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Question #1

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

A Surreslistic Pillow

B Fresh Cream

C Cheap Thrills

D Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Question #2

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

A Rufus Thomas

B Wilson Pickett

C Are You Experienced?

D Sam and Dave

E Otis Redding

Question #3

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

A Dianna Ross and the Supremes

B The Temptations

C Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

D Martha and the Vandellas

E Marvin Gaye

Question #4

Motown studios named their building “Soulsville, USA.”

A Josie and the Pussy Cats

B TRUE

C FALSE

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 Thames

D Amazon

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 The Beatles

B The Beach Boys

C The Who

D Mersey

E The Rolling Stones

Question #7

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

A Paul Revere and the Raiders

B Sonny and Cher

C Gary Lewis and the Playboys

D Johnny Rivers

E The Byrds

Question #8

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

A FALSE

B TRUE

C The Mamas and Papas

Question #9

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

A The Animals

B The Who

C The Dave Clark Five

D The Spencer Davis Group

Question #10

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

A Chas Chandler

B The Kinks

C Phil Spector

D Bo Diddley

E George Martin

Question #11

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

A Electric Ladyland

B Tom Dowd

C Are You Experiences?

D Band of Gypsies

E Axix: Bold As Love

Question #12

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

A Hyde Park, London

B The Isle of Wight

C Altamont

D The Monterrey Pop Festival

Question #13

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

A The Richmond

B The Human Be-in

C Haight-Ashbury

D The Potrero

E Nod Hill

Question #14

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

A The Doors

B Big Brother and the Holding Company

C Iron Butterfly

D The Jefferson Aiplane

E Mission District

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 The Kinks

B The Small Faces

C The Animals

D The Yardbirds

E Pink Floyd

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 Eric Clapton

D Jimmy Page

E Jimi Hendrix

Question #17

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

A The Rockers

B The Mods

C Jeff Beck

D The Mockers

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 Heli’s Angels

C The Yippies

D The Beats

E The New York Three

Question #19

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

A The Flower Children

B Chet Helms

C Chas-Chandler

D Phil Lesh

E Timothy Leary

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 The Monterrey Pop Festival

B Woodstock

C The Isle of Wight

D Altamont

E Bill Graham

Question #21

Identify the “Father of Funk.”

A Stevie Wonder

B Trips Festival

C Otis Redding

D Wilson Picket

E Sam Cooke

Question #22

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

A Motown

B Imperial

C Stax

D James Brown

E Atlantic

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 Columbia

B Stax

C Atlantic

D Motown

E Sun

Question #24

Who was the founder and pop visionary of Motown Records?

A Decca

B Phil Spector

C Tom Dowd

D Berry Gordy

E Smokey Robinson

Question #25

Identify the influential house band at Motown Records.

A The Funk Brothers

B Quick Silver Messenger Service

C The Wrecking Crew

D The Boogie Machine

E Sam Phillips

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 The Soul Survivors

B TRUE

C FALSE

Question #27

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

A Vlad and the Impalers

B Booker T. and the M.G.’s

C The Boogie Machine

D The Wrecking Crew

Question #28

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

A The Funk Brothers

B Atlantic

C Stax

D Motown

E Chess

Question #29

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

A Where Did Our Love Go?

B Fame

C Too Proud to Beg

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 The Supremes

D The Temptations

E Back in My Arms Again

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 Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

B The Dave Clark Five

C Paul Revere and the Raiders

D The Kingsmen

E The Stooges

Question #32

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

A The Kinks

B The Rascals

C The Monkees

D The Beatles

E The yardbirds

Question #33

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

A Brian Wilson

B Keith Moon

C Dennis Wilson

D Carl Wilson

E The Rolling Stones

Question #34

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

A The Lovin’ Spoonful

B The Mamas and the Papas

C Simon and Garfunkel

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 Momas and the Papas

B Ritchie Havens

C The Byrds

D The Byrds

E Simon and Garfunkel

Question #36

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

A song lyrics that are artful and socially relevant

B music business issues

C The Lovin’ Spoonful

D record production

E rock and roll fashion

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 Janis Joplin

B musical style

C Joni Mitchel

D Joan Baez

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 2001

B 1972

C 1958

D 1965

E Grace Slick

Question #39

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

A Peter, Paul, and Mary

B The Kingston Trio

C The Byrds

D The Limelighters

E 1984

Question #40

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

A Folk

B Rockabilly

C Pop

D Chicago Blues

E The New Christy Minstrels

Question #41

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

A Herman’s Hermits

B Surf

C The Dave Clack Five

D The Rolling Stones

E The Kinks

Question #42

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

A Gamble and Huff

B Lennon and McCartney

C Leiber and Stoller

D The Spencer Davis Group

E Richards and Jagger

Question #43

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

A Rogers and Hammerstein

B Berlin

C Dusseldorf

D Hamburg

E Dresden

Question #44

A The Johnny Carson Show

B Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

C The Jackie Gleason Show

D Frankfurt

E The Ed Sullivan Show

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 The Steve Allen Show

B The Yellow Submarine

C Help!

D A Hard Day’s Night

E Let It Be

Question #46

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

A Magical Mystery Tour

B The Apollo

C The Cavern Club

D The Whiskey A Go-go

E The Cotton Club

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 Phil Spector

B George Martin

C The Troubadour

D Tom Dowd

E Brain Epstein

Question #48

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

A Joe Brown

B Billy Fury

C Andrew Oldham

D Lonnie Donegan

E Georgie Fame

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 Junior Mints

B Skiffle

C Marty Wilde

D Skittles

E Goobers

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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