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Question #1

Identify the most significant “concept album” of the 60’s.

A Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

B Fresh Cream

C Surreslistic Pillow

D Cheap Thrills

Question #2

Identify the artist who wrote and sang the hit”In the Midnight Hour.”

A Are You Experienced?

B Sam and Dave

C Otis Redding

D Rufus Thomas

E Wilson Pickett

Question #3

Which Motown product sang the hit “Dancing in the Streets?”

A Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

B The Temptations

C Marvin Gaye

D Martha and the Vandellas

E Dianna Ross and the Supremes

Question #4

Motown studios named their building “Soulsville, USA.”

A FALSE

B Josie and the Pussy Cats

C TRUE

Question #5

Name the river that runs through the Liverpool, England, that became identified with a new style of music.

A Mississippi

B Nile

C Amazon

D Thames

Question #6

Identify the group that recorded “Pet Sounds,” the influential album that demonstrated many new creative possibilities in the studio with it’s use of synthesizers and multi-tracking.

A Mersey

B The Rolling Stones

C The Beach Boys

D The Who

E The Beatles

Question #7

Identify the fashion forward pop group who sang “I’ve Got You Babe.”

A The Byrds

B Johnny Rivers

C Gary Lewis and the Playboys

D Paul Revere and the Raiders

E Sonny and Cher

Question #8

The Beatles were not interested in the music of Motown, Stax, and other American R&B labels.

A TRUE

B The Mamas and Papas

C FALSE

Question #9

Identify the British Invasion band whose hard rocking hit “You Really Got Me” inspired many rockers to get “heavier.”

A The Spencer Davis Group

B The Who

C The Dave Clark Five

D The Animals

Question #10

Identify the record producer who signed the Beatles and was huge part of their innovative sound.

A Bo Diddley

B Phil Spector

C The Kinks

D George Martin

E Chas Chandler

Question #11

Which of the following was Jimi Hendrix’ highly influential debut album?

A Band of Gypsies

B Axix: Bold As Love

C Electric Ladyland

D Are You Experiences?

E Tom Dowd

Question #12

Which of the following was the major Rock Festival in the US, held in 1967?

A Hyde Park, London

B The Monterrey Pop Festival

C The Isle of Wight

D Altamont

Question #13

Which infamous San Francisco neigborhood became the epicenter of the Hippie movement?

A Haight-Ashbury

B Nod Hill

C The Potrero

D The Richmond

E The Human Be-in

Question #14

Jim Morrison was the charismatic lead singer and post-beat lyricist for which of the following psychedelic bands?

A Iron Butterfly

B Mission District

C The Jefferson Aiplane

D Big Brother and the Holding Company

E The Doors

Question #15

Which of the following rave up British blues bands featured at one time or another the guitar giants Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page?

A Pink Floyd

B The Small Faces

C The Animals

D The Kinks

E The Yardbirds

Question #16

Which of the following guitar giants was the influential lead guitarist of the super group Cream?

A Dave Mason

B The Soccer Davis Group

C Jimmy Page

D Jimi Hendrix

E Eric Clapton

Question #17

Colorful suits, scooters, and amphetamines were the prepared gear of which of the following English gangs?

A The Mods

B The Mockers

C The Rockers

D Jeff Beck

E The Hooligans

Question #18

Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs were members of the influential literary movement known as…

A The Hippies

B The Beats

C The New York Three

D The Yippies

E The Heli’s Angels

Question #19

Identify the influential rock concert producer/promoter associated with the iconic rock venues Fillmore West and Fillmore East.

A Phil Lesh

B Timothy Leary

C Chas-Chandler

D Chet Helms

E The Flower Children

Question #20

Identify the 1969 Rock Festiva that featured infamous anti-authoritarian statements like a psychedelic version of “The Star Spangled Banner” by Jimi Hendrix and the anti-war protest song “Feel-Like-I’m-Going-To-Die-Rag” by Country Joe and the Fish?

A Bill Graham

B Woodstock

C Altamont

D The Isle of Wight

E The Monterrey Pop Festival

Question #21

Identify the “Father of Funk.”

A Otis Redding

B Wilson Picket

C Sam Cooke

D Stevie Wonder

E Trips Festival

Question #22

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, is most remembered for her recordings with which of the following recording companies?

A Atlantic

B Imperial

C James Brown

D Stax

E Motown

Question #23

The wildly successful songwriter/production team og Holland-Dozier-Holland (H-D-H) was a key factor in the success of the following recording studios?

A Motown

B Atlantic

C Stax

D Columbia

E Sun

Question #24

Who was the founder and pop visionary of Motown Records?

A Berry Gordy

B Decca

C Smokey Robinson

D Phil Spector

E Tom Dowd

Question #25

Identify the influential house band at Motown Records.

A The Boogie Machine

B The Funk Brothers

C Quick Silver Messenger Service

D Sam Phillips

E The Wrecking Crew

Question #26

Motown revived the careers of Doo Wop groups by re-imaging their acts in the Motown style and pairing them successful songwriting/production teams.

A TRUE

B The Soul Survivors

C FALSE

Question #27

Identify the famous house band at Stax Records, who had the instrument hit “Green Onions.”

