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April 1964

Front 26

What is the term used to describe the US pop success by British acts following the Beatles?

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British Invasion

Front 27

What city was home to Chess Records?

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Chicago

Front 28

What 3 men became mentors to a generation of British blues players like Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Eric Burdon, and Eric Clapton?

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Alexis Korner, Cyril Davies, John Mayall

Front 29

What American blues label became distributed by Pye Records in England in the early 60's to feed a growing interest in the blues?

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Chess

Front 30

To what indie-label's studio did the Rolling Stones go during their first trip to the US to cut the EP Five by Five?

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Chess

Front 31

What 2 members of the Rolling Stones were the bands most succesfull songwriting team?

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Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

Front 32

T or F: As the Rolling stones evolved, their songs were covers of Chess Records classics, and became more devoted to American Blues

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False

Front 33

In what year did the 1st release of a stereo record appear?

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1958

Front 34

What was the name of the San Francisco area student writer who was part of the "merry pranksters" and introduced the public to LSD through the "Acid Tests"?

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Ken Kesey

Front 35

What ex-Harvard professor became involved in LSD tests and became the high priest of the LSD movement?

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Tim Leary

Front 36

What organization was behind the LSD studies held in Universities from where the drug would spread?

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CIA

Front 37

What New York City artist turned the art world upside down by producing art where the trivial became art, and art became trivail?

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Andy Warhol

Front 38

What was Andy Warhol's New York art studio called?

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The Factory

Front 39

What was the name of Bob Dylan's backup band?

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The Band

Front 40

The Byrds combined what 2 major 60's influences to create the folk rock style?

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Beatlesque guitar, Dylan lyrics

Front 41

Why was the Byrds song Eight Miles High banned from the radio?

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Drug references

Front 42

What was the 1st hit rock "concept album" and the 1st to print lyrics on the jacket?

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Beatles - Sgt. Peppers

Front 43

What was the young engineer who helped the Beatles create their psychedelic albums?

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Geoff Emerick

Front 44

What creative studio techniques did the Beatles incorporate during the recording of Tomorrow Never Knows for the Revolver Album?

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Tape loops, backward tape techniques

Front 45

Who was hired to assemble and produce the final Beatles release, Let it Be?

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Phil Spector

Front 46

Which band was introduced to the US during British Invasion, recorded one of the 1st concept albums and popularized the rock opera?

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The Who

Front 47

What band was the 1st pop success out of San Fran, popularizing the hippie look and psychedelic music style in 1967?

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Jefferson Airplane

Front 48

What is the name of the section of San Fran near Golden Gate Park and was home base to Grateful Dead?

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Haight Ashbury

Front 49

What was Janis Joplin's predominant vocal inspiration?

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Bessie Smith

Front 50

Jerry Garcia was influenced by what music style?

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Bluegrass

Front 51

Why did Eric Clapton leave his first band, the Yardbirds?

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They were going pop, he wanted to pursue Blues

Front 52

In an effort to break out of what they considered bland English pop, Cream took an approach that helped change the style of blues rock by what?

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Improvisation

Front 53

Where did Chas Chandler, Jimi Hendrix's manager, take Jimi to form his Expereince band and record them?

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England

Front 54

Which engineer helped shape Jime Hendrix's Electric Lady studios?

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Eddie Kramer

Front 55

What 1967 concert introduced Jimi Hendrix to America where he burned and smashed his guitar?

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Monterey Pop Festival

Front 56

T or F: after success at Monterey, Hendrix hoped to put less emphasis on the stage act and focus more on music

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True