A The Wrecking Crew

B Booker T. and the M.G.’s

C Vlad and the Impalers

D The Boogie Machine

Question #28

Maxine Powell and Cholly Atkins were retained by which record company to help groom their acts for the big stage?

A Atlantic

B Chess

C Motown

D The Funk Brothers

E Stax

Question #29

Which song by the Marvelletes, became Motown’s first No. 1 hit?

A Too Proud to Beg

B Fame

C Where Did Our Love Go?

D Stop! In the Name of Love

E Please, Please, Mr. Postman

Question #30

Which of the following artists was not a “product” of Motown?

A Booker T. and the M.G.’s

B Martha and the Vandellas

C Back in My Arms Again

D The Temptations

E The Supremes

Question #31

Identify the group whose infamous hit record “Louie, Louie” helped inspire, along with the Beat;es, the “garage band” revolution during the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and beyond.

A The Stooges

B Paul Revere and the Raiders

C The Kingsmen

D The Dave Clark Five

E Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

Question #32

Which of the following groups was NOT part of the “Brtitish Invasion” (and had their own TV show)?

A The Beatles

B The Kinks

C The Monkees

D The Rascals

E The yardbirds

Question #33

Which member of the Beach Boys was the primary songwriter and creative force in the recording studio?

A Carl Wilson

B Brian Wilson

C The Rolling Stones

D Dennis Wilson

E Keith Moon

Question #34

Which of the following popular folk rock groups sang ” California Dreamin”?

A The Mamas and the Papas

B Simon and Garfunkel

C The Lovin’ Spoonful

D Al Jardine

E Peter, Paul, and Mary

Question #35

Which American folk rock band is most noted for capitalizing on the “jingle-jingle” of the electric 12-string guitar, first popularized by George Harrison?

A The Byrds

B Ritchie Havens

C The Momas and the Papas

D Simon and Garfunkel

E The Byrds

Question #36

How did Bob Dylan’s music most profoundly influence the music of the Beatles?

A rock and roll fashion

B song lyrics that are artful and socially relevant

C record production

D music business issues

E The Lovin’ Spoonful

Question #37

Identify the folk-singer whose activist political views on civil rights and free speech, along with her many appearances at important rallies, closely allied her with Bob Dylan in the early 60s.

A Joni Mitchel

B musical style

C Joan Baez

D Janis Joplin

E Carol King

Question #38

What year did Dylan challenge the strong acoustic tradition of folk music by “going electric” at the traditional Newport Folk Festival?

A 1965

B 1972

C Grace Slick

D 1958

E 2001

Question #39

Identify the folk group whose nationally popular cover of “Blowin’ in the Wind” helped promote the early career of Bob Dylan

A The Kingston Trio

B 1984

C The Limelighters

D Peter, Paul, and Mary

E The Byrds

Question #40

Which of the following musical styles is more asssociated with acoustic instrument and socially conscious lyrics?

A Pop

B Rockabilly

C Chicago Blues

D The New Christy Minstrels

E Folk

Question #41

Identify the British rock group that was successfully marketed as the “bad boy” alternative to the Beatles.

A The Dave Clack Five

B The Rolling Stones

C The Kinks

D Surf

E Herman’s Hermits

Question #42

Most of the Beatles’ hits were written by which of the following songwriting teams?

A Lennon and McCartney

B The Spencer Davis Group

C Leiber and Stoller

D Richards and Jagger

E Gamble and Huff

Question #43

In which German city did the Beatles serve their infamous yearlong musical apprenticeship?

A Berlin

B Dusseldorf

C Rogers and Hammerstein

D Hamburg

E Dresden

Question #44

A Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

B The Jackie Gleason Show

C The Ed Sullivan Show

D The Johnny Carson Show

E Frankfurt

Question #45

Which Beatles film is credited by manyfilm critics, including Roger Ebert, as the film that had the most important influence on Rock film and videos?

A Let It Be

B A Hard Day’s Night

C Help!

D The Steve Allen Show

E The Yellow Submarine

Question #46

Identify the famous Rock and Roll club in Liverpool, England, where the Beatles were first discovered.

A The Apollo

B The Whiskey A Go-go

C The Cavern Club

D The Cotton Club

E Magical Mystery Tour

Question #47

Identify the business manager who first “discovered” the Beatles, changed their stage look from leather to matching suits, and successfully launched Beatlemania.

A Brain Epstein

B Tom Dowd

C George Martin

D Phil Spector

E The Troubadour

Question #48

Who is regarded as the most important figure in the skiffle movement of the 50’s?

A Andrew Oldham

B Billy Fury

C Lonnie Donegan

D Georgie Fame

E Joe Brown

Question #49

What was the name of the popular musical style – a mixture of American Traditional Jazz and Country & Western – that created major excitement and imitation among British teens in the 1950s – like John Lennon’s school group Johnny and the Moondogs?

A Goobers

B Marty Wilde

C Skiffle

D Junior Mints

E Skittles

Question #50

Before 1964, American listeners viewed British music as equal to America music in terms of importance and record sales.

A FALSE

B TRUE

C Sour Gummy Bears

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